Tag: Writivism

  • Munachim Amah and Charles King win Writivism 2017 writing prizes

    Munachim Amah and Charles King win Writivism 2017 writing prizes

    Munachim Amah and Charles King are the winners of this year’s Writivism 2017 prizes for fiction and nonfiction. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Kampala, Uganda on August 19 as part of Writivism Festival 2017. The Writivism initiative has two prizes for writing. The fiction prize is called the Writivism Short Story Prize…

  • Controversy ensues as Writivism celebrates fifth year in Gulu, Uganda

    Controversy ensues as Writivism celebrates fifth year in Gulu, Uganda

    Writivism which is celebrating five years hosted a reading in Gulu, Uganda after a workshop featuring young writers from Northern Uganda. The events in Gulu didn’t go down well with one of Okot P’Bitek’s daughter’s. Writivism has built its name as one of the most important literary initiatives in the East African region in the…

  • The Writivism prizes for fiction and nonfiction for 2017 announced

    The Writivism prizes for fiction and nonfiction for 2017 announced

    The shortlists for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 and the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction 2017 have been announced today. A large part of the African writing community was today distracted by the beginning of the new season of The Game of Thrones. With many eyes elsewhere, our friends from Writivism decided that…

  • Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology

    Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology

    Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from ten African countries. Every year Writivism announces those who will be groomed to be the next generation of world beaters. In something that is starting to become a Writivism tradition, the mentors who would guide…

  • Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 call out (English and French)

    Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 call out (English and French)

    The Writivism Short Story Prize, an annual award for emerging African writers administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE), has made a call out for submissions. The French call out can be found here. The Writivism Prize was born in 2013 and it has since the supported literary careers for hundreds of emerging…

  • Meet the Mentors of Writivism 2017

    Meet the Mentors of Writivism 2017

    Writivism has unveiled its mentors for 2017. Those mentoring in English will be, Chuma Nwokolo, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Dami Ajayi, Yewande Omotoso, Tiah Beautement, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Emmanuel Iduma, Karen Jennings, and Lidudumalingani. In French mentoring will be done by Richard Ali, Marcus Boni TEIGA, and Pierre Cherruau. Writivism, the project of writing as activism,…

  • Yogi S.Y Tetteh wins Koffi Addo Prize for Non Fiction 2016

    Yogi S.Y Tetteh wins Koffi Addo Prize for Non Fiction 2016

    Accra, Ghana based yoga instructor S.Y Tetteh is the winner of the Koffi Addo Prize for Non Fiction 2016. The Koffi Addo Prize for Non Fiction 2016 was announced by the judges led by NoViolet Bulawayo working with Yewande Omotoso and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah. The essays in the running for the prize were Lost Futures…

  • The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here!

    The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here!

    The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here ladies and gentlemen! The hype and the tweets and the Facebook statuses and Instagram posts and the planning has culminated to one of the biggest cultural event in the region is upon us. The festival promises some of the best discussions with the book being at the centre of…

  • Writivism Festival 2015 Day 4: Politics, selling books and breaking down language barriers

    Writivism Festival 2015 Day 4: Politics, selling books and breaking down language barriers

    Saturday in Kampala, Uganda saw the African writing community in the form of Writivism Festival 2015 converging at the city’s National Theatre for a series of activities. The keynote address in the evening was given by Ugandan poet, fiction writer, scholar and columnist John Nagenda. Nagenda is also a senior media advisor to President Yoweri…

  • Writivism Festival 2015 Day 3: Oil and bunked panels

    Writivism Festival 2015 Day 3: Oil and bunked panels

    So what did you do on Friday? Well, many people work sluggishly all day then at closing they will flee to the nearest bar. At the Writivism Festival 2015, Friday seemed to know that folks might not be as responsive so there was less of an intensive program. Either that or they opted to have…

  • Harriet Anena’s A Nation in Labour launches at Writivism Festival 2015

    Harriet Anena’s A Nation in Labour launches at Writivism Festival 2015

    Communications professional Harriet Anena launched her poetry collection A Nation in Labour at the National Theatre in Kampala at the Writivism Festival 2015 on Saturday afternoon. The event was moderated by Jagero Oduor and introduced by Richard Ali with Prof Laban Erapu and Rachel Zadok joining in the conversation. Zadok was the 2014 Writivism mentor…

  • A brief look back at Writivism Festival 2013 #TBT

    A brief look back at Writivism Festival 2013 #TBT

    It looks like this year’s Writivism Festival will be the best yet. That list of guests you will meet at this festival is looking quite healthy. Anyone who follows Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire on social media will follow his happy announcements of the latest Prince Clause Fund artist whose travel has been funded to Kampala. For…

  • Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 is coming

    Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 is coming

    The short story prizes are lining up with the latest one on the block being the Writivism Short Story Prize. The panel of judges for this year’s prize will be chaired by Chika Unigwe. The judges include Mukoma wa Ngugi, Ainehi Edoro, Tendai Huchu, and Rachel Zadok. Entries for the short story prize will be…

  • The 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize Longlist is here

    The 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize Longlist is here

    The longlist for the 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize is out. Selected by a team of five judges chaired by Ellen Banda-Aaku from over 200 entries from 17 African countries. The other judges are Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Emmanuel Sigauke, and Glaydah Namukasa. The 2014 longlist comprises: The longlisted writers will work with writer…

  • Writivism goes continental in 2014

    Writivism goes continental in 2014

    Writivism is an initiative of the Kampala Uganda-based Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and aims at promoting emerging African writers. This is by equipping writers with skills, through workshops and mentorship and promoting their work through newspaper publication of stories. It also includes developing workshops, the publication of an annual anthology, an annual short…