Category: Awards
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South African Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
The winners of the South African Literary Awards 2025 were announced at the Roodepoort Theatre and Museum in Johannesburg on Tuesday, November 11, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly known as the SALAs, organised by wRite associates, have honoured many authors since 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam…
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Association of Nigerian Authors Announces 2025 Award Winners
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) announced the winners of its 2025 literary awards on Saturday, November 1, during the organization’s 44th annual convention in Abuja. Founded in 1981 by the legendary author Chinua Achebe, ANA is dedicated to promoting Nigerian literature and supporting the interests of writers across the nation. The annual convention, a…
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Ana Maria Gonçalves joins the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Ana Maria Gonçalves was inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters in a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, November 7, 2025. Academia Brasileira de Letras (English: Brazilian Academy of Letters) is a non-profit literary society founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1897. Inspired by the Académie Française, it was established by 40 writers…
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Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards 2025 Winners Announced
The winners of the 2025 Radiate Rwanda Literary Excellence Awards were unveiled at a ceremony in Kigali on Friday, November 7, celebrating the finest voices in Rwandan and African literature. Organized by Bridgevision, the awards aim to spotlight and honour exceptional literary talent across five distinct categories. The event brought together authors, publishers, and cultural…
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Grenada Writers’ Prize 2025 Announces Inaugural Longlist
The longlist for the inaugural Grenada Writers’ Prize was announced in St Georges, Grenada, on Monday, November 10, 2025. This new national short story competition is open to residents of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique. The prize, part of the annual Grenada Book Festival, features two categories: one for adults (21+) and another for young…
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Adedayo Agarau wins at Future Awards Africa Prize 2025
Adedayo Agarau won in the literature category at Nigeria’s Future Awards Africa Prize 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The Future Awards Africa, also known as The Future Awards, are a set of awards given by The Future Project, a social enterprise set up with a commitment to human and capital development…
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Sharjah International Book Fair 2025 Award Winners Announced
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Abdelaziz Ait Bensalah were among the winners of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2025 Awards, announced on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The Sharjah International Book Fair is one of the world’s largest cultural events, featuring panel discussions, keynote lectures, book launches, a publishers’ conference, and a major rights marketplace where publishers…
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Véronique Tadjo wins Prix Ivoire for Francophone African Literature 2025
Véronique Tadjo’s novel Je Remercie la Nuit won Prix Ivoire for Francophone African Literature 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday, November 6, 2025. Prix Ivoire for African Literature in Francophone Expression, or simply Prix Ivoire, is a literary award that rewards works published or translated into French relating to African Literature, produced by African…
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Nathacha Appanah wins Prix Femina 2025
Nathacha Appanah’s novel La nuit au cœur was announced the winner of Prix Femina 2025 in Paris, France, on Monday, November 3, 2025. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina) in 1904. Decided annually by an exclusively female jury, they…
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Theresa Lola wins Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025
Theresa Lola’s poetry collection was declared the winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry is awarded by Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. It is awarded to a full-length book of poems by…
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Nathacha Appanah is Prix Goncourt 2025 finalist
Nathacha Appanah’s novel La nuit au Cœur is among the Prix Goncourt 2025 finalists announced in Paris, France, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The Prix Goncourt is given by the French Académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. While it only has a token prize of…
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Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025 winners announced
Isabelle Baafi and Griot Gabriel won in their categories at the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025 ceremony in London, UK, on Sunday, October 26, 2025. The Forward Prizes for Poetry were founded by William Sieghart to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience in 1992. There are four prizes on offer in the Forward…
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South African Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced.
The South African Literary Awards 2025 shortlists were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, October 27, 2025. The South African Literary Awards, popularly known as the SALAs, organised by wRite associates, have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta…
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Premio Oceanos 2025 finalists announced
Mia Couto, Francisco Guita Jr, and José Eduardo Agualusa are among the Premio Oceanos 2025 finalists announced in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Prêmio Oceanos de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the…
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Omotara James wins at Lambda Literary Awards 2025
Omotara James’ poetry collection Song of My Softening won at the Lambda Literary Awards 2025 in New York, USA on Sunday, October 5, 2025. The Lambda Literary Awards, or the “Lammys,” as they are known, are an award of Lambda Literary, the oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing Lesbian, Gay, Trans, and Queer (LGBTQ)…