Submission guidelines
Submissions are open every year from 1–14 March. We accept original, final manuscripts in eligible languages.
Selection
Up to 12 manuscripts are selected annually. Selected authors will be announced on World Book Day (13 April).
What we provide
- Language editing and mentoring
- Formatting and cover support for ebooks
- Support with distribution and promotion
Important note
The Assisted Self-publishing Programme does not include the printing, warehousing, distributing, marketing or selling of printed books. This is a self-publishing initiative that enables writers to create ebooks. WritePublishRead is an assistive tool which will prepare authors to be as successful as possible as independent, self-published authors. It is not a publishing agreement. Authors selected for the Assisted Self-publishing Programme will retain all copyright, and will not enter into a publishing agreement with Via Afrika, the NRF Chair in African Languages, or ALASA, as a consequence of being selected for the Assisted Self-publishing Programme.