AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

The 2024 Caine Prize shortlist
The 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Speaks on the Condition of the Times We Live In

While the stories shortlisted on the Caine Prize capers idiosyncratically on life in a general…

AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2024 Shortlist
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing Announces 2024 Shortlist

The five shortlisted stories were selected from a pool of 320 entries originating from 28…

Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo 2023 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo, Win 24th Edition of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

The writers won the prize for their joint short story, A Soul of Small Places. …

Submissions Open for the 2023 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

Window for the 2023 prize closes January 26th, 2023. By Editor Submissions are currently open,…

Kenyan Writer, Idza Luhumyo, Wins 23rd AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

By Editor Kenyan writer, Idza Luhumyo, has been announced winner of the 2022 AKO Caine…

With “Collector of Memories,” Joshua Chizoma is Creating Identities

Chizoma is inspired by his environment, and his writings become a means to communicate with…

Afrocritik’s Joshua Chizoma, and Four others Shortlisted for 2022 AKO Caine Prize

By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera Joshua Chizoma, winner of the 2020 Awele Creative Trust for fiction…