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Uganda hosts 2013 Caine Prize workshop
02/04/2013
For the first time in the history of the Caine Prize its annual workshop will take place in Uganda this month and will see the launch of the Prize's 2012 anthology, published by the Uganda Women Writers' Association, FEMRITE, one of eight co-publishers of the Caine Prize anthologies. Twelve...
Kwani Trust a Caine Prize Anthology Co-Publisher
15/05/2012
The Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere, on an annual basis. Now in its thirteenth year, The 2011 Caine Prize was awarded to NoViolet Bulwayo. The 2011 shortlist was culled from 126 qualifying...
Kwani ? Editor Shortlisted for 2012 Caine Prize
04/05/2012
The shortlist for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing was announced on Tuesday 1st May by the new Vice President of the Prize, Ben Okri. Selected from 122 entries from 14 African countries, the shortlist includes 'Urban Zoning' by Kwani Trust's Managing Editor Billy Kahora, published in...
Kwani? Editor A Commonwealth Short Story Prize judge
10/04/2012
The Managing Editor of Kwani?, Billy Kahora, has been appointed a 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judge. He joins Bernardine Evaristo, Urvashi Butalia, Craig Cliff, Nicholas Laughlin and Lisa Moore on the panel. Billy is a Chevening Scholar and has an M.Sc in Creative Writing from...
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