Category: Awards
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Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the inaugural Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa was announced on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa recognises the publisher of the best African fiction or non-fiction title. It is open to writers from all over the African continent with submissions reviewed by a team of experienced…
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Exclusive: Kenya Publishers Association’s 25 Notable Books and Authors
In a Writing Africa exclusive, we share advance information on the Kenya Publishers Association “notable 25 books and authors” to be announced on Saturday, September 28, 2024, The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA), representing the publishing fraternity in Kenya, was founded in 1972. It plays several roles, such as lobbying for publishers at the government level…
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African Writers Awards 2024 shortlists announced.
The African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature shortlists were announced on September 23, 2024. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to celebrate the best-emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have been Manu Herbstein, Maryhilda Ibe, Chiamaka Onu-Okpara,…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 shortlists announced
The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 shortlists were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili every two years. The awards, which have been running since 1972, are…
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Morabo Morojele, Jarred Thompson win University of Johannesburg Prizes 2024.
Morabo Morojele and Jarred Thompson won the University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English 2024 on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises a main prize and a debut prize, given annually…
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Hananie Nsenda wins Prix Zamenga 2024 in Kinshasa.
Hananie Nsenda was declared the winner of Prix Zamenga 2024 at a ceremony in Kinshasa, DR Congo on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Prix Zamenga, named after Congolese writer and philanthropist Zamenga Batukezanga, is a literary competition open to Congolese writers under 40 living in the DRC or abroad. Those who enter the prize, organized by…
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Prix Médicis 2024 first selection announced
Jennifer Richard, Abdellah Taïa, and Amira Ghenim are on the first selection for the Prix Médicis 2024 announced on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. In 1958, French citizens Gala Barbisan and Jean-Pierre Giraudoux founded Prix Médicis to recognise a novel, a story, a collection of short stories by an author who does not yet have a…
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Percival Everett makes Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
Percival Everett’s novel James is on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2024 announced on Monday, September 16, 2024. The Booker Prize for Fiction, founded in 1969, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom. Previous winners of African descent have included…
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Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2024 finalists announced
The Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2024 finalists were announced in Washington, USA on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. The Hurston/Wright Foundation is named for US African American literary icons Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award honours the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. The Legacy Award…
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US National Book Awards 2024 longlists announced
The longlists for the US National Book Awards 2024 were announced from September 10 – 13, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction,…
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Nadia Davids wins Caine Prize for African Writing 2024
Nadia Davids was revealed to be the Caine Prize for African Writing 2024 winner today, Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded annually to an African writer published in English for an outstanding short story since 2000. It has recognised some of the most famous writers working today like Leila…
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NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 shortlist announced
The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 shortlist was announced in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday, September 9, 2024. Since 2004, the Nigeria Prize for Literature worth US$100,000 has celebrated Nigerian authors in the four genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature. Sponsored annually by oil firm NLNG, some of the winners have been Obari…
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Prix Renaudot 2024 Premiere Selection announced
The first selection for Prix Renaudot 2024 was announced on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. Prix Renaudot is a French literary prize awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel published during the previous year. It was created by ten art critics awaiting the results…
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Stefan Bindley-Taylor, Diana McCaulay win Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Awards 2024
Stefan Bindley-Taylor and Diana McCaulay won the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 on Sunday, September 1, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories,…
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Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, September 8, 2024. The Sunday Times Literary Awards are awarded annually in fiction (since 1989) and nonfiction (since 2001). Organised by South African newspaper The Sunday Times, it has been won in recent times by Siphiwe Ndlovu and…