The Commonwealth prizes used to feature book-length entries but have now been sadly reduced to a story award, fine for what it is, no doubt, but still considerably less substantial than the much-missed novel and first-novel prizes of yore.
They've now announced the winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Let's Tell This Story Properly, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
She's had a good past year or so -- her novel, The Kintu Saga won the Kwani ? Manuscript Project.
She's had a good past year or so -- her novel, The Kintu Saga won the Kwani ? Manuscript Project.