The longlist for Rwanda’s 2016 Huza Press Prize for Fiction is out, and there are twenty writers on it. The short stories features are written in both English and French.
The US$1,000 Huza Press Prize, described by James Murua as “Rwanda’s most prestigious,” is in its second year and has on its roll call of sponsors organizations such as the Miles Morland Foundation and Parresia. Taiye Selasi and Jenifer Makumbi have also worked with the prize in the past.
It is Rwanda’s first literary award established to identify new literary talents and give them a platform to share their work with a larger audience. According to The Kigalian, the prize also provides publishing opportunities for shortlisted authors, whose work are collected in an anthology.
The 2015 co-winners of the Prize were Darla Rudakubana and Daniel Rafiki.
Congrats to all the longlisted writers. We wish them the best as they move on to the next round of the review process.
Below are the 2016 longlisted entries.
1. “Araje” – Landry Ndoli Subira.
2. “October” – Alfonsina Kayitesi.
3. “Alone in the Dark” – Rutwaza Ganza Leon Leandre.
4. “Nsekanabo’s Chase” – Joseph Njata.
5. “Beyond Repair” – Lucky Grace Isingizwe.
6. “Safe” – Dominique Uwase Alonga.
7. “Le Mariage de L’année” – Kalume Féfé.
8. “Spilled Beans” – Mutsinzi Eric.
9. “Three-Ringed Silver Ring” – Rwabahizi Arnaud.
10. “Inoni” – Denyse Umuhuza.
11. “L” – Jessy Mugisha.
12. “Tempted” – Ganza Moise.
13. “Another Boring Story” – Victor Kagimba.
14. “My Brother’s Keeper” – Shakila Kamatali Umutoni.
15. “Save the Children” – Lucky Grace Isingizwe.
16. “Sum of all Good Things” – Isaac Barclay.
17. “Confession” – Emmanuel Byishimo.
18. “Echoes of Love” – Raissa Kamaliza.
19. “Les Histoires Inédites de Ruganzu II Ndoli” – Jules Cesar Niyonkuru.
20. “Duexime Session” – Kalume Féfé.
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