@Writivism

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Writivism Prizes.

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The winners of our 2023 prizes have been announced.
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Friday BBM@bwesigyeOct 19
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Afua Awo Twumwa@awotwumwaOct 12
By whose permission did @vauhinivara feed Caine Prize submissions into AI to figure out if it is AI? Did the writer give their permission? Did the Prize? I hope actual action with consequence is taken.
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A Statement from the Caine Prize for African Writing
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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineOct 6
Three Poems | Mubanga Kalimamukwento iselemagazine.com/2024/10/15…

Three Poems | Mubanga Kalimamukwento

children of small placesa secret truth pulsatesinside the drummer’s palmbetween the first ululation& the last dying soundfrom before her music became spectaclebefore scaredness became ritual&am…

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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineOct 6
“What Price Do Women Pay When They Rebel?”: An Interview with Mubanga Kalimamukwento iselemagazine.com/2026/03/16…

“What Price Do Women Pay When They Rebel?”: An Interview with Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Mubanga Kalimamukwento is the multi-award-winning author of The Mourning Bird, Obligations to the Wounded, Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies, and The Shipikisha …

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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineOct 4
Young Writers Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission: An Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo iselemagazine.com/2025/11/15…

Young Writers Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission: An Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo

NoViolet Bulawayo’s short story, “Hitting Budapest,” won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, and last month it won the Best of Caine award, in celebration of the initiative’s 25th annivers…

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The Shallow Tales Review@ShallowTalesOct 6
Congratulations to @S_S_Kundizeza! Grateful to the @CainePrize for finding “The Blue Fighter” worthy of this prestigious prize. To African writing.
The Caine Prize for African Writing@CainePrizeOct 6
Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been announced as the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his outstanding short story, ‘The Blue Fighter’, published by The Shallow Tales Review in 2025. Read his short story via the link in our bio. #CainePrize26
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Chiwenite Onyekwelu@Chiwenite_OSep 13
I have emerged second-place winner of the 2026 Variant Lit Poetry Prize. I'm grateful to the wonderful judge, Todd Dillard, to the amazing Megan Nichols and all the editors at Variant Lit. 🙌🏾 Congratulations to the winners & to everyone on the shortlist. 💎
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ICAPA Trust is calling for scripts from African filmmakers working and predominantly living on the 🌍 continent. If you have a script in development then here's your chance to be at the 4th Equal Voices Workshop. #EVW #scriptwriting #AfricanWomeninCinema
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I am happy 🥳🥳🥳 and elated to share that my debut collection, The Naming, is a finalist for the 2026 Balcones Prize in Poetry. Congratulations to the winner CD Elskilson for the book, SCREAM QUEEN. Congratulations to other finalists which include Taylor Byas, Brian Gyamfi, DM Aberibigdi, IS Jones, Isabella DeSendi. I am grateful. The Naming can be purchased here: a.co/d/0aGqax00
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The Kalahari Review@KalahariReviewSep 8
I Have Not Written In Days And The World Has Really Gone By Poems about the aches of living through grief and the pangs of death — by Precious Iyoriobhe t.ly/ZefJH
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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineSep 8
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Brains on Fire | Laila Freeman

Bonk heads with me. Tilt your head toward mine as if we were candles – you aflame, and I with a naked wick. Lean in to give me your heat. Let’s make more light, melt into each other, with both our …

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Chiwenite Onyekwelu@Chiwenite_OSep 6
My Ladi Kwali Poetry Prize-winning work is now published. This is one of those poems you never want to write. I'm glad that it found home in the beautiful Northern Writers Forum @NWForum_ 💎 You can read other amazing works in the Issue:
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Black Boy Review@blackboyreviewSep 1
Our inaugural issue is out today. Guest edited by @FrancesOgamba. Spotlighting poetry by National Youth Poet Laureate @DUmemezie & fiction by Munachim Amah, @BuraBariNwilo, @isholaabdulwasi @BookBossNG @rxbodu @AjayiAdedoyin14 theblackboyreview.com/the-1s…
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FEMRITE@femritewritersSep 8
NO TIME TO MOURN A powerful FEMRITE anthology bringing together real stories of South Sudanese women’s stories of war, displacement, resilience and hope. 📚 Get your copy today. #NoTimeToMourn #FEMRITE #AfricanLiterature
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My craft piece was featured in the August newsletter of Okay Donkey Magazine where I’m a fiction reader. It’s a piece I wish I’d read when I was starting out. Please retweet so more writers will see it. Thank you. 🫶
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An update on the 2027 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineJul 24
To Have a Ghost Baby | N. Jane Kalu iselemagazine.com/2020/07/29…

To Have a Ghost Baby | N. Jane Kalu

It means your eyes carry bags so heavy your face drops to the floor. Ghost babies never sleep. They let out continuous screams loud enough to penetrate concrete walls. They will eat nothing. They w…

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Writers! If you don’t know how to find places to submit your work to. I made a list of website that share open calls regularly. Please, retweet so other writers can see this. 1. Reedsy 2. ⁠Writing Contests, Grants & Awards 3. ⁠Eshoe on Substack 4. Subfolio
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Isele Magazine@IseleMagazineJun 9
Submissions are open for our next quarterly! For this issue, we want red-themed submissions. Roses, ladybugs, love, blood, sacrifice, Taylor Swift’s similarly-titled album…we want all things red. Send us your stories, essays, poetry, more. Read here: iselemagazine.com/2026/06/09…

Call for Submissions: Red

“If I could tell you about RedI would sing to you of fire Sweet like cherriesBurning like cinnamon Smelling like a rose in the sun.”― Dixie Dawn Miller Goode, Rainbows Around Us For this quarterly …

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