Nairobi, March 9 -- After a three-year hiatus that started after its last festival held in Kampala in August 2019, the Writivism literary initiative has announced a short list of writers for the 2023 Short Story, Poetry, and Koffi Addo Non-fiction prizes.

Works by five writers have been shortlisted in each category, selected from a pool of more than 500 entries, the Writivism Literary Initiative says.

Readers whittled down the entries to under 50 in each category, which were sent to two judges, Ber Anena and Yaa Asantewa (Poetry), Paula Akugizibwe and Tiffany Kagure Mugo (Non-fiction) as well as Resoketswe Manenzhe and Juliana Lamy (Fiction), who in turn deliberated on five entries in their respective category.

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