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 … More The 2023 Writivism Prizes’ Short list
The Writivism Literary Prizes announce the opening of the submission window and a seven-member panel of judges for 2023. Overall Chair: Sumayya Lee (South Africa) Sumayya Lee was born in Durban, South Africa during apartheid. She has worked as an Islamic Studies teacher and Montessori Directress. She did a Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English as … More Submit to the 2023 Writivism Literary Prizes (Deadline: November 30, 2023)
The program, hosted by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) nonprofit, will relaunch three prizes to mark the tenth year anniversary. The new awards are fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry in translation. Shortlisted writers will take home $50(USD) with winners of each category walking away with $1000 (USD). … More Writivism Literary Initiative Announces Relaunch and Return of Literary Prizes to mark ten years of existence | Ugandan Poet, Tramaine Suubi appointed new Managing Editor
Apart from Unbreakale Bonds being this year’s theme for our activities, it is also the title of a special anthology of fiction, photography and nonfiction from Eastern Africa and the UK diaspora. The anthology is edited by Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire, Esther Mirembe and Sumayya Lee. This anthology is a part of the activities funded by … More UNBREAKABLE BONDS: An Anthology of Fiction, Photography and Nonfiction from Eastern Africa and the UK
The Writivism Prizes 