FeedDeadlines looming for Kwani Short Story Competitions
Alert! The deadlines for the Kwani Trust’s latest two short story competitions are coming up. The first, which is continent-wide, is marshalled under the theme “The Africa I Live In” and provides a great opportunity for all African writers to get noticed. The second, themed “The Kenya I Live In” is for Kenyans only, and carries a first prize of Ksh 100 000. Time for submissions is running out: entries are due by 7 September 2009!
More about “The Africa I Live In” competition
Opportunities when African writers meet on the same pages at the continental level are few and sometimes, decades apart, especially when this congregation is within Africa itself. For young, un-established writers, this kind of opportunity and the chances that it offers are even rarer.
Kwani Trust is pleased to announce such a congress with the launch of this Africa-wide short story competition. The official narrative of ‘inherent’ goodness, indigenous beauty and widespread historicism has now been running on empty for a while. So we seek newer stories that reflect our day to day lives both private and public: the stories and narratives exchanged in schools, colleges, public transport, offices, churches, pubs, streets, suburbs, estates, trading centres, valleys and hills. Stories told through song and dance, paint and brush, word and phrase, lens and shutter – stories now being told by a new generation, spurred by new imaginations, revealed by new narratives and expressions.
More about “The Kenya I Live In” competition
Kwani Trust is pleased to announce the launch of a national short story competition titled, ‘The Kenya I Live In’, inspired by the recent push for ‘The Kenya We Want’, and ubiquitous conversations about a 2030 vision that places our heads in the clouds and obscures who we are and what we really are. At Kwani Trust, we feel that these visions cannot be achieved until we come to terms with who we are and what we have been. The first step in this is in telling and recognising our own stories and especially that of a new generation.
The 46-year old Kenya’s official narrative of ‘inherent’ goodness, indigenous beauty and widespread peace has now been running on empty for a while. So we seek newer stories that reflect our day to day lives, both private and public: the stories and narratives exchanged in schools, colleges, matatus, offices, churches, pubs, streets, suburbs, estates, mtaas, trading centres, valleys and hills. Stories told through song and dance, paint and brush, word and phrase, lens and shutter – stories now being told by a new generation, spurred by new imaginations, revealed by new narratives and expressions.
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