A budding Nigerian writer, Modupe
Ojuolape Kuti has gone home with the 1,000 Pounds, as the winner in the Flash Fiction category of the 2015 Etisalat
Prize for Literature, reports ITRealms.
The category, ITRealms gathered is part of the Etisalat Prize for
literature, a platform to recognize and encourage unpublished writers across
the Continent.
Kuti emerged as the winner for
her short story ‘Gone’, at the awards
ceremony for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature held at the
Intercontinental Lagos Hotel recently. Her entry was one of over 1,000 entries
from which 50 met the judging criteria and were shortlisted for the voting
process. She was rewarded with £1,000 cash prize and an iPhone 6. Two other
Nigerians, John Chidi and Jacqueline Uche Agweh came second and third for their
stories, “Invincible” and “Madness in Degrees”; they were also
rewarded with £500 each and a high end device.
Chief Executive Officer of
Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, said the Flash fiction category was created
to meet the needs of the fast paced world, therein providing a glimpse into the
creative minds of unpublished writers.
“We are delighted again to
celebrate the richness and strength of African literature. The Etisalat Prize
for Literature embodies this year’s theme, ‘Representing the Diversity of
African Voices’. Diversity has always been a huge source of innovation. Africa's
cultural diversity is increasingly recognized as a central part of the African
collective identity” he said.
The star prize for the 2015
edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature was won by Democratic Republic of
Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila for his book, Tram
83, a book originally written in
French, and translated into English by Roland Glasser. He received a £15,000
cheque, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück and an Iphone 6s. He will also
attend the Etisalat Fellowship, worth £13,000, at the prestigious University of
East Anglia, United Kingdom, under the mentorship of Professor Giles Foden.
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