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Writivism Announces the 2015 Short Story Contest Judges

The judges for the 2015 Writivism Short Story competition have been announced. The panel is chaired by Chika Unigwe who alongside Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Rachael Zadok, Tendai Huchu and Ainehi Edoro will judge this year’s competition. CHIKA UNIGWE (@chikaunigwe) Chika Unigwe is a Nigerian-born writer who writes in English and Dutch. Born (1974) and raised in…

Five Stories from Uganda

Writivism Shortlist All the shortlisted writers have clips on Youtube We are featuring all five of the Writivism Shorlisted stories. Read, enjoy; then visit the Writivism website to vote for your favorite story. We find this initiative to be important in discovering more African writing talent. While the main focus of this initiative was Uganda, it has partnered…

2013 Writivism competition Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2013 Writivism competition has been announced today Friday 02 August 2013. The Chair of judges, writer Zukiswa Wanner said, “using the democratic ‘majority rules’, the shortlist stands as follows (in no certain order): Nassanga Rashidah Sarah, The Sidewalk Anthea Paelo, Picture Frames Kathryn Kazibwe, Together Emmeline Bisiikwa, The Shadow Paul Kisakye, Emotional Roller Coaster“…

Writing Update from Uganda

The 2013 WriTivism Festival will take place from August 15 to 19 in Kampala, Uganda, and its theme is “The African Continental Writer, Reader and Publisher”. It will feature writers from countries like Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and others on the continent. “The festival focuses on progress and prospects rather than challenges and problems,”…