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17th Casa África Essay Prizes Call for Entries
Casa África announces for the 16th consecutive year its Essay Prize on African themes with which it aims to recognise, encourage and disseminate original and unpublished essays that contribute to a better knowledge of the African continent.
The essays must deal with the theme chosen for this edition, which is none other than Disinformation in Africa: local, regional and geopolitical impacts and the role of Artificial Intelligence.
The Casa África Essay Prize wishes to broaden knowledge about this reality and seeks, in its new edition, to deepen the analysis of everything mentioned.
Casa África is once again looking for rigorous works, on this occasion on decolonisation, that are well-founded, that go beyond the cliché and that explore diverse realities from a critical and original point of view.
This call is open to any natural person over the age of 18 of any nationality and resident in any country who has no work and/or professional relationship with Casa África, nor any of the institutions that make it up (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, Government of the Canary Islands and the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). The winners of previous calls for proposals are also not eligible to participate.
As in previous editions, only one essay per author will be accepted, although the same essay may be signed by several authors.
The winning work will be published in our Essay Prize Collection and a prize of 2,000 euros will also be awarded, subject to Spanish tax legislation in force at the time of payment, regardless of the country of tax residence of the winning author(s).
Conditions that essays must meet:
- Essays must be original, unpublished and they must not have won any prizes or be pending the fi nal ruling in other events or competitions. Participants must guarantee that there are no third-party rights over the essays presented, and they shall be liable for all and any claims that may arise in this respect.
- The essays may be presented in any of the following languages: Spanish, English, French or Portuguese.
- The essay cannot be less than 15,000 or more than 20,000 words, (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography at the end of the essay), and they must be written in Word Arial 12 Format and double spaced.
- Essays must be presented unsigned and they will only be identifi ed by the title of the work and whatever pseudonym each author may decide to use. Both the title of the essay and the pseudonym must appear on every page of the essay and pages must be numbered. Any signed essays will not be accepted for the competition.
To participate, it is essential to fill in this application form.
The submission of the essays may be made in any of the places established in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, that is to say:
- In the electronic register of any Public Administration. Here is the link to the General Electronic Register of the General State Administration (Explorer navigator recommended).
- At post offices.
- At Spanish diplomatic representations or consular offices abroad.
- At registry assistance offices.
The deadline for participation is 2 February to 2 May 2026 at 2 p.m. (GMT+0).
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