Nigerian writer Pemi Aguda has been announced winner of the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Award. Aguda, who was a finalist for the Brittle Paper Award for Fiction in 2019, won the award for her novel The Suicide Mothers, which is reportedly set in Lagos and is described as “utterly contemporary yet has room for the […]
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Ope Adedeji & ‘Pemi Aguda Are Finalists for 2020 US National Magazine Awards, for Short Stories Honoured by The 2019 Brittle Paper Awards
The Nigerian writers Ope Adedeji and ‘Pemi Aguda have been shortlisted for the 2020 US National Magazine Awards, for their respective short stories “After the Birds,” published in McSweeneys Quarterly, and “24, Alhaji Williams Street,” published in Zoetrope. Presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), the National Magazine Awards recognize outstanding pieces in […]
The 2019 Brittle Paper Award for Fiction: Meet The 5 Finalists
The 5 Shortlists for The 2019 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in November. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by Africans published online. READ: The 2017 Brittle Paper Award for Fiction: Meet the Nominees READ: The 2018 Brittle Paper Award for Fiction: Meet the […]
Interview | Pemi Aguda | Winner of the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition
A few weeks ago, Pemi Aguda was shortlisted for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize, which resulted in her being invited to the Writivism Festival. The trip to Uganda quickly turned into a celebration when she came out the winner of the prize, thanks to her darkly humorous urban tale titled “Caterer, Caterer.” [Read HERE] We are […]
Thank You to the Folks at Writivism!
I’m so incredibly honored to have served as a judge for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition. Working with fellow judges—Chika Unigwe, Rachel Zadok, Mukoma wa Ngugi, and Tendai Huchu—was a joy. They were all always so fair, gracious, and perceptive in their appraisal of every story. The review process was straightforward. After a series of […]
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