Short Story Prize
Guidelines for submission for the 2019 prize will be announced soon. The prize accepts entries in English. Prize amount is $500. Prize winner is entitled to a one month residency at Stellenbosch University to complete a manuscript for their debut novel / novella / short story collection, to be published in a Writivism Series. All shortlisted writers travel to Kampala for the annual Writivism Festival plus receive $100 and all longlisted stories are published in our annual anthology.
Past Winners
2018: Mbogo Ireri (Kenya) with Hopes and Dreams
2017: Munachim Amah (Nigeria) with Stolen Pieces
2016: Acan Innocent (Uganda) with SunDown
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
The Kofi Addo Prize for Creative Non Fiction
Guidelines for submission for the 2019 prize will be announced soon. The prize accepts entries in English. Prize amount is $500. Prize winner is entitled to a one month residency at Stellenbosch University to complete a manuscript for their debut memoir / essay, to be published in a Writivism Series. All shortlisted writers travel to Kampala for the annual Writivism Festival plus receive $100 and all longlisted stories are published in our annual anthology.
Past Winners
2018: Chisanga Mukuka (Zambia) with Belonging
2017: Charles King (South Africa) with Meat Bomb
2016: Yvette Tetteh (Ghana) with Lost Futures, or A Guide to Losing Love
Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation
This was a one-off prize to celebrate 50 years of the publication of Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino. The prize amount was $500. The winner would have been entitled to a one month residency at an African university where they would complete work on a manuscript of poetry in translation, to be published in the Writivism Series. Shortlisted poems were included in our annual anthology. Runners-up received $50. There was no winner of the inaugural prize.
The Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize (Was canceled – revived and administered by Writers Project Ghana)
