Category: Awards
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Irenosen Okojie on Dublin International Literary Award 2024 jury
Irenosen Okojie is on the jury for the Dublin International Literary Award 2024 announced in Dublin on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City…
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2024 longlists announced.
The longlists for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2024 in literature, Children’s Literature, Young Author and Translation were announced on November 17 and 28, 2023. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is presented to Arab writers, intellectuals, and publishers as well as young talent whose writings and translations of humanities have scholarly and objectively enriched Arab…
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Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards 2023 winners announced.
Roxane Bayer, Nina Van Zyl, and Veripuamu Nandee Kangumine won the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards 2023 in Windhoek on November 28, 2023. The Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards was introduced to the African literary community in 2021 by Doek. The first winners of the bi-annual awards in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry were Ndawedwa Denga…
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa launched
The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa was launched at the Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Intra-African Trade Fair, the continent’s largest trade and investment fair, ran in Egypt’s capital from November 9 – 15, 2023. One of its standout events was the CANEX (Creative Africa Nexus)…
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Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2023 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2023 has been announced today, Monday, November 27, 2023. Prix Littéraire Les Afriques is awarded annually to an African or writer of African descent who has written fiction highlighting a human, societal, ideological, political, cultural, economic, or historical issue related to Africa or its diaspora. Prix Les Afriques,…
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Eloghosa Osunde wins Museum of African Diaspora’s African Literary Award 2023
Eloghosa Osunde’s novel Vagabonds! won the Museum of African Diaspora’s African Literary Award 2023 on Monday, November 20, 2023. The Museum of the African Diaspora is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. One of only a few museums of its kind in the USA, they hold exhibitions and present artists exclusively of the…
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Davis Tamba wins Yours2read Short Story Competition.
Davis Tamba won the Yours2read Short Story Competition at the Alliance Française Nairobi on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Yours2read Short Story Competition is a collaboration of the Writers Guild-Kenya, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), and Yours2read (UK). It aims to provide writers with a platform to share their genuine African narratives, propelling them to…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 have been announced today, Friday, November 17, 2023. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as the Morland Writing Scholarship, is an opportunity to allow writers to finish a manuscript. In the past, the scholarship has been accorded to writers from across the…
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Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 was announced on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on…
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Prix National Cénacle du Livre Senegal 2023 winners announced.
Fatimata Diallo Ba and Papa Samba Kane won at the Prix National Cénacle du Livre Senegal 2023 in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday, October 28, 2023. Prix National Cénacle du Livre Senegal is an initiative from Cénacle des Jeunes Écrivains du Sénégal to promote books and writers, intends to reward the best works published in Senegal,…
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João Tala receives Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023.
João Tala was declared the winner of Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023, literature category in Luanda on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023 (English: National Prize for Culture and Arts of Angola) is a local government initiative aimed at encouraging the creative ingenuity…
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South African Literary Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the South African Literary Awards were announced at the University of North West, Potchefstroom on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The South African Literary Awards, popularly referred to as the SALAs, have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali,…
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World Fantasy Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the World Fantasy Awards 2023 were announced in Kansas City, USA on Sunday, October 29, 2023. The World Fantasy Awards have been awarded annually for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year since 1975. It is organised and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention. Kacen Callender, Rivers Solomon, Nisi…
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Grand Prix Littéraire du Bénin 2023 winners announced.
Florent Codjo Houndjo’s play Dans les Limbes won Grand Prix Littéraire du Bénin 2023 in Cotonou, Benin on Friday, November 3, 2023. Grand Prix Littéraire du Bénin was created by the Benin Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts to highlight the diversity of national literary creation; to discover and promote Beninese writers and…
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João Melo wins Premio de Literatura DST Angola/Camões 2023
João Melo’s poetry collection Diário do Medo won Premio de Literatura DST Angola/ Camões 2023 on November 6, 2023. The DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize is a joint initiative between dstgroup and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua celebrating books published in poetry and prose by Angolan artists. DST Angola is a subsidiary of…