This year's Caine Prize for African Writing goes to EC Osondu for "Waiting", which is described by The Guardian as " spare, poignant", a story abour "about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp"
Known as the African Booker, the 10-year-old prize goes to a short story by an African writer published in English. Past winners include Zimbabwe's Brian Chikwava,Uganda's Monica Arac de Nyeko, South Africa's Henrietta Rose-Innes, and others.
Osondu was recently interviewed by Bookaholic.
The winning story was originally published by Guernica, an online publication. This is a great step in validating the increasing credibility of online journals.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Thanks for your blog entry. I agree: this win should be a great thing for online magazines.
Meakin Armstrong, Fiction Editor Guernica (guernicamag.com)
Meakin,
Thank you for stopping by and congratulations for rescuing this award-winning story from the slash pile. I will try to get in touch with you to find out if we can chat about something.
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