The Ubwali Hope Prize 2025 shortlist, the second in the series, was announced on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Ubwali is a literary magazine founded to showcase Zambian voices in 2014; they have since published four editions of the publication. One of its projects was the Ubwali Hope Prize, organised in partnership with Shenandoah, to celebrate the best of Zambian prose and poetry. The first winner of the award was Mukandi Siame.
The second edition kicked off with the announcement of the shortlist, selected from a pool of many gifted Zambian authors who made submissions. Those who were revealed on Sunday are;
- Dacious Kasoka
- Isaac Kanyinji
- Mwanabibi Sikamo
- Mwila Agatha Zaza
- Mwinji Siame
- Suwilanji Namusamba
The winner will receive an honorarium of $500 and be featured in the fall issue of Shenandoah. One runner-up will receive a six-month virtual mentorship from a writer in their genre. Another runner-up will have the opportunity to attend a class offered by Caine Prize–winning writer Makena Onjerika.
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