Category: Awards
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Abigail Assor wins Prix du roman Version Femina 2025
Abigail Assor’s novel La nuit de David won Prix du roman Version Femina 2025 in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Version Femina is a French weekly magazine supplement which focuses on a range of topics relevant to women, including celebrity news, fashion, beauty, health, and lifestyle. Every month, from January to October, the…
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Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2026 finalists announced
Safia Elhillo and Jesmyn Ward are among the Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2026 finalists announced on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today. The prize for adult literature is awarded to a living…
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Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists announced
The Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists, the fifth edition of the award scheme, were announced on Monday, June 9, 2025. Fiyah is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine featuring stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora based in the USA, founded in 2016. In 2021, they announced that they would host FIYAHCON for Black,…
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Foday Mannah on Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2025 shortlist
Foday Mannah’s debut novel is on the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut Prize 2025 shortlist, announced in Scotland on Friday, June 6, 2025. Bloody Scotland is a Scottish international crime writing festival founded by Tartan Noir writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray, held annually in Stirling, Scotland since 2012. The festival awards are the McIlvanney…
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Canisia Lubrin wins Danuta Gleed Literary Award 2025
Canisia Lubrin’s novel Code Noir was announced the Danuta Gleed Literary Award 2025 winner in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The Danuta Gleed Literary Award, first awarded in 1998, recognizes the best debut short fiction collection by a Canadian author in English. It was founded by John Gleed in honour of his late…
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Festival International Du Livre Gabonais et Des Arts 2025 winners announced
Fidèle Goulyziazia, Patrick Mbonguila Mukinzitsi, and Annie-Flore Assenguet Yogoulou Joly won at the Festival International Du Livre Gabonais et Des Arts 2025 in Libreville, Gabon, on May 31, 2025. Festival international du livre Gabonais et des arts (English: Gabonese International Festival of Books and the Arts), popularly known as FILIGA, was first held in 2022.…
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Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2025 longlist announced
The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2025 longlist was announced on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award recognizes outstanding works of fiction that capture a distinctly “American Voice.” Established in 2016, it honors fiction published in the previous calendar year and includes a $25,000 cash prize. The…
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Ubwali Hope Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Ubwali Hope Prize 2025 shortlist, the second in the series, was announced on Sunday, June 1, 2025. Ubwali is a literary magazine founded to showcase Zambian voices in 2014; they have since published four editions of the publication. One of its projects was the Ubwali Hope Prize, organised in partnership with Shenandoah, to celebrate…
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Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist, the second edition in the project, was announced on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Iskanchi Press, which has produced several literary magazine editions and numerous books, was founded in 2020. In 2024, they announced the Iskanchi Book Prize to bring to light the best new writing from the continent. Open…
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Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 winners announced.
Véronique Tadjo, Oumar El Foutiyou Ba, and Khady Fall Faye Diagne won at the Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Festival International de Littérature de Dakar (Filid) (English: Dakar International Literary Festival) was first hosted in Dakar, Senegal, in 2022. It was attended by writers, literary…
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Ferdia Lennon on Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 shortlist
Ferdia Lennon’s novel Eroi senza gloria is on the Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 shortlist announced on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in 1998, and his widow, Beatrice Monti della Corte,…
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CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025 finalists announced
The finalists for the CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025, including Edwidge Danticat, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Yalie Saweda Kamara, JoAnne McFarland, and The Weganda Review, were announced on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) is an organisation of independent literary publishers and magazines founded in the USA in 1967. The CLMP Firecracker…
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Jacana’s From Pitch to Publication winners announced
Philisiwe Twijnstra, Kirsten Clark, and Greta Nangammbi won at the Jacana Literary Foundation’s From Pitch to Publication competition in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. From Pitch to Publication is an initiative from South African publisher Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) designed to give southern African writers a stage to present their writing to…
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BCA African Business Book of the Year 2025 shortlist announced
The Business Council for Africa Business Book of the Year Awards 2025 shortlist was announced in London, UK on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The Business Council for Africa (BCA) is a not-for-profit organisation connecting Africa to the international business community and investing in Africa’s next generation of business leaders, based in London, UK, founded in…
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is DAG Prize for Literature 2025 Finalist
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu was announced as a DAG Prize for Literature 2025 Finalist on Monday, May 12, 2025. The DAG Foundation, founded by US citizens Doug and Alyssa Graham, aims to support innovative arts with a focus on music, visual arts, and literature. One of its flagship projects is the DAG Prize for Literature, worth…