Room Three Press (RTP) is currently on the lookout for manuscripts, be it a short story collection or novella. One winner with the most outstanding manuscript would win N100,000 and a publishing deal (e-copy). Writers who send promising manuscripts would receive acceptance letters within the year.
Abigail Alexander Jado was a teenager who died on January 12, 2024 aged 18, after a prolonged illness. She loved writing, but most of all, she loved God. RTP has chosen to honour her memory by establishing this annual award.
The Abigail Alex Award for Fiction is sponsored by Reuben Kabantiyok, a Nigerian Cyber Fellow and Research Assistant with the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA working with the Advance Material Design Group (AMDG). Â Â Â Â
Requirements
- Short story collection – 15,000-20,000 words
- Novella – 17,000-20,000 words
- Any genre or theme is acceptable. It could be literary fiction, science fiction or fantasy, romance, adventure etc. As long as it doesn’t have explicit sex content or any other capable of grieving the Holy Spirit, we want it.
Note: The longlist and shortlist would be revealed in subsequent months with the winner announced before or in June, 2024.
Guidelines for Submissions
- You will be required to attach a one-page synopsis of the work you are submitting in Microsoft Word. Please include all major plot points in your synopsis, especially the end.
- You will be required to attach the entire manuscript in question. This should be in Microsoft Word. Send your manuscript sample in double-spaced, indented paragraph, justified only. We prefer Courier New font type with a font size of 12pt.
To submit your work, please click here and fill the submission form. Multiple submissions of different manuscripts are allowed.