The 2026 Afritondo Short Story Prize Longlist is Coming
We are pleased to announce that the longlist for the 2026 Afritondo Short Story Prize will be revealed on 27 March 2026.
The announcement will introduce the writers and stories that have progressed to this next stage of the prize.
In the lead‑up to 29 March, we invite our community to follow Afritondo’s channels for updates and to learn more about the voices shaping this year’s prize.
Our new anthology "This Is How To Stay Alive" is now available for purchase
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Our new anthology "This Is How To Stay Alive" is now available for purchase ✳︎ See below ✳︎
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Fifteen short stories from some of the finest African and Black writers. These stories were on the longlist of the 2025 Afritondo Short Story Prize.
Available for pre-order.
Publication Date: 15 January, 2026.
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“The stories display an exceptional mastery of language and craft. There is no doubt that African storytelling is a fully-fledged discipline with nuance and style.”
Rémy Ngamije, Author of an Eternal Audience of One
Travelling Men Don't Die explores the powerful influence of fate in a collection of captivating stories. Each narrative thread follows characters on their journeys, where unexpected turns and life-altering decisions intertwine with the unseen forces shaping their paths.
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Yellow Means Stay is a collection of enthralling, sad, humorous, and heart-touching love stories from across Africa and the black diaspora. It features new and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond. The stories are a dynamic blend of the poetic and narrative, the spousal and familial, the suggestive and explicit, the dramatic and measured, the straight and queer, the sad and humorous, the past and future, life and afterlife. Through its pages, readers enter the world of African literature, love, and romance.