Amplifying African writers and their stories
THE FOREMOST PRIZE FOR THE AFRICAN SHORT STORY
The Caine Prize for African Writing is the foremost international literary prize for a short story by an African author.
INTRODUCING THE PRIZE
A home for African writers and the best African short stories.
For more than two decades the Caine Prize has discovered and championed writers from across the continent and its diaspora — bringing bold, original short stories to readers around the world, and opening doors that last a lifetime.
2000
The year of the first Caine Prize awarded in Harare, Zimbabwe & celebrated in Oxford, UK.
7,000+
Submissions to the Prize over 25 years.