GTBank launches Dusty Manuscript contest

https://csr.gtbank.com/dustymanuscript/. Deadline forentries is March 31 First prize winner will get N1m, while second and third prize winners will get 500,000 and 250,000 naira respectively. Apart from cash prizes, the top 3 entries will be rewarded with publishing contracts with Farafina while the top ten entries will get their books e-published by Okadabooks including book cover design, book editing and publicity. Also, the top 25 book authors will get a two-day boot camp training on writing, marketing and branding. The contest is open to all Nigerian writers with unpublished manuscripts on general fiction that includes African stories on romance and fantasy. With Dusty manuscript contest, the bank is seeking to address the challenges indigenous writers are face getting their books published. Entries will be screened to 1000 from which 25 will be selected by a four-man panel of judges that comprises of Dr. Eghosa Imasuen (author of Fine Boys, Yejide Kilanko (a poet and therapist in children’s mental health), Dr. Ainehi Edoro-Glines (Assistant professor of English) and Toni Kan, a writer and PR executive. Managing Director Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Mr Segun Agbaje said that ‘at GTBank we see art as not just a medium for creative expression but also as a means of livelihood, and by organizing the Dusty manuscript contest we are helping budding writers make a living off their works.’ He noted that by addressing the major barrier that ‘our indigenous writers face in sharing their stories with the world, we hope to inspire and develop the next generation of award-winning and globally renowned authors’ Okechukwu Ofili of Okadabooks said that Nigerians are starving for knowledge and books, adding that with Guaranty Trust Bank and Farafina partnership, the literary space will be better off.]]>