by Afreecanread | Apr 15, 2021 | Gist Corner
Eloghosa Osunde Nigerian writer, Eloghosa Osunde, has won the 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction for her story “Good Boy.” Osunde joins past winners Ottessa Moshfegh, Yiyun Li, and Atticus Lish as a recipient of the prize. The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction is...
by Afreecanread | Apr 15, 2021 | Gist Corner
The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has been announced. The 25 writers shortlisted for the prize were chosen from 6423 entries from 50 Commonwealth countries. This is a 25% increase from the previous year. In the African category there are three Nigerians on the...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
Kemi Alabi’s full-length poetry manuscript has been selected by Claudia Rankine as the winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. The Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award was founded in 1975 with the aim of bringing the works of many...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
Africa Risen is a celebration of African storytelling and speculative literature. The editors are currently seeking for stories inspired by indigenous African lore to the richness found in immigrant and Diasporan narratives, new tales of earth and alien entities,...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
Akwaeke Emezi, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Olive Otele are on the longlist for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. Named in honour of English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic George Orwell, The Orwell Prizes are the UK’s most prestigious prizes for...
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