Tag: Writivism Short Story Prize
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Resoketswe Manenzhe, Frances Ogamba win Writivism awards in Kampala, Uganda.
Resoketswe Manenzhe and Frances Ogamba are the winners of the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 announced in Kampala, Uganda on August 18, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, was started by Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire, Naseemah Mohamed and Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi of the Centre for African Cultural…
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Writivism Short Story Prize 2019, Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and the Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 were announced today May 20, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, that works to build the capacity for writing on the continent was started in Kampala, Uganda in 2012. The initiative includes the Writivism Short Story…
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Writivism Short Story Prize 2019, Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 longlists announced.
The longlists for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and the Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 have been announced on March 25, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, that works to build the capacity for writing on the continent was started in Kampala, Uganda in 2012. The initiative includes the Writivism Short…
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Meet the judges for the Writivism Fiction and Nonfiction prizes for 2019.
The judges for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and the Koffi Addo Prize for Nonfiction 2019 were announced on December 5, 2018. Writivism is an organisation that does activities around the writing ecosystem. Based out of a Kampala, Uganda headquarters, the organisation organises a literary festival, an annual writing competition, mentoring for young writers…
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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…
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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…
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Writivism Short Story Prize 2016 longlist announced
The Writivism Short Story Prize 2016 longlist has just been announced. The winner of the prize will be made at the Writivism Festival in August 2016. The longlist for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2016 has been announced and it has twenty one of some of the brightest young African writers today. The list was…
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CACE announces guidelines for Writivism Short Story Prize 2016
The Writivism Short Story Prize is an annual award for emerging African writers administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE). The prize which was started in 2015 by was won by Pemi Aguda. The race for the new prize winner is officially on with our friends at CACE announcing the guidelines for the…
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The Writivism Short Story Prize Shortlist 2015 out
The shortlist for the Writivism Short Story Competition 2015 has been announced by Chika Unigwe the chair of the judging panel. She was helped in her task by Mukoma wa Ngugi, Tendai Huchu, Rachel Zadok, and Ainehi Edoro. The stories were read blind, as in they didn’t know who there were reading, and those still…
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The Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 Longlist
The long list for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize, selected from a record 277 entries, was announced last Friday afternoon. The panel of judges for this year’s prize chaired by Chika Unigwe comprised Mukoma wa Ngugi, Tendai Huchu, Ainehi Edoro, and Rachel Zadok. They were assisted by many readers who helped whittle down submissions,…