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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026

Team·3 December 2025·1 view

Closes: Not confirmed. Check the official page before you plan around it. Date not confirmed
Official page: https://goimpactnow.org/blog/afritondo-short-story-prize-2026/

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The Afritondo Short Story Prize is a prestigious annual award that celebrates and showcases the work of Black and African writers from around the globe. The prize encourages innovative and imaginative storytelling by inviting submissions that creatively engage with a specific theme, which changes… The full details and the official application link are on goimpactnow. This thread is for questions about applying.

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wanjiru_k

Scout4 Dec 2025

Give your referees the deadline and a short note on what you are applying for. A referee writing blind produces a generic letter, and a generic letter is close to no letter.

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priya_r

Scout4 Dec 2025

Save your answers in your own document, not only in the form. Forms time out, browsers crash, and losing two hours of writing has made people give up entirely.

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