Tag: Graywolf Press Africa Prize
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Noor Naga is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner.
Noor Naga was announced the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner for her manuscript American Girl and Boy from Shobrakheit on September 12, 2019. US-based Graywolf Press has published some of the best writers from Africa like Nuruddin Farah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Anouar Benmalek. They founded the Graywolf Press Africa Prize in 2018…
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Submissions sought for A. Igoni Barrett judged Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019.
A. Igoni Barrett will reprise his role as a judge for the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019. Submissions for the prize open on May 1, 2019. Graywolf Press, founded by Scott Walker in Port Townsend, Washington, USA, has published some of the best writers from Africa. These include Nuruddin Farah (Sweet and Sour Milk, 2006),…
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Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018 winner
Kenyan poet Khadija Abdalla Bajaber has been announced as the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018 winner for her manuscript The House of Rust. She receives a $12,000 advance and her manuscript gets published in English by Graywolf Press and in Italian by 66thand2nd. A few months ago we announced a call out for an exciting…
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A Igoni Barrett to judge manuscript prize worth US$12,000
Novelist A. Igoni Barrett will serve as the inaugural judge of the Graywolf Press Africa Prize. The prize is worth US$12,000 to the winner. Graywolf Press was founded by Scott Walker in Port Townsend, Washington, in 1974. Graywolf’s first publications were limited-edition chapbooks of poetry, which were printed on a letterpress and hand sewn by…