The Caine Prize for African Writing Writers’ Workshop is being held in Zanzibar in honour of the 2025 Chair of Judges, Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah. This is the nineteenth Writers’…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the panel of judges for its 2026 edition, bringing together a diverse group of cultural practitioners whose work spans literature, academia, curatorial…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has opened submissions for its 2026 edition, inviting publishers to submit eligible fictional short stories between 1 December 2025 and 27 February 2026. An…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has unveiled the eight outstanding African writers selected for its 2025 Online Editing Programme—a 12-week initiative designed to nurture and elevate emerging voices in…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has unveiled the judging panel for the 2025 Best of Caine Award, a special honorary prize marking the literary award’s 25th anniversary. Created to…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the call for submissions to its prestigious Online Editing Programme, a 12-week initiative designed to support and elevate emerging African fiction writers. …
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the Best of Caine Award, a special one-off honour to mark the Prize’s 25th anniversary. Replacing the annual prize cycle for 2025,…
South African writer Nadia Davids has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story "Bridling", published in The Georgia Review in…
