Tag: Mali Kambandu

  • Island Prize 2024 shortlist announced

    Island Prize 2024 shortlist announced

    Mali Kambandu, Ruby Excel, and Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza are on the shortlist for the Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2024 announced on Monday, May 13, 2024.   The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA) as well as Booker Prize…

  • Island Prize for a Debut Novel 2022 longlist announced.

    Island Prize for a Debut Novel 2022 longlist announced.

    The longlist for inaugural Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa was announced on Monday, February 7, 2022. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA) as well as Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It is aimed at giving writers from Africa…

  • Kalemba Short Story Prize 2020 judging panel announced.

    Kalemba Short Story Prize 2020 judging panel announced.

    Ellen Banda-Aaku, Masande Ntshanga, Remy Ngamije, and Mali Kambandu are on the judging panel of the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2020 announced on July 11, 2020. The Kalemba Short Story Prize is awarded annually to the best work of original and unpublished short fiction written in English by a Zambian. The award has been won…

  • Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced.

    Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced.

    The Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist was announced on July 21, 2018. Those in the running for the prize are Mbogo Ireri (Kenya), Mali Kambandu (Zambia), and Obinna Jones (Nigeria). The Writivism Short Story Prize celebrates writers from the African continent of prose from the last year. The prize which was born on the…

  • Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist announced.

    Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist announced.

    The Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist was been announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2018. The longlist of ten features writers from Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, and South Africa. The Writivism Short Story Prize celebrates writers from the African continent of prose from the last year. The prize which was born on the back…

  • Mali Kambandu is Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018 winner

    Mali Kambandu is Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018 winner

    Mali Kambandu is the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018 winner for her short story The Hand To Hold. After a process that has been going on for months, the inaugural Kalemba Short Story Prize has a winner. After a longlist announced on February 28 and a shortlist on March 27, the literary glory and US$1,000…

  • Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced

    Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced

    The writers in the running for the newest prize for Zambian writers, the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018, have been announced. They are Chanda Chongo, Peter Nawa, Andrew Nguvu, Sampa Musaba, Mali Kambandu, and Mutinta Nanchengwa. The Kalemba Short Story Prize was announced late last year with the aim of bringing Zambian writers to the…