The Bergen International Literary Festival for Non-Fiction and Fiction is held in February every year in the Norwegian city of Bergen and attracts writers from every continent. We are looking for new, excellent writing on the theme of ' My generation' for our annual essay competition. Open to everybody under the age of 30.
What characterises your generation? Write an essay from your standpoint. What encourages you, what enrages you?
We give equal emphasis to literary quality and content.
The essay can be written in any language, but a translation into English must be provided with the original text . The essay must be no more than 2000 words in the English version
The contestant must be born in 1990 or later.
Prizes
The winner will receive EUR 2500.
Three runners up each receive EUR 500.
The winning essay and the runners up will be published both online and in a printed format.
Find out more
here
Deadline: 1 October 2020