Category: Childrens literature
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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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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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African Writers Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature were announced in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, November 4, 2023. 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…
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ANA Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2023 longlist announced
The longlist for the Association of Nigerian Author’s Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2023 was announced on Monday, October 9, 2023. Chinua Achebe was the author of Things Fall Apart (1958) the most well-read novel written by an African. His other novels were No Longer At Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People,…
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South African Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced.
The shortlists in the eight categories at the South African Literary Awards were announced on Monday, October 16, 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, Lauretta Ngcobo, Keorapetse…
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Longlists for UK’s Diverse Book Awards 2023 announced
The longlists for the Diverse Book Awards 2023 were announced on Thursday, July 31, 2023. These are the writers of African descent on the list. The Diverse Book Awards were created by Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis, founders of The Author School to celebrate the diversity of writing in the UK in 2019. The awards…
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Jhalak Prize 2023 longlists announced.
The longlists for the Jhalak Prize 2023 in the adult as well as the Children and YA (Young Adult) categories were announced on March 15, 2023. The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic)…
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US NAACP Image Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the NAACP Image Awards 2023 were announced in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Here are those in the literary categories. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States aimed at advancing justice for African Americans founded by a…
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Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2023 were announced in Harare on Monday, February 6, 2023. Here are those in the literary arts categories. The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of annual awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts…
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US NAACP Image Awards 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for the NAACP Image Awards 2023 were announced on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Here are those in the literary categories. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States aimed at advancing justice for African Americans founded by a group including W. E.…
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Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 winners announced.
The winners of the Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 were revealed in a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, January 8, 2023. The Sawiris Cultural Award, one of the richest on the continent with winners going home with around 1.5 million Egyptian pounds in total, was founded in 2005. The awards are handed out in the…
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023 longlist announced.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023 announced their longlists in the Literature, Children’s Literature, and Emerging Author categories on November 10, 2022. 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 cultural, literary, and…
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African Writers Awards 2022 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature were announced on October 1, 2022. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to shed light on some of the best emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 winners announced.
The winners of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 were announced at a ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, sponsored by Madison Group, celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili every two years.…
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Shortlists for UK’s Diverse Book Awards 2022 announced
The shortlists for the Diverse Book Awards 2022 were announced on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Here are the writers of African descent who made the cut. The Diverse Book Awards were created by Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis, founders of The Author School to celebrate the diversity of writing in the UK in 2019. The…