GTBank Launches The Dusty Manuscript Contest

Foremost African fiscal institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has launched the Dusty Manuscript Contest to laissez passer on budding writers the chance to win publishing deals for their finished, but yet-to-be published, manuscripts. Organized inwards partnership amongst publishing houses Okadabooks together with Farafina, the rival is business office of the Bank’s YouREAD first which is aimed at promoting the civilization of reading.

The Dusty Manuscript Contest is the latest inwards a long business of GTBank initiatives geared towards promoting the appreciation of Art together with supporting creative potential. In 2017 the Bank remodelled the quondam Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba into a solid soil of the fine art learning together with recreational facility that would laissez passer on people inwards the community together with beyond the chance to prepare capacity, arrive at exposure together with connect amongst the world. The remodelled library has been the venue of regular mass readings together with fine art expositions organized nether the YouREAD initiative.

With the Dusty Manuscript Contest, the Bank is seeking to address the challenges indigenous writers confront getting their books published. The overstep three entries inwards the rival volition endure rewarded amongst publishing contracts amongst Farafina every bit good cash rewards. The overstep 10 entries volition acquire their books e-published past times Okadabooks, including mass embrace design, mass editing, together with publicity. The overstep 25 mass authors volition every bit good acquire a 2-day kicking military camp grooming on writing, marketing together with branding.

The entries inwards the Dusty Manuscript Contest volition endure assessed past times a panel of 4 judges which includes Eghosa Imasuen, the author of widely acclaimed novel, Fine Boys, together with Yejide Kilanko, a poet together with therapist inwards children’s mental health, Dr Ainehi Edoro-Glines, an Assistant Professor of English linguistic communication Language together with Toni Kan, a author together with PR executive whose collection of brusque stories, Nights of a Creaking Bed, won the NDDC/Ken Saro Wiwa prize for literature.

Commenting on the Dusty Manuscript Contest, Mr Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank plc, said; “At GTBank nosotros run into fine art every bit non merely a medium for creative facial expression but every bit good every bit a way of livelihood, together with past times organizing the Dusty Manuscript Contest nosotros are helping budding writers prepare a living off their works. He farther added that; “By addressing the major barrier that our indigenous writers confront inwards sharing their stories amongst the world, nosotros promise to inspire together with develop the adjacent generation of award-winning together with globally renowned authors.”

GTBank has consistently played a leading work inwards Africa’s banking industry. The Bank is regarded past times manufacture watchers every bit 1 of the best run fiscal institutions across its subsidiary countries together with serves every bit a work model inside the fiscal service manufacture due to its bias for basis degree corporate governance standards, splendid service lineament together with innovation.