‘The East Africa We Want’ -Travel Short Stories Shout-out

To complement the East Africa Community's (EAC) efforts to achieve people-centered integration, CDEA will publish selected creatively written travel writing to echo the voices of East Africans on how to enhance social cohesion in the region.

We are interested in literature that reflects your traveller's experiences as you crossed borders (Busia, Malaba, Namanga, Mtukula, Katuna, Kanyaru or other border towns) for vacation, education/study, visiting relatives/families or business.

CDEA will publish selected travel short stories in the July 2014 Issue of Mashariki: Cultural Understanding and Peace Building Journal, under the segment 'East African Voices'.

AWARD: The selected writers will win a book written by an East African. This is CDEA's effort to promote reading of East African Literature by East Africans.

Submission Guidelines
Deadline: 15th June, 2014
Age: No age limit, you just have a great story to tell!
Word count: 1500 words
Theme: Transit: Experience of East Africans crossing borders
Language: The work ought to be in English or Kiswahili.
The story must be 'new' in the sense that it is 'unpublished in book form' (We will accept submissions which have previously been published in magazines or online.)
Please send submissions by email, attached as a WORD doc, To: emmanuely.deodath@cdea.or.tz

Formatting Guidelines:
• Name of author (Times New Roman, 12. Bold left justified)
• Contact address, telephone number and email (Times New Roman, 12. Bold left justified)
• Title of story (Times New Roman 14, bold, cantered)
• The story should be in Times New Roman, black, size 12, justified, 1.5 line spacing
• Page numbers and name of author on every page please.
• Word count at the end of the story, bold and left justified
Note:Include email, postal address and mobile number with your submission