ELIGIBILITY AND RULES

The following rules govern the second 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’s 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 2021:
   1. Issue 7: Soon/Come (November, 2021)
   2. Issue 8: Komesho (May, 2022)
   3. Issue 9: Vasbyt (September, 2022)
   4. Issue 10: The Struggle (May, 2023)
   5. Issue 11: due in July, 2023
   6. Issue 12: due in September, 2023
4. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry , and visual arts: only one entry is permitted per writer, poet, or visual artist. Contributors with more than one publication in Doek! will be requested to choose one of their works for the judges’ consideration.
5. Commissioned illustrators are eligible for consideration in the visual arts category. Their respective commissions are assessed as one entry.
6. A longlist of eligible literary artists under consideration will be published.
7. 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.
8. The judges’ decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
9. In the event a Doek! contributor is appointed as a judge, their publications are not eligible for consideration in that year’s prize cycle.
10. Previous winners of the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards are not eligible for consideration.
11. Doek’s patron, trustees, and Doek!’s editors are not eligible for consideration regardless of their publication in the magazine.

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