“Literary prizewinners”

five portrait images of Caine short list authors This year’s short list for the Caine Prize for African Writing is rather phenomenal. Here’s the list with access to most of the stories full text:

Tryphena Yeboah (Ghana) for ‘The Dishwashing Women’, Narrative Magazine (Fall 2022) – magazine website
Nadia Davids (South Africa) for ‘Bridling’, The Georgia Review (2023) – magazine website
Samuel Kolawole (Nigeria) for ‘Adjustment of Status’, New England Review, Vol. 44, #3 (Summer
2023) – pdf of story from Project Muse
Uche Okonkwo (Nigeria) for ‘Animals’, ZYZZYVA (2024) – magazine website
Pemi Aguda (Nigeria) for ‘Breastmilk’, One Story, Issue #227 (2021) – excerpt on magazine website

The Judges–pictured below–have released a few statements about the submissions and a few of their thoughts on the range in the official press release.

five portraits of judges for 2024 Caine Short Story prize

As a head’s up, next is the Caine Prize 25th anniversary. There should be some exciting events!

Cheers,

Bee

I was shocked by the news of the untimely demise of Mexican author Luiz Zapata, who is considered a trailblazer of the LGBT literary genre in Mexico. As the newspaper, Millenio reported he had been sick for sometime. Luis Zapata Quiroz‘s acclaimed book, “El vampiro de la colonia Roma,” is considered one of the first books that broke the silence on the issues of gay presence in Mexican literature. It was the recipient of the 1979 Juan Grijalbo book prize.

I leave you with some of his books that we have in our collections and a video recording. RIP, Luis Zapata.

Tag: “Literary prizewinners”

African Short Stories Prize Short List

In memoriam: Luis Zapata- A trailblazer and a pioneer of the LGBT Literature in Mexico!