{"id":53989,"date":"2025-04-22T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bridgevision-invites-entries-for-2nd-edition-of-radiate-rwanda-literary-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T20:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:15:55","slug":"bridgevision-invites-entries-for-2nd-edition-of-radiate-rwanda-literary-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bridgevision-invites-entries-for-2nd-edition-of-radiate-rwanda-literary-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgevision invites entries for 2nd edition of Radiate Rwanda Literary Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The awards, which honour exceptional storytelling and literary achievement, will recognise outstanding writers in four categories: Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding African Writer, Outstanding Young Rwandan Writer, and Outstanding Female Rwandan Writer.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the call for entries, Bridgevision also unveiled this year\u2019s panel of five judges, drawn from both Rwandan and international institutions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur panel of experts are representatives of five respectable Rwandan and international institutions, and we believe that they will do an honorable job in selecting and elevating books meant to educate, inform, inspire, challenge, and comfort Rwandan and African readers all over the continent,\u201d said Joe E. Sully, CEO of Bridgevision.<\/p>\n<p>The judging panel features a blend of writers, publishers, academics, critics, and literary enthusiasts. They represent institutions such as the Ministry of Youth and Arts, UNESCO Rwanda, the Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy, the United States Embassy in Kigali, and the East African University.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed profiles of the judges will be made available on Bridgevision\u2019s website, [www.bridgevisionllc.com->www.bridgevisionllc.com].<\/p>\n<p>The Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards is an initiative spearheaded by Bridgevision in partnership with local and international organisations. The aim is to recognise and elevate voices shaping the Rwandan and African literary landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible authors and stakeholders in the book industry are encouraged to submit their works before the deadline of May 9, 2025, at 6:00 pm (Central Africa Time).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86213 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/radiate_rwanda.jpg\" alt=\"Eligible authors and stakeholders in the book industry are encouraged to submit their works before the deadline of May 9, 2025, at 6:00 pm (Central Africa Time).\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Winners will be revealed during an in-person awards ceremony scheduled for Saturday, August 9, 2025, in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the inaugural Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards included Yolande Mukagasana, who received the Outstanding Woman Writer Award. Other recipients were Bishop Alexis Kagame and Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86220 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm_1_.jpg\" alt=\"The winners of the inaugural Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards included Yolande Mukagasana, who received the Outstanding Woman Writer Award. Other recipients were Bishop Alexis Kagame and Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86219 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_20_pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86218 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_20_pm_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridgevision on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, officially opened submissions for the 2nd edition of the Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards, inviting Rwandan and African authors to take part in a celebration of literary brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000086217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000086217,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-22_at_5.10_19_pm.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53989"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53989"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}