CORDITE BOOKS CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Cordite Books, an imprint of Lagos, Nigeria based Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is calling on African writers of quality Crime Fiction to submit manuscripts. The winning manuscript will be published by Cordite Books and will receive a US$1,000 prize. Edited by award winning author, Helon Habila,Cordite intends to tap into a growing market for spy and crime fiction in Africa. Submissions are welcome from published or unpublished authors; submission must be in the crime fiction genre; by an African author; set at least partly in Africa and be between sixty to eighty thousand words in length. Winners will be selected by the Editor. In addition to a publishing contract, the winning manuscript will get a cash prize of $1,000 [covering an advance on royalties]. Two runners-up will get cash prizes. Submissions are open from August 7th, 2013 and will close on November 30th, 2013. The winning manuscript will be published mid 2014 and will be available all across Africa. Submissions should be uploaded using the submissions manager on the Cordite Books website only. Please read the SubmissionsGuidelines. Parrésia’s Managing Editor, Azafi Omoluabi, said, “Cordite is meant to bring anAfrican sensibility to the crime and spy fiction genre made famous by such writersas Ian Fleming, Arthur ConanDoyle, Le Carre, Agatha Christie, James Hadley Chaseand Chesterton. Readers want their own local heroes, their own James Bonds and Sherlock Holmes, and why not, since espionage and crime happen in Africa just as anywhere else?” Information on the imprint and this call can be found at the Cordite Books Website. http://corditebooks.com/call-for-submissions/