‘This Thing Called Marriage’ by Osuizugbe Adaeze Muareen is on the shortlist of 15 for this year’s #QuramoWritersPrize (QWP014)

Sometimes, pain comes in small doses. Other times, in larger quantities. The same thing goes for happiness. Some days, the joy threatens to burst forth in spurts, and other times, it flows gently like a stream. I have decided to…

‘Nigerian Dream’ by Amaranjo Chigozie makes the shortlist of 15 for this year’s #QuramoWritersPrize (QWP040)

Excerpt from Chapter 1 I smiled, my pride hanging on my head like a crown. I am a first-class student, I knew what I went to school for, I earned every mark I got.  Day in day out, burning candles,…

Adorah Nworah makes 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist

Nigerian Adorah Nworah has made the Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist with her story, ‘The Bride’. The Philadelphia USA-based Nwora is an Igbo storyteller from Anambra State in Eastern Nigeria. She earned her juris doctorate from Temple Law School in…

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…

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