Rules and Procedures
1. Any full-length non-fiction work relating to Southern Africa and published between December 1 2009 and December 1, 2010 and written by a South African citizen – at home or abroad – or someone who has been resident in South Africa for more than three years is eligible for the prize.
2. Academic textbooks and business directories will not be considered.
3. The work must be written in English and must not be self-published.
4. The criteria set for the work are:
The illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power; compassion; elegance of writing; and intellectual and moral integrity.
5. Works translated into English must have appeared within five years of the original, and, in the event of a translated work winning, the prize will be split equally between the writer and translator.
6. Publishers are asked to email a list of all titles that they wish to enter to Mantombi Makhubele – makhubelem@avusa.co.za by no later than MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 2010. This list will be checked by the Sunday Times and those books that do not meet the criteria will be removed. Following this, the list will be sent back to the publishers who are asked to send 7 copies of each title eligible for consideration to Tymon Smith c/o Manthombi Makhubele SUNDAY TIMES 4 BIERMANN AVENUE ROSEBANK 2196 by no later than WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8 2010. The Sunday Times is not responsible for failures on the part of publishers to deliver the books to us by this date. Books received after the due date will not be eligible for consideration and will not be considered for the following year’s awards.
7. Publishers are also required to affirm that the nominated authors have agreed to the submission of their works, and that the authors will be available for promotional purposes for award-related events at no cost to The Sunday Times or other Avusa titles. Extracts and interviews which form part of the Sunday Times Lifestyle Magazine’s coverage of the shortlist are provided by publishers at no cost to the Sunday Times. Beyond the coverage in Sunday Times Lifestyle Magazine, authors may also be required to submit pieces for publication across Avusa titles during the course of the coverage of the awards. The content and number of these pieces is up to the editorial staff involved in the commission of these pieces and these pieces will be paid for by the newspapers concerned.
8. The judging panel will be convened by the Sunday Times.
9. A shortlist will be published in the Sunday Times.
10. The awards dinner will take place in Johannesburg in July 2011 at a date to be confirmed by The Sunday Times .
11. Publishers are asked to submit seven copies of each of the nominated works by WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010.
These should be delivered to:
TYMON SMITH
C/o MANTOMBI MAKHUBELE
Sunday Times, 4 Biermann Avenue, Rosebank, 2196
More information here.
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