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Wasafiri, the quarterly magazine of international writing, is now seeking entries for its third annual New Writing Prize. The competition has three categories:  Poetry, Fiction or Life Writing; £300 will be awarded to the winner of each category and winning entries will be featured in Wasafiri magazine. The prize is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book.

This year’s judges are: Susheila Nasta MBE (Chair) – Editor of Wasafiri and Professor of Modern Literature at the Open University; Brian Chikwava – Award-winning writer and recipient of the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2004; Jackie Kay – Celebrated prose writer, poet and playwright, awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2006; and Daljit Nagra – Critically acclaimed poet, winner of the Forward Prize (2007) and ACE Decibel Award (2008).

For more information and entry forms visit the Wasafiri website or email Nisha Obano at  n.a.obano@open.ac.uk. Closing date for entries: 5pm, 29 July. Tweet