The Hassum Ceesay Memorial Prize for Fiction has
been launched in partnership between the Writers Association of The Gambia and
National Centre Arts Culture and the Family of Hassum Ceesay, (1944-2010), a
noted Gambian writer, diplomat and international civil servant.
The prize aims to reward Gambia based writers
whose work has been published locally;
to help build a writing and publishing culture in The Gambia; to
inculcate and promote the culture of reading in The Gambia; to honour the
literary legacy of Hassum Ceesay(1944-2010), one of the great Gambian authors
and co-founder of Ndaanan literary magazine. It will be awarded once a year
every on January 10th. Cash prizes will be awarded as follows: First prize: D20, 000; Second D10,000; Third D7,000
According to the co-ordinator of the Prize Mr. Hassoum Ceesay, himself a noted
author said ‘Submission standards include : Works of fiction (prose, poetry,
play) published in the form of a book in The Gambia from January 1st 2014 to December 31 2016 are eligible; and
authors will make the submission of one good copy of the entry; also an author
can submit or enter for three categories of play, prose and poetry at one time.
Entries should be submitted at the Gambia National Museum, Banjul on or before
31 December 2016’. He invites the Gambian writers and authors to participate.
