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News April 14, 2026

Seven African Writers Make the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist worth £5,000

by Submissions Editor

News June 25, 2025

Canadian Vincentian writer Chanel Sutherland Wins 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize with Haunting Story About Enslaved Africans

by Jagravi Dave

News September 23, 2020

Take a Walk with Teju Cole in his Latest Essay on Trees and Photography

by Angeline Peterson

Features February 14, 2020

“He was the most generous writer of his generation”: Pwaangulongii Dauod on Binyavanga’s Passion & Love

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Contact Us• Features• Fiction• Fiction - Anthology• News• Nonfiction• Nonfiction - Scholarly March 22, 2019

African Literary Digest: 101 Notable Pieces of 2018

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• Interviews• News February 18, 2019

Writing and the Burden of Public Grief: In Conversation with Hawa Jande Golakai, Winner of the 2017 Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features October 23, 2017

The 2017 Brittle Paper Literary Awards: The Winners

by Otosirieze Obi-Young