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The Caine Prize for African Writing
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The Caine Prize for African Writing
@CainePrize
An annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer.
- 🗣️ Congratulations to @IrenosenOkojie winner of the 2020 AKO @CainePrize for African Writing for her story 'Grace Jones'!🙌🏿🎉📚
- And the winner of the 2019 Caine prize for African Writing is, Lesley Nneka Arimah!!!!
- With her story 'Five Years Next Sunday', Idza Luhumyo wins the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! The 5th Kenyan Writer to win this prize, with her story about a young woman able to call rain with her hair. This story will be published in the forthcoming 2022 anthology!
- We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! You can read the shortlisted stories on our website. Congratulations to the talented authors @SugoErica @chemelumadu @JowhorIle @remythequill @IrenosenOkojie🙌🏿📘📙 caineprize.com/press-releases…
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Congratulations to Makena Onjerika, Winner of the #CainePrize2018 for ‘Fanta Blackcurrant’ published by Wasafiri (2017). Chair of Judges, Dinaw Mengestu, praises its narrative as “haunting in its humour, sorrow and intimacy” caineprize.com/winner #CainePrize2018
- 📣The Caine Prize for African Writing is delighted to announce that South African writer Nadia Davids has been awarded the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing for her outstanding short story, Bridling, published in The Georgia Review in 2023. 📚🌟🇿🇦 Congratulations Nadia! ✨
- Congratulations to the 2017 Shortlist for The Caine Prize for African Writing! Read about the shortlist: caineprize.com/press-releases #CainePrize
- We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚 @dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: caineprize.com/new-page
- Winner for 2017 Caine Prize of African Writing is Bushra al-Fadil for 'The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away': buff.ly/2skl1Zp
- 📣Today we have the pleasure of announcing the shortlist for the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Our shortlisted writers are: Joshua Chizoma Nana-Ama Danquah Hannah Giorgis Idza Luhumyo Billie McTernan Congratulations to all! #AKOCainePrize caineprize.com/shortlist-2022
- Lesley Nneka Aarimah wins 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing
- We are delighted to announce the shortlisted writers for the 2023 Caine Prize for African Writing. More details here: caineprize.com/the-shortlist-…
