Tag: Koffi Addo Prize

The #Writivism2019 Short Story and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prizes Longlist

March 25, 2019

  The Writivism Literary Initiative is pleased to announce the longlisted writers for the 2019 Short Story and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prizes. The Short Story Prize longlist is comprised of twelve stories selected from 387 entries by a team of three judges chaired by Ugandan novelist and short story writer, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi. The … More The #Writivism2019 Short Story and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prizes Longlist

The 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Longlist

June 25, 2018

The Writivism Literary Initiative is pleased to announce the 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction longlist of 10 stories selected from almost 150 entries by a team of three judges chaired by Akwaeke Emezi. The other judges are Sumayya Lee and Daniel Kalinaki. The 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction longlist features stories … More The 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Longlist

The 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines

December 4, 2017

The Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual award for creative non-fiction by emerging African writers administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and sponsored by the Koffi Addo family. Entrants must be unpublished writers (unpublished here means those who have not had a book published), resident in an African … More The 2018 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines

Y. D Tetteh reminisces about winning 2016 Koffi Addo Prize for Nonfiction

March 13, 2017

1. What inspired your award winning story, Lost Futures Or: A Guide to Losing Love? I think I had been wanting to write about love – and my experiences of and around it – for a long time, but wasn’t quite sure how to do it. The marriage of my romantic partner, and the end of … More Y. D Tetteh reminisces about winning 2016 Koffi Addo Prize for Nonfiction