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		<title>Good News: Etisalat Prize for Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Ladipo Manyika]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A major mobile telecommunications service provider in Nigeria is sponsoring a new literary prize, billed as the “first ever pan-African prize celebrating first time writers of published fiction books”. The Etisalat Prize for Literature, which aims not only to promote African writing but also to boost the publishing industry, is open to entries from publishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NoViolet Bulawayo discusses why “We Need New Names”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Wines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Hitting Budapest"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Guest writer: Ekene Oboko On Tuesday 4th June, NoViolet Bulawayo paid a visit to London’s Southbank Centre to discuss her new novel, “We Need New Names”. The evening was led by the African Writers Trust’s very own Nii Parkes. Bulawayo introduced the audience to her book &#8211; a book described by Parkes as “interlinked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing My Truth: Hellen Nyana</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Guest writer, Hellen Nyana It has taken me a while to introduce myself as a writer.  Sure, I may tell my family and friends that I write but I rarely introduce myself as a writer. So when I was invited to participate in the Uganda international Writers&#8217; Conference that was organised by the African Writers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The Uganda International Writers Conference changed my life.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Diaspora Literary News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack Mapanje]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kwani?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadreck Chokoti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[“Of Chameleon and Gods”]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Guest writer: Shadreck Chikoti ( Malawi) The first piece I ever wrote in my life, which never saw the corridors of any publishing house, and whose whereabouts I can’t track, was a poem. So I started off on my writing voyage as a poet and my secret mentor at that time was Jack Mapanje; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways Young Writers Can Benefit from Storiad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Literary News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Pam Johnson As the name implies, Storiad is an online platform that helps writers connect with an audience, in order to get themselves noticed. What are some of the ways in which Storiad specifically helps young writers though? Read on to find out Providing a Voice Many youngsters are weary to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Story Day Africa 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Literary News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This message came through the mail, so folks please respond directly to RACHEL ZADOK (phone: 072 797 6186) or via Short Story website if you&#8217;d like to participate by reading or submitting your story. Deadline is June 21, 2013 (the longest day, and shortest night of the year&#8211; a symbolic reason to celebrate both the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last call: The 5th and final BN Poetry Award for Uganda (before going International)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theme: Innovation Deadline June 1, 2013 From BN site: &#8220;As we celebrate the 5th and final BN Poetry Award for Uganda, the theme of Innovation is most suitable because 2013 is about originality, modernization, freshness and in 2014, we’re taking the award to an international level. Guidelines for the award: ·         The theme is Innovation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nature(s) of African Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ekene Oboko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[African Writers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Davina Kawuma By today’s standards, I wasted my teenage years. Consequently, I am filled with spite and resent today’s teenagers (who win Olympic gold medals, transform themselves   into whatchamacallit-preneurs, and develop mobile apps during their lunch breaks). When I say ‘wasted’, I don’t mean that the thirteen nineteen I boarded headed straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to the Commonwealth 2013 Winners</title>
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		<comments>http://www.africanwriterstrust.org/congratulations-to-the-commonwealth-2013-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2013 Commonwealth Book Prize]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[E. E. SULE (Nigeria) takes the Africa prize for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize, while Julian Jackson (South Africa) wins the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Africa Region. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Northeast Review welcomes submissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Literary News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Northeast Review invites writers and readers to send fiction, poetry, features, critical essays, translations, book reviews and illustrations&#8230; Northeast Review is open to submissions from all over the world, but particularly welcomes submissions that relate to any aspect of the literature of any of the regions within the Northeast (of India). For details check [...]]]></description>
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