‘It was the universal dream. Cristiano Ronaldo earned more money in one week than the best engineer or lawyer did in one year. The boys knew that and I knew it, too.’ Fiction by Joshua Lubwama. granta.com/mothers-not-ap…

Joshua Lubwama is the #CWprize regional winner for the Africa region! Read the full story on Granta: granta.com/mothers-not-ap…

This May, on the #JayLitSpotlightSeries, we’re featuring African regional winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Joshua Lubwama. Watch out for this interesting feature this Friday, May 30. We can’t wait to share Joshua’s remarkable story!

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Submissions are now open for our next quarterly! For this quarterly issue, we are seeking submissions that explore rituals – both the quiet, personal habits that shape our days and the communal, cultural ceremonies that bind generations. Read here: iselemagazine.com/2025/06/02/cal…

We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. —Gwendolyn Brooks, born #OTD in 1917 poets.org/poem/we-real-c…

Join us tomorrow for a Q&A with this year’s #CWprize regional winners. In this Q&A, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know the writers behind the short stories and learn about their creative process. Sign up to join us: evt.to/eidsaeuew

African Writers Trust is thrilled to invite applications for a Writers-in-Residency Programme. To apply, please visit our website here: africanwriterstrust.org/2025/06/16/afr… The deadline for submitting applications is 21st July, 2025.

📣 Applications are open for The Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship with support from the Mellon Foundation.

Congratulations, Chanel Sutherland.

So… this just happened. I’ve been named the overall winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the Commonwealth Foundation, the judges, my fellow regional winners (your stories are stunning). #CWPrize

Convinced my friend Chanel to join X today despite her reservations, told her there was an army of fans waiting for her. Please welcome her and make her feel at home, and while at it, congratulate her. Congratulations again, Chanel Sutherland #CWprize

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to launch a special edition of our Online Editing Programme this Autumn — and for the first time, applications are open to the public! 🥳 To learn how you can enter, visit: caineprize.com/online-editing…

Yeah, the law of diminishing returns ensures that as a writer, the first book you read so as to learn to write will be a revelation, but the hundredth, not so much. You quickly hit the point where you're better off writing something yourself than reading your favourite authors.

When fiction speaks uncomfortable truths louder than facts. Joshua Lubwama’s, Commonwealth-winning story 'Mothers Not Appearing In Search' reminds us why African literature isn't just art—it's testimony. ✍🏾: zia claremont-diaz⁷: gamegirl the49thstreet.com/49th-exclusive…

When you come from nothing, with no system of advantage, to something bigger and almost overwhelming, you're at liberty to behave the way you want, to flaunt your ego in people's faces; but in the end, it's profitable to be humble and kind, because nothing lasts forever.

Read the 2025 #CWprize shortlist! We are excited to present the first five shortlisted stories from the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Issue 1 features: 'A Room Full of Teddy Bears' by Dorechi (Kenya) 'Final Effort of the Wind' by Gillian Leasunia Katoanga (Samoa) 'Broken

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As a mother worries about her child, an old friend enters her life again with the promise of a better future. But all is not as it seems. Read 'A Room Full of Teddy Bears' by Dorechi. This story was shortlisted for the 2025 #CWprize. Read it, and let us know your thoughts about

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