The Writers Space Africa Foundation is pleased to announce the first-of-its-kind African Teen Writers Awards. At Writers Space Africa Foundation, we believe in empowering and grooming young writers in order to motivate them towards telling their stories and dispelling false narratives about the continent.

This award is targeted at early teens between 13 to 16 years old. We accept submissions in two categories; poetry and prose. Teenagers are to send one entre per category between March 15 and July 1, 2022. The winners of each category will receive a certificate and $100.

Please click here to submit your entry

In case of technical issues, please send a mail to wsa@writersspace.net explaining the nature of the issue. Please do not send your submissions to this email address.

Corona Cermak is a children’s books writer, a kindergarten teacher, and a Swahili language advocate. She has published 2 children’s books, Grandma Pipi and the Roses and Rooster’s Voice. Both books have been translated into Swahili.

Corona was awarded Writer of the year in 2019 by African Women in Europe for her book, Rooster’s Voice (Sauti ya Jogoo). She currently lives in the Czech Republic with her husband and three children.

Tamunomieibi Enoch is a Nigerian lawyer and creative writer. She loves to write Poetry and Children’s Literature. Her works have been published in magazines and anthologies. She is the author of Ruby and the Rainbow, a children’s poetry book. Currently, she’s working on a children’s book titled ‘ For Waterside Children’.

Patricia Peace Ejang is a 21-year-old student at Makerere University, currently in her third year of law school. She is a writer with Writers Space Africa and has been published on several counts with the same magazine. She currently writes Poetry, children’s literature and short stories. She was the judge for the National Schools Debate Championship (junior) under the category of poetry. She currently has two Children’s books in the pipeline and has numerous children’s poetry published.
Most of her writings are found in the various editions of Writers Space Africa monthly magazines.