Category: Zimbabwe
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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…
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Pfumo Collective announces Citizen Anthology cohort
The Pfumo Collective announced the writers to participate in the Citizen Anthology project, the first from the UK-based organisation, on Monday, April 21, 2025. The Pfumo Collective was unveiled in January to spearhead access to the mentorship and editorial support that more established literary economies afford nonfiction space in Africa. Legendary publisher Ellah Wakatama leads it…
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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 shortlist was announced on Friday, April 18, 2025. Afritondo, a platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations worldwide, is the organisation behind the Afritondo Short Story Prize. Previous award winners, which celebrate the best short story writing by writers of…
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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist was announced on Friday, March 28, 2025. Afritondo, a platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations worldwide, is the organisation behind the Afritondo Short Story Prize. Previous winners of the award, which celebrates the best short story writing by…
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Island Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2025 longlist was made public on Monday, March 24, 2025. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA), and Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It aims to give writers from Africa (or the diaspora)…
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Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2025 announced
The Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards 2025 winners were announced in Harare on Saturday, March 1, 2025. The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture annually. The categories have differed over the years.…
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Alexander Nderitu Prize for World Literature 2024 longlist announced
The Alexander Nderitu Prize for World Literature 2024 longlist was announced in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, November 30, 2024. The Alexander Nderitu Prize For World Literature is a new prize awarded to the best unpublished short story from anywhere in the world. Named for Kenyan writer Alexander Nderitu, it is aimed at launching new literary…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2024 winners announced.
The Morland Writing Scholarships 2024 winners were announced on Friday, November 22, 2024. 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 continent like Yewande Omotoso,…
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Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. The Legend of Arniston House by TL Huchu Publisher: Tor BooksDate: November 12, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan, Amazon TL Huchu T. L. Huchu has been published previously (as Tendai Huchu) in the adult…
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LitFest Harare International Literature Festival 2024 starts November 27
LitFest Harare International Literature Festival 2024, with the theme “Stories – The Measure of Life,” runs in the Zimbabwean capital from November 27 – 30, 2024. LitFest Harare International Literature Festival or simply LitFest Harare is a literature festival hosted annually in Harare, Zimbabwe since it was founded by poet and curator Chirikure Chirikure in…
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Book Digest: Chido Muchemwa, Lynda Chouiten, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, Dreda Say Mitchell
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Chido Muchemwa, Lynda Chouiten, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, and Dreda Say Mitchell. Who Will Bury You by Chido Muchemwa Publisher: House of Anansi Press IncDate: October 8, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: English Where to find it: House of Anansi Press Inc Chido Muchemwa Chido Muchemwa is a…
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Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners were announced in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a private library, archive, writing residency, and museum dedicated to the work of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century…
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Harare Open Book Festival 2024 for October 19
The Harare Open Book Festival 2024, with the theme “Necessary Conversations,” will be held in Zimbabwe’s capital city on Saturday, October 19. When it was first hosted at Ela The Garden, Harare, in 2022, the Harare Open Book Festival featured some of the country’s leading writers. Another successful edition in 2023 followed, quickly establishing it…
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Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2024 finalists announced
The Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2024 finalists were announced on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. 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, created by…
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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,…