2021 Shortlisted Stories

five short stories of “impressive craft and intelligent language”

• ‘Lucky' by Doreen Baingana (Uganda) published in Ibua Journal, Online in Kampala, Uganda, 2021.

  • Read ‘Lucky’ here.

• ‘The Street Sweep’ by Meron Hadero (Ethiopia) published in ZYZZYVA, USA, 2018.

  • Read ‘The Street Sweep’ here.

• ‘The Giver of Nicknames' by Rémy Ngamije (Namibia) published in Lolwe, Kenya, 2020.

  • Read ‘The Giver of Nicknames’ here.

• ‘This Little Light of Mine’ by Troy Onyango (Kenya) published in Doek! Literary Magazine, Namibia, 2020.

  • Read ‘This Little Light of Mine"‘ here.

• ‘A Separation' by Iryn Tushabe (Ugandan) published in EXILE Quarterly, Canada 2018.

  • Read ‘A Separation’ here.