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2019 Writivism Prize shortlists announced

Kenyan writer Mbogo Ireri won the 2018 Writivism Short Story Prize with his story 'Hopes and Dreams'. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

This year’s Writivism Festival will be held from August 15 to 18 at the National Theatre, Kampala, where the winners of the 2019 Writivism Short Story Prize and the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction shortlists will be announced.

South Africans and Nigerians dominate this year’s shortlists that were announced last week.

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