Ola W. Halim, Owolusi Lucky, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò, and JAY Lit‘s very own, Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, have made it onto the 2024 ‘Best Small Fictions’ Selections list.
Listed below are the authors and their respective works of fiction to be found in the anthology:
- Ojuju-Kalaba by Ola W. Halim (SmokeLong Quarterly)
- Amen: The End of Men by Owolusi Lucky (Reckon Review)
- Tonight, I Might Commit the Most Grievous Crime by Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò (Anmly)
- Already among the Clouds by Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim (Necessary Fiction)
Best Small Fictions is the first-ever contemporary anthology solely dedicated to anthologizing the best internationally published short hybrid fiction in a given calendar year. Now in its tenth year of existence, Best Small Fictions features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world.
These amazing pieces of short fiction by these terrific authors will be included in the annual anthology. The 2024 edition will be available from Alternating Current Press this fall.
Congratulations Ibrahim, Ola, Owolusi, Eniola, and all the immensely gifted authors who were selected!
To read more on the prestigious selections and the works of fiction that earned them a spot, visit www.medium.com
Bongiwe T. Maphosa
Bongiwe Maphosa is a writer whose fiction and poetry offers fresh, imaginative perspectives on the human condition. Her work has been published in prominent literary spaces, including Isele Magazine, Akowdee Magazine, the AVBOB Poetry Anthology, Journal of African Youth in Literature (JAY Lit), and more. She was also nominated for the 2025 Best of the Net Anthology. Bongiwe is one of six writers selected for the inaugural Caine Prize Online Editing program and serves as a content writer, peer reviewer, and tier three awards judge for JAYLit. Bridging inner reflection with speculative worlds, she continues to carve out a distinctive voice within contemporary African literature for a growing global audience.
