The Caine Prize for African Writing 2017
(Updated 1 Dec 2020) The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally. The focus on the short story reflects the contemporary development of the African story-telling tradition.
APPLICATION WINDOW
CLOSED
DEADLINE
31 Jan 2017
PRIZES
The winner receives £10,000 .
The stories written at Caine Prize workshops are published annually alongside the Prize's shortlisted stories in the annual Caine Prize Anthology by New Internationalist in the UK and publishers in eight African countries including, Jacana Media (South Africa), Cassava Republic (Nigeria), Kwani? (Kenya), Sub-Saharan Publishers (Ghana), FEMRITE (Uganda), Gadsen Publishers (Zambia), 'amaBooks (Zimbabwe) and Langaa (Cameroon).
HOST COUNTRY
Credit: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2017
Date Added: 13 Oct 2016
Tags: Literature Writing
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