Nigerian Writer and Caine Prize finalist, Arinze Ifeakandu, recently made the list of finalists for the Lammy Awards this year. In its 35th year, the prize was established to amplify and promote the best of LGBTQ+ literature. More than 3,500 books have been named finalist or winner so far. Bookstores, libraries, and individuals use it as an endorsement to stock their shelves.
The prize is split into 25 categories. This year’s finalists were selected by a panel of over 65 literary professionals from more than 1,350 book submissions. Arinze Ifeakandu’s short story collection–God’s Children Are Little Broken Things–spots him a place in the category of Gay fiction. Click here for list of finalists in all categories.
The Winners’ and Finalists’ ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Edison Ballroom, New York, as well as in an immersive virtual platform on Friday, June 9th. Tickets for the event registration are available, and you can reserve a seat here.
Arinze Ifeakandu was born and grew up in Kano, Nigeria, but now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where he studies at Florida State University. He is an AKO Caine Prize for African Writing finalist, A Public Space Writing Fellow, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from A Public Space, Guernica, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, One Story, Redemption Song and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018.
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things is his first book.
Congratulations to Arinze Ifeakandu. We are rooting for him!
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