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If you have a story, just keep trying to tell it - Faraaz Mahomed
Video, Podcast Editor 3/24/21 Video, Podcast Editor 3/24/21

If you have a story, just keep trying to tell it - Faraaz Mahomed

Advice to young writers: Don’t give up. It is not an easy pursuit.

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View fullsize Congratulations to Gift Nyoni, the winner of the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 🎊 👏 A big thank you to everyone who played a part in the success of this year's edition of the prize. An anthology of the longlisted stories will be published in t
View fullsize The winner of the 2025 Afritondo Short Story Prize is the Zimbabwean writer, Gift Nyoni, for his short story, Heat. On "Heat", the judges said: Propulsive and compulsively readable, "Heat" is a story about movement and its attend
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View fullsize You are warmly invited to join us for Barefaced: The Stories We Hide, The Stories We Tell - an evening with the 2025 Afritondo Short Story Prize shortlist. [Register for free at afritondo.com/events (link in bio)] Every year, the Afritondo Short St
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View fullsize 📢 The shortlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 will be announced on Friday, April 18, 2025. Watch this space.

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