2015 winners
Fiction
Winner
- Anna Samwel – Penzi la Damu $5,000
Runners up
- Enock Maregesi – Kolonia Santita $3,000
Poetry
Winner
- Mohammed K. Ghassani – N’na Kwetu $5,000
Second runners up
- Christopher Bundala Budebah – Kifaurongo $2,000
The six judges said that the winners used “captivating, measured, flowing and sometimes humorous poetic language” to address issues facing East African societies, such as drugs and the harm they unleash globally; gender relations and women’s rights; and political corruption. “This is African neo-realism in an African language at its best,” they said.
Source: Cornell Chronicle