•Unigwe Olayinka Yaqub has been awarded the prestigious 2023 ACT Award for her captivating short story, “The Weight of Duty.” The Awele Creative Trust announced the winner in a statement that said the judges praised Yaqub’s narrative, which follows Wura’s…
Awele Creative Trust unveils 2023 ACT Award, invites young Nigerian writers to showcase talents
The Awele Creative Trust has announced the 2023 ACT Award, a prestigious literary accolade aimed at recognising outstanding short stories by Nigeria writers aged 16 to 26. With the submission window set to close on January 10, 2024, the heart…
Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award – Call open for 2019 entries
The Awele Creative Trust Award has announced its 2019 call for entries. Founded in 2013 by the NLNG Prize-winning novelist Chika Unigwe, the Short Story Award recognizes the best unpublished fiction by a writer aged between 16 and 26 and living…
Awele Creative Trust announces Act Award 2017 shortlist
The Awele Creative Trust (ACT) has announced the shortlist for the ACT Award 2017. This is the fourth edition of the annual short story prize conceived to encourage aspiring writers in Nigeria worth N50, 000. Awele Creative Trust was set…