ELIGIBILITY AND RULES

ELIGIBILITY AND RULES

The following rules govern the third edition of the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards:

1. Only Namibian literary artists published in Doek! are eligible for consideration in their respective categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
2. Successful publication in Doek! is the only entry requirement. Doek!’s submission guidelines and portal are available on its Submission page.
3. All Namibian writers, poets, and visual artists published in the selected issues are eligible for consideration for the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards in 2025:
   1. Issue 12: The Crossing (December, 2023)
   2. Issue 13: Dala (August, 2024)
   3. Issue 14: Turipamwe (December, 2024)
   4. Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown (July, 2025)
4. Fiction, nonfiction, and visual art: only one entry is permitted per writer or visual artist. Fiction and nonfiction writers with more than one publication in Doek! will be requested to choose one of their works for the judges’ consideration.
5. Poetry: poets may enter up to three poems which will be assessed as one entry.
6. Commissioned illustrators are eligible for consideration in the visual arts category. Their respective commissions are assessed as one entry.
7. A longlist of eligible literary artists under consideration will be published.
8. A shortlist of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art entries shall be produced by the judges. Each category can have a maximum of three (3) entries.
9. The judges’ decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
10. In the event a Doek! contributor is appointed as a judge, their publications are not eligible for consideration in that year’s prize cycle.
11. Doek’s patron, trustees, and Doek!’s editors are not eligible for consideration regardless of their previous publication in the magazine.

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