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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 shortlist announced
Kai Thomas and Kevin Jared Hosein are on the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 shortlist announced on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is a British literary award created by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, generally…
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Book Digest: Zeinab Badawi, Dieudonné Niangouna, Eduardo Quive, Ibiso Graham-Douglas
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Zeinab Badawi, Dieudonné Niangouna, Eduardo Quive, and Ibiso Graham-Douglas. Covik One Nine edited by Ibiso Graham-Douglas Publisher: Paperworth BooksDate: April 24, 2024Genre: Anthology, FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Paperworth Books Ibiso Graham-Douglas Ibiso Graham-Douglas is an international publishing…
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Abu Sherif Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced.
The six shortlisted writers in the running for the Abu Sherif Poetry Prize 2024 were announced on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The Abu Sherif Poetry Prize is named in honour of Abu Sherif, a prolific Liberian poet who lost his life to sickle cell. It is open only to Liberians between the ages of 17…
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SGDL Grands Prix 2024 first selection announced.
Lisette Lombe and Diadié Dembele are on the first selection for Societe Des Gens De Lettre’s Grands Prix 2024 announced on Monday, April 29, 2024. Societe Des Gens De Lettre (English: The Society of People of Letters) (SGDL) is a French association for the promotion of law and the defence of the interests of authors.…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for May 2024.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in May 2024. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Opportunity hubs…
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Basim Khandaqji wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2024
Basim Khandaqji’s novel A Mask, the Colour of the Sky is the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2024 winner. The announcement was made on Sunday, April 28, 2024. The International Prize for Arabic Fiction is the most prestigious literary prize in the Arab world. The prize worth US$50,000 aims to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic…
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Safiya Sinclair wins OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024
Safiya Sinclair was declared the winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Arif Ali was also awarded the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award 2024. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by…
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Noor Naga is Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024 finalist
Noor Naga’s novel Come Dividere una Pesca is a finalist for Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024; the announcement was made on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, as well as an actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in…
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Writivism Prize 2023 winners announced
Damilola Omotoyinbo, Mlamli Tyulu, and Hussani Abdulrahim are the winners of the Writivism Prize 2023 announced on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, was started by Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire, Naseemah Mohamed, and Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi at the Centre for African Cultural Excellence in Kampala, Uganda in 2012. They conducted several…
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Olayinka Yaqub wins Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award 2023
Olayinka Yaqub’s short story The Weight of Duty was declared the winner of the Awele Creative Trust Award 2023 on Monday, April 22, 2024. The Awele Creative Trust is a non-profit organisation created to provide an enabling environment and platform for creative young persons founded by Chika Unigwe. Its annual prize the Awele Creative Trust…
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L.A. Times Book Prizes 2023 winners announced.
Tananarive Due, Airea D. Matthews, Shannon Sanders, and Amber McBride won in their categories at the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2023 announced on Friday, April 17, 2024. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were founded by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985, in 1980. They are awarded annually…
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Sabah Carrim wins Afritondo Short Story Prize 2024
Sabah Carrim’s short story Fading Mehndi was declared the winner of the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2024 on Friday, April 19, 2024. Afritondo, a platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations across the globe, is the organisation behind the Afritondo Short Story Prize. Previous winners have…
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Africa39: What have the writers been up to since 2014?
What happened to the Africa 39 writers who were supposed to define the trends that will mark the future development of literature in Africa? In 2014 for the second time, the continent hosted UNESCO World Book Capital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. As part of the celebrations, Hay Festival in partnership with local World Book Capital…
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Jhalak Prize 2024 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the UK’s Jhalak Prize were announced on Thursday, April 18, 2024. These are the writers of African descent in the running. The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) writers created…
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Ana Paula Maia wins Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024
Ana Paula Maia’s novel Of Cattle and Men was declared the winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024 in London, UK on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is an annual British literary prize founded by the author Neil Griffiths. It rewards fiction published by UK and…
