by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | May 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Shola von Reinhold have been shortlisted for the 2021 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Awarded for literature written in the English language, James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are Britain’s oldest literary awards. The prizes, based at...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | May 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
The shortlist for the 2021 Short Story Day Africa Prize has been announced. Short Story Day Africa Prize awards a total of $1,100 worth of cash prizes on up to three writers for a single short story ($800 for first place, $200 for second place, and $100 for third...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | May 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
.The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives written by Lola Shoneyin has been selected as the featured text on the YouTube #AfricaReads challenge which featured over forty Africans from across the continent who read the novel. The team at Google Africa recently kicked off...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | May 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
First awarded in 2016, the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is an international prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing. The prize is named after South African novelist Wilbur Smith. It’s open to writers of any nationality, writing in...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | May 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s, The First Woman, has been shortlisted for the 2021 UK’s Royal Society of Literature Encore Award. The Encore Award was first presented in 1990 to celebrate the achievement of outstanding second novels. The Royal Society of Literature has...
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