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The Caine Prize for African Writing

@caineprize

An annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer.

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🌟 Sunday Spotlight! 🌟 If you missed it, check out this insightful interview with Ellah Wakatama, Chair of the Caine Prize, that was released in Feburary! 🖋️📚✨ africainwords.com/2025/02/28/qa-…

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✨📚 NEW RELEASE ALERT 📚✨ Shamiso by Brian Chikwava is here! A novel "that dazzles with ideas on migration, grief, love, time, language and meaning" — MENDEZ, author of RAINBOW MILK 🌍💫 buythebook.online/shamiso 🎉 Follow us on instagram @caineprize to enter our giveaway!

✨📚 NEW RELEASE ALERT 📚✨

Shamiso by <a href="/BrianChikwava/">Brian Chikwava</a> is here! A novel "that dazzles with ideas on migration, grief, love, time, language and meaning" — MENDEZ, author of RAINBOW MILK 🌍💫

buythebook.online/shamiso

🎉 Follow us on instagram @caineprize to enter our giveaway!
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⏰ 3 DAYS TO GO! You’ve got just 3 days left to enter the giveaway for a FREE copy of Shamiso by Brian Chikwava! Don’t miss your chance—head to our Instagram to enter! 📖 👉🏾 @caineprize #BookGiveaway #Countdown #Shamiso

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⏳ 2 DAYS LEFT! Only 2 days left to enter our giveaway! Win a free copy of SHAMISO by Brian Chikwava. Head to our Instagram to enter now 👉🏾 The Caine Prize for African Writing 📚 #GiveawayAlert #NewBook #Shamiso

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🚨 LAST DAY! 🚨 Today is the FINAL day to enter our exclusive giveaway for a FREE copy of SHAMISO by Brian Chikwava ! Don’t wait—head over to our Instagram now to enter before time runs out! ⏳ 👉🏾 @caineprize #Shamiso #BookGiveaway #BrianChikwava

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The 2025 Online Editorial Workshop is in full swing! Our talented participants are gearing up for an exclusive session with Ellah P. Wakatama on storytelling & self-editing. ✨🖋️ Can’t wait to see the incredible stories they'll create! Stay tuned! 📚 #CainePrize #Storytelling

The 2025 Online Editorial Workshop is in full swing! Our talented participants are gearing up for an exclusive session with Ellah P. Wakatama on storytelling &amp; self-editing. ✨🖋️ 

Can’t wait to see the incredible stories they'll create! Stay tuned! 📚

#CainePrize #Storytelling
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An exclusive Q&A session with our first ever Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela!🧠📚 Our workshop participants can’t wait! 🌟 #CainePrize #OnlineEditiorialWorkshop #2025

An exclusive Q&amp;A session with our first ever Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela!🧠📚

Our workshop participants can’t wait! 🌟

#CainePrize #OnlineEditiorialWorkshop #2025
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Only a few days left to enter the Andrée Blouin Prize! 🖋️ Founded by Caine Prize alum Efemia Chela, it supports African women (cis & trans) writing on history, politics, or current affairs from a left perspective. Deadline: 30 April 2025, midnight SAST. 📚✨

Only a few days left to enter the Andrée Blouin Prize! 🖋️

Founded by Caine Prize alum Efemia Chela, it supports African women (cis &amp; trans) writing on history, politics, or current affairs from a left perspective.

Deadline: 30 April 2025, midnight SAST. 📚✨
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🎉 The Caine Prize marks 25 years of championing African literature with the Best of Caine Award – a one-time honour to crown the best short story from all past winners (2000–2024). 📖 Read more: caineprize.com/press-releases #BestOfCaine #25YearsOfCaine #AfricanLiterature

🎉 The Caine Prize marks 25 years of championing African literature with the Best of Caine Award – a one-time honour to crown the best short story from all past winners (2000–2024).

📖 Read more: caineprize.com/press-releases

#BestOfCaine #25YearsOfCaine #AfricanLiterature
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In honouring Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5 January 1938 – 28 May 2025), Caine Prize Advisory Council member Vicky Unwin reflects on the literary giant's role in her career and his extraordinary impact on literature. Read Vicky Unwin’s moving tribute here: caineprize.com/blog

In honouring Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5 January 1938 – 28 May 2025), Caine Prize Advisory Council member Vicky Unwin reflects on the literary giant's role in her career and his extraordinary impact on literature. 

Read Vicky Unwin’s moving tribute here:  caineprize.com/blog
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Alastair Niven (25 February 1944 – 26 March 2025) – who retired from the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council in 2024 – left an indelible mark not just on the Prize, but on the literary landscape as a whole. Read the Council’s tribute here: caineprize.com/blog/2025/5/21…

Alastair Niven (25 February 1944 – 26 March 2025) – who retired from the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council in 2024 – left an indelible mark not just on the Prize, but on the literary landscape as a whole. 

Read the Council’s tribute here: caineprize.com/blog/2025/5/21…
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To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to launch a special edition of our Online Editing Programme this Autumn — and for the first time, applications are open to the public! 🥳 To learn how you can enter, visit: caineprize.com/online-editing…

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to launch a special edition of our Online Editing Programme this Autumn — and for the first time, applications are open to the public! 🥳

To learn how you can enter, visit: 
caineprize.com/online-editing…
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📣SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! For the first time, the online editing programme is open to public applications! So, If you’re an African writer with a short story in progress and the desire to take it to the next level, we’d love to hear from you! Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📣SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

For the first time, the online editing programme is open to public applications! So, If you’re an African writer with a short story in progress and the desire to take it to the next level, we’d love to hear from you!

Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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📣 As part of its 25th anniversary, the The Caine Prize for African Writing for African Writing is bringing back its Online Editing Program this fall! Open to emerging African fiction writers on the continent & in the diaspora. 🗓️ Apply by Monday, July 28, 2025. 🔗 brittlepaper.com/2025/07/caine-…