The Awele Creative Trust announced Olayinka Yaqub as the winner of the 2023 ACT Award for his short story, The Weight of Duty.
The judges praised Yaqub’s story for its heart, language use, and rich cultural setting, noting that “Wura’s struggle to reconcile her personal desires with her duty is very well told.”
Yaqub’s story was selected from among five shortlisted stories announced in March 2024.
The Awele Creative Trust (ACT) is a non-profit trust established in 2013 to provide a platform and enabling environment for creative young individuals in Nigeria through literature and arts. In celebration of the trust’s ten-year anniversary, Yaqub will receive N100,000.
Congratulations to Olayinka Yaqub, as well as the shortlisted and longlisted candidates!
For more information about the ACT Award, visit their website at www.awelecreativetrust.com.
Bongiwe T. Maphosa
Bongiwe Maphosa is a budding author with a passion for storytelling. With her thought-provoking narratives, she takes her readers on a literary adventure. Bongiwe's works on the human condition from a fresh perspective have earned her recognition and publications in the Avbob Poetry Anthology of 2019, The Writer's Club of South Africa 2021, and JAY Lit in 2021. She hopes to cement her place in the literary community.
