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“
The shortlist was selected by a three-member panel, comprising Ayodelle Morroco-Clarke (Nigeria), Ernest Bazanye (Uganda) and Zukiswa Wanner (South Africa) from 14 long-listed entries.
The five stories deal with contemporary issues, ranging from sexuality, family, street children and patriarchy. These are intriguing stories that challenge our society in various ways.
The winner of the competition is to be announced at an awards dinner during the Writivism Festival, on Sunday 18 August 2013. The five stories will be published on The Monitor website where the public is called upon to share their opinions on the themes of the stories.
The stories remain available to read online on the Readers Cafe Africa, Short Story Day Africa, and The Writivism Anthology 2013.The shortlisted stories will also be published in Munyori Literary Journal starting next week.
Writivism is one of the initiatives nurturing new writing talent in Africa. Talking about the work in Writivism, BM Bwesigye, the coordinator of the program, said, “The process [of working with the longlisted writers] has been revealing. And encouraging. We have realised that almost each school has a readers and writers club eager to connect to writers.” The program has brought the participating writers to different high schools.
