CONTEST RULES:
(Content approved for the competition held in 2015)
CHAPTER I - Objectives
Article 1This
Regulation aims to establish the terms and conditions that shall govern
the activities related to the implementation of this literary award.
CHAPTER II - Scope
Article 2This Regulation applies to all national competitors residing in the territory of the Republic of Angola.
CHAPTER III - Definition
Article 3The
literary award "Sonangol Revelation", is an award instituted by
Sonangol - National Oil Company of Angola - Public Company, to
distinguish qualitatively or literary research, Angolan writers, without
any work published.
CHAPTER IV - Prize Value and Payment
Article 44.1.
The value assigned to the literary award "Sonangol Revelation" is $
10,000.00 (Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars) or its equivalent in Kwanzas.
4.2.The above figure will be paid by check or by bank transfer
CHAPTER V - Prize Management
Article 5The
literary award "Sonangol Revelation," will be managed by a Management
Committee composed of five (5) members, three (3) appointed by Sonangol
and two (2) by the UEA - the
Union of Angolan Writers.
CHAPTER VI - Competing Books
Article 6
1.
The publications in competition will be unprecedented and a typewritten
double-spaced A4 sheet in seven copies and must be signed with a
literary pseudonym and delivered in a sealed envelope containing within
it the true identity of the author (name, place of birth and address and
nationality).
2.
Publications which do not meet the requirements established in the
preceding paragraph, will be disqualified and consequently will not be
part of the contest.
3. Publications that not wins will not be returned to their originators.
CHAPTER VII - Genres
Article 7Publications in contest will include all genres, and will also be considered all the scientific studies or essays.
CHAPTER VIII - Submission Deadline
Article 8
The
Literary Award "Sonangol Revelation," will be biennial and the works in
competition must be submitted no later than the September 20th, 2014,
the Union of Angolan Writers in Luanda - Angola.
CHAPTER IX - Evaluation Criteria
Article 91. Publications in contest will be evaluated by a jury, whose deliberations are not subject to appeal.
2.
Will be evaluated only publications in Portuguese which refers to
occurring events or persons, or related to the national territory of
competitors.
3. For the evaluation of
publications in contest, are criteria to consider the quality,
timeliness and it's patriotic and educational value.
CHAPTER X - Jury Composition
Article 10
10.1
Jury is composed of five (5) members, two (2) appointed by the UEA, one
(1) appointed by the Ministry of Culture, one (1) appointed by the
Ministry of Education and one (1) appointed by Sonangol.
10.2 In the first working session, members of the Jury will choose among themselves the
Chairman of the Jury.
CHAPTER XI - Jury Duties
Article 11
11.1.
The Jury shall operate from the date of appointment until the date of
the grant award and may be renewed, in whole or in part, by resolution
of the Management Committee of the literary award "Sonangol
Revelation.".
11.2. Aare expressly forbidden
to enter the competition members of the Jury, Management Committee and
the Presidents of the Association of writers and competing countries and
members of the General Secretariat of the UEA.
CHAPTER XII - Juror's Compensation
Article 12Each
member of the jury will receive the amount of $ 2,500.00 (Two Thousand
and Five Hundred U.S. Dollars) or its equivalent in Kwanzas, by check or
in cash for fees of services rendered.
CHAPTER XIII -
Winning Work
Article 13In
addition to prize money, Sonangol, will sponsor the publication of 1000
(One Thousand) copies of the winning work, the author may have Two
Hundred (200) copies. The remaining copies will be sold by the
Management Committee of the Award, and the revenues will be deposited
into a bank account established for that purpose by the Management
Committee.
CHAPTER XIV -
Juror's Award Ceremony
Article 14The ceremony for the Literary Award "Sonangol Revelation," will take place on February 25th, 2015, in Luanda.
CHAPTER XV -
Omitted cases
Article 15Any
doubts and omissions arising from the application, interpretation and /
or consequences of these Regulations shall be resolved by the
Management Committee of the "Sonangol Literature Revelation Award.
CHAPTER XVI - Validation entry
Article 16
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of publication.
Luanda, May 20, 2014.