Writivism Short Story Prize

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The Writivism Short Story Prize and Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction are a pair of annual literary awards for work by emerging writers living in Africa. The Writivism Short Story Prize, for short fiction, was established in 2013. The Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction was established in 2016.[1]

In 2016 the Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Creative Nonfiction was established, organised by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE). In its first year the Koffi Addo Prize was only open to Ghanaians, but in subsequent years it was open to any writer from the African continent.[2]

Winners of the Writivism Short Story Prize[]

Year Winning Author Winning Title Also shortlisted
2013 (Uganda) Picture Frames , The Sidewalk
, Together
, The Shadow
, Emotional Roller Coaster
2014 (South Africa) Out of the Blue (Cameroon), Devils
, Lunatic
(Nigeria), Survived By
(Uganda), Walls and Borders
2015 Pemi Aguda (Nigeria) Caterer, Caterer (Nigeria), Being a Man
(Rwanda), Devil's Village
(South Africa), Dream
(Nigeria), Social Studies
2016 (Uganda) SunDown (Kenya), Boyi
(Ivory Coast), Je ne suis pas rentree
(Kenya), The Swahilification of Mutembei
(Nigeria), The List
2017 (Nigeria) Stolen Pieces[3] (South Africa), Fairies
(Cameroon), Mobache
(Malawi), The (Un)Lucky Ones
(Nigeria), This Story Has No End
2018 (Kenya) Hopes and Dreams (Zambia), A Photograph
(Nigeria), A River Ends in an Ocean
2019 (South Africa) Maserumo[4] Frances Ogamba (Nigeria), Ghana Boy
(South Africa), Tale[5]

Winners of the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction[]

Year Winning Author Winning Title Also shortlisted
2016 (Ghana) Lost Futures, or A Guide to Losing Love (Ghana), Missing Wombs
(Ghana), Another One of Those
2017 (South Africa) Meat Bomb[2][3] (Nigeria), A Long Way From Home
(Nigeria), Finding Binyavanga
2018 (Zambia) Belonging (Nigeria), Women Who Bleed Colours
(Nigeria), The Child and its Many Faces
2019 Frances Ogamba (Nigeria) The Valley of Memories[4] (Nigeria), The Comedian
(Nigeria), How to Wear Your Body

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References[]

  1. ^ Jennifer Malec, 2019 Writivism Short Story Prize and Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Non-fiction shortlists announced, Johannesburg Review of Books, May 20, 2019. Accessed December 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Otosirieze Obi-Young, The 2017 Writivism Kofi Addo Prize for Nonfiction Goes to South Africa’s Charles King, Brittle Paper, August 23, 2017. Accessed December 5, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bamuturaki Musinguzi, Nigeria, South Africa win at writivism, The East African, August 26, 2017. Accessed December 5, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Otosirieze Obi-Young, The 2019 Writivism Prizes Awarded to Nigeria’s Frances Ogamba & South Africa’s Resoketswe Manenzhe, Brittle Paper, August 20, 2019. Accessed December 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Bamuturaki Musinguzi, 2019 Writivism Prize shortlists announced, The East African, June 7, 2019. Accessed December 5, 2020.
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