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Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza Wins the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 7, 2026

Téa Mutonji Earns 2026 Atwood Gibson Fiction Prize Finalist Spot for “My Person”

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 7, 2026

Call for Book Submissions: 2027 Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 7, 2026

Call for Submissions: The Obibiezenna Prize For Literature 2026

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 7, 2026

Abdelrahman ElGendy, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and Delali Adjoa

Abdelrahman ElGendy, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Named 2026 National Book Awards Finalists as Delali Adjoa Makes Longlist 

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 7, 2026

With my fellow residents. We had a mini launch for Ridwan Fasisi, whose chapbook, The Psalmic Field, just got published.

[Featured Post] Journey to Rongo

• Post author:Ntui Mbey
• Post published: October 7, 2026

Daniel Somtochukwu Umemezie Becomes the 2026 US National Youth Poet Laureate

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 5, 2026

The New Voices Contest (Fiction) Announces Its 2026 Longlist

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 3, 2026

Michelle Kekana, Malika Lueen Ndlovu Win 2026 UJ Prize for South African Writing 

• Post author:Bakare Oluwatobiloba Oyindamola
• Post published: October 3, 2026

The Great Statue | Image by Súnmisọ́lá Olúdé

[Featured Post] Christ(s) in Conversation off Mission Road: A Rongo Residency Travelogue

• Post author:Súnmisọ́lá Olúdé
• Post published: October 2, 2026