Entry for Writivism Literary Prizes still open
The Writivism Short Story and Koffi Addo Nonfiction prizes are still open for entries. The prize, which opened from November 1, 2018 will close on December 31, 2018. Each winner takes home $500, attends a fully funded one-month writing (editing) residency at Stellenbosch University, publishes their debut book with Black Letter Media, is funded […]
The Writivism Short Story and Koffi Addo Nonfiction prizes are still open for entries. The prize, which opened from November 1, 2018 will close on December 31, 2018.
Each winner takes home $500, attends a fully funded one-month writing (editing) residency at Stellenbosch University, publishes their debut book with Black Letter Media, is funded to attend the annual Writivism literary festival in Kampala, publishes their winning story in the Writivism annual anthology, and participates in the annual two-month online Writivism mentoring programme.
Also, each shortlisted writer takes home $150, is funded to attend the annual Writivism literary festival in Kampala, publishes their shortlisted story in the Writivism annual anthology, and participates in the annual two-month online Writivism mentoring programme.
Longlisted writers get to publish their longlisted story in the Writivism annual anthology and participate in the annual two-month online Writivism mentoring programme.
The longlists of ten stories for each prize will be announced on March 1, 2019, followed by online mentoring (March 1 to April 30, 2019), shortlists of three stories for each prize announced on May 1, 2019, and the annual Writivism Literary Festival where the winners will be announced and the annual anthology unveiled, will take place between August 15 – 17, 2019.
Winner of the 2018 short story was Kenya’s Mbogo Ireri for ‘Hopes and Dreams’. Chisanga Mukuka (Zambia/South Africa) won the 2018 Koffi Addo Nonfiction category for ‘Belonging’.
The Writivism Short Story and Koffi Addo Nonfiction prizes are awarded annually to emerging writers living in an African country, who have not yet published a single-authored book of creative writing.