Announcement

03 MARCH 2021

The shortlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 will be announced today at 4 PM GMT.

18 February 2021

The shortlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 will be announced on Wednesday, 3 March.

27 January 2021

We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prize. There were so many fantastic stories and our readers had the difficult task of selecting 16 stories for the longlist. Click here for a list of the stories.

24 January 2021

The longlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize will be announced on Wednesday, 27 January.

9 JANUARY 2021

We received 363 entries from across 20 countries. The longlist will be announced in the last week of January.

10 December 2020

Entry into the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 is now closed. We will be bringing you updates in the coming weeks.