Announcement of a Competition for Comic Strips

The cultural association ENERGHEIA of Matera, the Province of Potenza and Amani of Milan, with the patronage of Regional Administration of Basilicata, announce the seven edition of the literary Prize “Energheia – Africa teller”, with a Comic Strips section.

1. Authors, who must be 20-30 years old, are allowed to participate to the competition with just one unpublished comic strip, with text, if needed, in English or French, on a freely chosen subject, no longer than seven pages (A4 format) in black and white, each page can contain several panels, using any technique.
2. The work must be sent, with the author’s name, age, address (telephone number or/and e-mail) and a photocopy of an identity document, before 31^th January 2012 to:

         Koinonia (Africa Teller), P. O. Box 21255 – 00505, Nairobi (Kenya)

or to communications@koinoniakenya.org  object, Africa Teller

1. A committee appointed by the organizers will evaluate the works in order to indicate the best ten to be submitted to the jury’s final judgement.
2. The jury will declare the winner in July 2012. The winner will be invited to travel to Matera (Italy) for a week, all expenses paid, and take part in the final ceremony that will be held in September 2012.
3. It’s up to the organizers of the competition  to decide about anything which is not included in the present regulations.
4. A copy of the present announcement can be asked to the same address indicated above.

Matera (Italy), September 2011