Short Story Day Africa in the Press
Wole Talabi’s 10 Best African Sci-fi and Fantasy Stories of 2021
Brittle Paper | February 14, 2022
“SSDA has consistently been putting in the work to not just publish but help create great new African fiction through their prize, workshops, editing and promotion. In 2021, they released the much-awaited Disruption anthology featuring stories from the SSDA prize, and the winning story is a powerful one…” Read more…
The 60 Notable Books of 2021
Open Country | December 29, 2021
“An anthology of several genres from emerging African writers. In post-apocalyptic settings, through space colonization and fierce dust storms, the stories interrogate our fears, hopes, and response to the urgent issues and changes around us.” Read more…
Exploring the best hidden gem thrift bookstore in NYC
Ana Wallace Johnson | February, 2022
“In this week's episode, we travel to Red Hook, Brooklyn to check out a criminally underrated thrift bookstore. Along the way, we'll read a fantastic compilation of African literature and develop an encroaching fear of the world's demise. Stay tuned!” Watch more…
50 Notable African Books of 2021
Brittle Paper | 2021
“Short Story Day Africa is known for discovering new talent in African literary spaces. Its latest short story collection features 21 authors from the continent exploring what it means to live in rapidly changing global conditions.” Read more…
New African Literature to Read this Fall
Center for the Art of Translation | 28 September, 2021
“Every year I look forward to the release Short Story Day Africa’s newest anthology, which brings together the newest writing from some of the most exhilarating and talented writers on the continent…” Read more…
Short Story Day Africa Prize ‘Disruption’ winners announced—judges impressed with the ‘calibre and imaginative reach’ of the stories
Johannesburg Review of Books | June 21, 2021
“The winners of the 2020/21 Short Story Day Africa Prize have been announced…” Read more…
How Short Story Day Africa Became the Continent’s Most Important Institution for Short Fiction
Brittle Paper | June 29, 2018
“SIBONGILE FISHER WAS hanging out with friends, eating burgers at Snack Boss, a restaurant in Tembisa, a township in the East Rand in Johannesburg, when she saw the link on Facebook: a post congratulating her. It was November of 2016 and she had won the Short Story Day Africa Prize.” Read more…
101 Notable Pieces of 2018
Brittle Paper | March 22, 2019
“…we wanted this one to tell a story of African Literature in 2018, to collect both the year’s notable and its finest. But what counts as “notable”? The subject? The context? The writer? The writing? In our consideration, we looked first at the writing. And again at the writing. And finally, at the subject and the context….” Read more…