We are delighted to present the category longlists for the 2025 Isele Prizes.
Click the link below to find out more about the works and the writers.
Congratulations to them all!
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BLACK ORPHEUS, a landmark journal of African and Afro-American literature, is now online thanks to @OlongoAfrica and @StartArchiving
Featuring work by Césaire, Senghor, Okigbo, and more, it’s a big step in preserving African literary history. More here👇
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Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month is @RileyHHWrites!
Riley is a writer from Cape Town whose work explores love, grief, and human connection. Learn more about Riley, his writing process, and the inspiration behind his short story WHITE SPACE here 👇
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The longlist for the 2024 Awele Creative Trust (@AweleCreative) Short Story Award is here!
Featuring 12 rising Nigerian writers, the ACT Award, founded by novelist @chikaunigwe, celebrates young talent with a cash prize & workshop. Full list here 👇
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Hello #WritersOfTwitter! I’m Riley and I’m new to the scene. My first #shortstory publishes with Brittle Paper early next month. Please say Hi so I can start building my community ☺️
Submissions are now open for our next quarterly!
We wish to explore impermanence—not as something tragic, but as something that underscores the delicate nature of existence. We want works that explore the fleeting beauty of life’s impermanence.
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