Prizes
Short Story Prize
Guidelines for submission for the 2016 prize were announced on January 30, 2016 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Find them here in English and French. Deadline for receiving entries is March 31, 2016. Prize amount is $400, all shortlisted writers travel to Kampala for the annual Writivism Festivalplus receive $100 and all longlisted stories are published in our annual anthology.
The Koffi Addo Prize for Non Fiction
Guidelines for submission for the inaugural prize were announced on March 8, 2016 in Accra, Ghana. Find them here. The deadline for submitting entries is April 30, 2016. Prize amount is $500, all shortlisted writers will be invited to a festival in Accra, Ghana and their essays/articles/stories will be published in our annual anthology.
The Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize
Guidelines for submission for the inaugural prize were announced on March 8, 2016 in Accra, Ghana. Find them here. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2016. The prize amount is $500, all shortlisted storytellers will be invited to a festival in Accra, Ghana and transcripts of shortlisted stories will be published in our annual anthology.
Poetry Prize
Guidelines for submission for the inaugural prize will be announced on April 15, 2016 in Kampala, Uganda. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2016. The prize amount is $500, shortlisted poets may be invited to the annual Writivism Festival in Kampala, Uganda and poems may be published in our annual anthology.
Past Winners
2015: Pemi Aguda (Nigeria) with Caterer, Caterer
2014: Saaleha Idrees Bamjee (South Africa) with Out of the Blue
2013: Anthea Paelo (Uganda) with Picture Frames
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