Emily Pensulo

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open! We are delighted to announce that @GurnaikJohal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize. Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-pr…

@Airtel_Zambia For context

@Airtel_Zambia Please look into this. I got a bundle 7.5 Gb bundle, then got a text later saying I had used 60% of my 500MB bundle? Then a few minutes later I had no bundles remaining. And no, I didn't do any downloads which could have affected data usage.

🔊 We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Shortlist. ✨ Dacious Kasoka ✨ Isaac Kanyinji ✨ Mwanabibi Sikamo ✨ Suwilanji Namusamba ✨ Mwila Agatha Zaza ✨ Mwinji Siame 🏆 Winner gets $500 + publication in Shenandoah Magazine.

📣 The Ubwali Hope Prize is back! 🏆 $500 + publication in Shenandoah ✍️ Mentorship for 1 runner-up 🌟 NEW: A class with Caine Prize–winner @Onjerika Makena Onjerika for another runner-up Open to Zambian writers published in Ubwali last year. Shortlist in June, winner in July.

@Bravosaka @cwfcreatives Congratulations, I can't wait to read the winning entries.

@cwfcreatives Congratulations guys, I'm happy for you🎉

The 2025 #CWprize shortlist is here! Meet the 25 writers selected after a record-breaking year. Five regional winners will be announced on 14 May, before the overall winner is named on 25 June. Meet the writers and learn more about their stories 👇 commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-pr…

@Phales17 Congrats, Phales. Wishing you the very best.

I’m a PhD candidate 👏🏽👏🏽 I successfully passed my proposal defense

the @UbwaliLitMag special issue is almost out. congratulations to all the contributors!

@mulenga_a You are very welcome. Thanks for following back.

@EmilyPensulo thanks for the follow 🙏🏾

📣Exciting news! Oxbelly is pleased to invite worldwide applications for their Fiction Writers Program held at Costa Navarino in historic Messinia, Greece. Deadline: 22 January Learn more:🔗 commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/th…

In this new collection of short African fiction, people seek, find, and lose love; lovers cheat; fathers reconcile with their daughters; revolutions, both personal and national, happen; mothers alienate their sons… hararereview.wordpress.com/2024/12/28/cap…

Merry Christmas everyone. It is time to apply to join us at Costa Navarino for the OXBELLY RETREATS 2025! Come and see great writers wine and dine in the most beautiful place in the world! Past and future guests have and will include Rebecca Makkai, Bill Clegg, Fiammetta Rocco, Imbolo Mbue, Ismael Beah, Jonathan Franzen, amongst others! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 oxbelly.com/fiction-writer…

TBR Winter 24 is here. Get it on Amazon everywhere now. thebrusselsreview.com/dritan-kici/wi…

@UtushimiTwandi @brittlepaper Congratulations 🎉 this is great news!

Celebrity by Emily Pensulo What does it take to rise from obscurity to fame? This short story is a sharp, unflinching tale of ambition, illusion, and the cost of digital fame. #SocialMediaFame #ZambianWriters #brurev thebrusselsreview.com/emily-pensulo/…

@Brussels_Review Hey @JosephineSokan hope you are well. Check this out when you can!

@Brussels_Review Thank you very much to the editorial team @Brussels_Review for giving my short story a home in a magazine I have come to admire and enjoy reading ❤️ #grateful

African literature thrives thanks to small, independent presses—and the 2024 AFRICAN SMALL PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE celebrates their work! Featuring 60+ publishers across the continent, the catalogue is a hub for connection, collaboration, and discovery. brittlepaper.com/2024/12/the-sm…