The Nigerian author A. Igoni Barrett (see picture) is the jury, in connection with some people from the publishing house Graywolf Press. The project is set up for a first novel manuscript. The winner will get a publication and a bunch of dollar notes as an advance.  The publisher will make an effort to get the book on the African market. 

Graywolf Press published the famous book ‘One Day I Will Write About This Place’ by Binyavanga Wainaina.

Read more information on the kind of manuscript you may consider for sending to this Graywolf Press.