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THE INGRID JONKER PRIZE FOR ENGLISH POETRY 2022
(FIRST VOLUME OF POETRY WITH ISBN)
Poets or their publishers are invited to submit entries for the Ingrid Jonker Prize for English poetry in 2022.
Please complete the attached entry form and return it, together with three copies of the first volume of poetry published in 2020 or 2021, which qualify for submission (according to the set of rules of the prize) to:
Only poets who have South African citizenship, or poets who are based in South Africa and have either permanent residency or refugee status, will be eligible for the Ingrid Jonker Prize. A poet who has already published a volume of poetry in Afrikaans may not then submit a collection in English, and vice versa. Translations will not be eligible for the prize either. If, however, a writer has already published in other genres (prose or drama), and then publishes a first English or Afrikaans volume of poetry, he/she will be eligible for the Ingrid Jonker Prize.
The Ingrid Jonker Prize Committee
c/o Prof Marius Crous
Department of Languages and Literature
Nelson Mandela University
South Campus Office 4-401
University Way
Gqeberha
6031
Please courier the books – not via ordinary mail.
Please email the completed entry form to marius.crous@mandela.ac.za.
The closing date for submissions is 15 March 2022. The shortlist will be announced in June. The prizewinner will be announced at the end of July. Information regarding the awarding of the prize will be available at a later stage.