Tag: Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014

  • Jennifer Makumbi wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014

    Jennifer Makumbi wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014

    The overall winner for the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is Ugandan writer Jennifer Makumbi. The East African was awarded her prize at a glittering ceremony on Friday evening in Kampala, Uganda by novelist and short story writer Romesh Gunesekera. The winning story is about a grieving widow who arrives at Entebbe Airport from Manchester…

  • Jennifer Makumbi  is Commonwealth Short Story Africa winner 2014

    Jennifer Makumbi is Commonwealth Short Story Africa winner 2014

    The winners of the regional winners of the Commonwealth short story were announced yesterday with Ugandan Jennifer Makumbi winning in the African region for her story Let’s tell this story properly. The story is of a Nnameya a grieving widow who she arrives at Entebbe Airport from Manchester with her husband Kayita’s coffin. But then…

  • Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 shortlist out

    Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 shortlist out

    The people running for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 were announced yesterday. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 shortlist includes ; The East African in the running Jennifer Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer who studied Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2012, her short story The Accidental Seaman…