Monthly Archives: October 2020

Akuko Announces New Contest for African Writers

A new literary magazine of African writing, whose inaugural issues if slated for July 2021, has announced a contest for African writers on the continent and in the Diaspora.  This new literary outfit  is “a space for African writers to tell the stories of the continent and its peoples worldwide.”     Akuko’s vision includes…

New Fiction from Madhu S. Nair

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We are proud to share our latest feature, a short story by Madhu S Nair who is also a prolific writer in Malayalam, a language of Kerala State in India. He has  published more than 25 books, mostly travelogues, a dozen stories and two novels. He lives in Trivandrum, India.           …

New Poetry by Lorraine Caputo

Lorraine Caputo returns with new poems capturing the concrete details of our world, enabling the reader to wander to a different place and time, in so doing encountering the familiar in the strange.  Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 180 journals on six continents; and 12…

New Short Story by Nesta Hatendi

Lost Memories Our latest short fiction contribution, “Lost Memories”,  is from Nesta Hatendi. We are delighted to introduce Hatendi, as she a lot to offer on the topic of ageing and its effects on family dynamics. This is a story of the distance created migration to far away lands in search of opportunities, what’s sacrificed…

Poetry by Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Members

Chisiya Writers's excursion to Chisiya Hill, after which the workshop is named.

Rural Writers’ Organization Nurturing Talent This month Munyori Literary Journal publishes a special feature of Shona poets who are members of the Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Whatsapp Group, which is part of the Chisiya Writers’ Club. We are excited about this, as the works showcase the level of talent and hard work coming out of the…