"One thing I have learnt about trying to write fiction is to live with rejection" - Lynsey Ebony Chutel

In this interview, Lynsey Ebony Chutel talks about her work as a journalist and a writer, getting shortlisted for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2022, and writing. Her shortlisted story, Rain Dance, will be part of an anthology expected by Summer 2022.

Lynsey is a writer and journalist living in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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VideoEditorApril 8, 2022Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment