The Writivism Prizes

The Writivism Literary Initiative is pleased to announce the shortlisted writers for the 2023 Short Story, Poetry, and Koffi Addo Nonfiction prizes. Works by five writers have been shortlisted in each category, selected from a pool of over 500 entries. Readers whittled down the entries to under 50 in each category, which were sent to two judges each, namely Ber Anena and Yaa Asantewa (Poetry), Paula Akugizibwe and Tiffany Kagure Mugo (Nonfiction) as well as Rešoketšwe Manenzhe and Juliana Lamy (Fiction), who in turn deliberated on five entries in their respective category. Under the leadership of the panel chair, the writer Sumayya Lee, the winners in each category will be announced in the coming months. Our finalists and their writing is proudly displayed on our website at this link: https://writivism.org/the-2023-writivism-prizes