12/06/2020
THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2020 WRITING PRIZE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT JUNE 30 DUE TO RECENT DISRUPTION.
Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, cosmopolitan and open city of Berlin and its inhabitants the award will result in a book publication. The first prize in 2019 was awarded to Dani Arbid for his work ‘The Year of Things Lost’.
About
It is envisioned that this is a reward for the best contemporary (and for want of a better word) creative writing that isn’t afraid to be formally innovative, genre bending and which may point toward the possibility of a new, supra-national tradition . A familiarity with the BDP backlist may point toward the arena of literature and contemporary art in which the press is interested in producing.
The shortlist will be selected by the BDP team from which the jury shall choose a winner. The juries will judge these shortlisted entries anonymously.
Prize
1st Prize: 1000 euro cash prize
The winner will have an opportunity to publish a book with Broken Dimanche Press in 2021 and excerpts from the shortlisted entries will be collected together in a journal, which will be published at the time of the prize giving.
Entry
The prize is open to anyone who who is resident in the EU and Associated Agreement countries
Entries should take the form of:
A writing sample of up to 3000 words
A description of the overall book
CV or biographical note with contact email
Order Number as proof of payment of entry fee (https://www.brokendimanche.eu/shop-1/the-2020-bro-bdp-writing-prize-1)
Entry fee is 10 euros. This goes towards running costs of the prize and its viable continued existence in the future.
Email [email protected]
Deadline: midnight JUNE 30, 2020 (if you have already submitted you can re-submit free of charge)
Timeline
The deadline is JUNE 30, 2020 at midnight.
The shortlist will be announced on July 14.
The winner will be announced at a party at Babes Bar in Berlin at the end of August.
About The Supporter: Babes Bar
Babes Bar invites artists to create works, situations and performances across a variety of contexts: from dinners to karaoke to concerts. Since 2016 Babes Bar has hosted many events at venues including Agora, BQ Gallery, Berlinische Galerie, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Martin Gropius Bau.
The Year of Things Lost
Dani Arbid
Forthcoming Autumn 2020
Winner of the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, 2019.
In this kaleidoscopic novel, Dani Arbid tells the story of a contemporary hero - the cult figure of Zahreddine, migrant, prophet and mystery, as they embark on nothing less than world domination. Tracing the legacy of the War on Terror and its brutal beginnings as the catalyst of a new world, The Year of Things Lost is a radical re-positioning of the novel as it moves from the Iraq War and Abu Ghraib revelations to the rise and fall of the Arab Spring, the migration “crisis” in Europe and the rise of rightwing populism across the Western world.
Amidst an Arabfuturist, genderfluid backdrop, characters from all sides of an enduring struggle - military psychologists, human rights lawyers, arms dealers, freedom fighters - face off in a fight of life and death as events from the last twenty years erupt in this magnificent tale of love, rebellion and devotion, offering stark portrayals of the grittiest arenas of war.
Born in London, raised in Abu Dhabi, Dani Arbid is a writer, filmmaker and recent entrepreneur. He has worked and lived in Istanbul, Beirut and Berlin where, in 2018, he co-founded Barakunan GmbH, a publishing and media start-up. In September 2019, he was awarded the inaugural Büro BDP Writing Prize, with the novel The Year of Things Lost forthcoming in 2020. Literature Ireland Electric Literature European Culture Babes EDIT MAG Haus der Kulturen der Welt Marcel Duchamp
Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, ...