The K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 has made a call for short story entries from young African writers on the theme, Africanfuturism.…
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Category: Awards
Cote D’Ivoire’s Prix Ivoire 2019 finalists announced.
The finalists for Prix Ivoire 2019, the leading literary prize from Cote D’Ivoire, were announced on August 9, 2019. The Prix Ivoire is an award…
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Ayobami Adebayo is 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 winner.
It has emerged that Ayobami Adebayo is the winner of the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 for her debut novel Stay With Me today, August…
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Yejide Kilanko on Canada’s Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction 2019 longlist.
Yejide Kilanko is on the longlist for the Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction 2019 announced on August 6, 2019. The Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction,…
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Adam El Shalakany is Short Story Day Africa Prize 2018 winner.
Adam El Shalakany was announced the winner of the Short Story Day Africa Prize 2018 on August 5, 2019. Noel Cheruto was the first runner…
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African Writers Awards 2019 longlists announced.
The longlists for the African Writers Awards 2019 were announced on July 30, 2019. The African Writers Conference is an African Writers Development Trust event…
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9mobile Prize for African Literature: new information on the prize.
After over a year and a half of no activity, there has been serious movement on the 9mobile Prize for African Literature. The 9mobile Prize…
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Foday Mannah on UK’s Bristol Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist.
Mubanga Kalimamukwento and Foday Mannah. are the two Africans on the Bristol Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist announced on July 24, 2019. The Bristol Short…
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Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin on US’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 longlist.
Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift and Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man are on the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 longlist…
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Oyinkan Braithwaite, Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma on Booker Prize 2019 longlist.
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Bernardine Evaristo, and Chigozie Obioma are on the Booker Prize 2019 longlist announced on July 23, 2019. The Booker Prize for Fiction is…
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Moroccan Abdellatif Laâbi is US’s Neustadt Prize 2020 finalist.
Abdellatif Laâbi was announced as a finalist for the Neustadt Prize 2020 for his novel Beyond the Barbed Wire on July 22, 2019. The Neustadt…
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Sarraounia Prize for Young Adult Fiction makes callout for entries.
The Sarraounia Prize for Young Adult Fiction has made a callout for entries in English, French or Hausa. The Sarraounia Prize for Young Adult Fiction…
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South Africa’s Sunday Times Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the South African Sunday Times Literary Awards 2019 were announced on July 21, 2019. The Sunday Times Literary Prize, organised by South…
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Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019 longlist announced.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019 longlist was announced in Lagos, Nigeria on July 18, 2019. The Nigeria Prize for Literature was founded to honour…
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Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners announced.
The Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners were announced on July 17, 2019. Syncity NG was founded by Nigerian writer Cynthia Osuchukwu as a…
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