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Awards Fiction Kenya

Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe win Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016

Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe are the winners of the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016. The two writers who won in the English and Swahili categories respectively each go home with Kshs100,000. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was the showcase presentation at the dinner hosted at the Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi on September 24, […]

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Awards Fiction Ghana

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 […]

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Fiction Publishers

African writers alert! Five days to submit to Pan Macmillan South Africa

Aspiring writers have five days, 26-30th September 2016, to submit to Pan Macmillan South Africa for their manuscript to be considered. It’s a hard life for writers in generally. They have to spend years working hard on their manuscript and getting rejections right, left and centre in the hopes of being the next big thing. […]