The Centre for Energy Ethics invites applications for the AFRI[email protected] Climate Fiction Competition for Creative Writers in the UK in 2021.
The world is on fire. Under business as usual, scientists warn that by 2050 over half of the world could face water scarcity, unsafe levels of air pollution, and increasingly unpredictable weather events. The world is at a crossroads. If we act now, we have a unique opportunity to remake the world otherwise.
What future do we hope for? What future do we fear? If you could write any world into being, what world would that be?
The climate crisis is global, but it was not made and will not be felt equally. Africa is the continent that has contributed the least to carbon emissions. Yet it stands to be most devastatingly affected by the effects of climate change, with limited resources to cope. Today, African perspectives on just transitions to a low-carbon world have never been more important.
Worth of Award
Cash prizes for the [email protected] Climate Fiction Competition for Creative Writers
- £1000 (winner),
- £500 (second prize),
- £300 (third prize), and
- shortlisted entries (£100).
Eligibility
- Submit your story of [email protected], as a short story (max 1500 words) or poem (max 1000 words). The story should broadly and creatively engage with the issue of climate change on the African continent, including (but not restricted to): climate justice; energy; carbon emissions, trading and capture; mining & rare earth minerals; water scarcity; electric transportation; agriculture & food security; extreme weather events; waste; toxicity; sustainability.
- Your entry must be previously unpublished work.
- Entries can be in any language, but, if not in English, must be submitted alongside a full English translation for the purpose of the competition. Only the English version will be evaluated for the competition. If selected, winning and shortlisted texts will feature in their original language texts alongside the English translation.
- You must be aged 18 or over, and be a national or resident of the following sub-Saharan African countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
How to Apply
All applications should be made online via the official website.
Deadline: Submit your entry by JUNE 18, 2021, 23:59 Central African Time (CAT).