Deadline: 05 December, 2021
Commonwealth Foundation’s online literary magazine, adda, has announced a call for participation in its freedom of expression writing competition.
The competition aims to promote peaceful, open dialogue and the free flow of information, including through a free and responsible media, and to enhance democratic traditions and strengthen democratic processes.
Benefits
- Get featured in the adda magazine
- Successful writers will receive a stipend
Eligibility
- Open to writers from Commonwealth countries
- Works should be related to freedom of expression, including freedom to express beliefs, sexuality or politics
- Entrant must submit poetry (up to two poems, five pages maximum), literary non-fiction (2,000–5,000 words), short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) or graphic fiction (finished panels or samples of illustrations)
- Writing must be in alignment with the Commonwealth’s commitment to freedom of expression
- Writers from small and vulnerable member states are encouraged to apply
- Writing translated to English are accepted
To enter and for more information, click here.
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