A word from mentoring ed, Helen Moffett. And a gift from SSDA!
It’s the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere, and that makes us think of Short Story Day Africa’s roots, and how it’s bloomed and transmuted since its…
Short Story Day Africa needs you!
Short Story Day Africa is a small non-profit organisation that relies on donations from readers and writers, business and organisations, to fund our development projects. These include the SSDA Editing…
Two Short Story Day Africa writers shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 May 2019 Short Story Day Africa is extremely proud to have first discovered and published two of the five stories shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize…
Hotel Africa: The 2018 Short Story day Africa Prize Longlist
[Originally announced exclusively on The Johannesburg Review of Books]The longlist for the Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction has been announced.The prize was founded in 2013, and is open to…
Meet the 2019 SSDA Editing Fellows!
They are: From left: Agazit Abate, Anne Moraa and Ope Adedeji. Agazit Abate (Ethiopia) is the daughter of immigrants and storytellers. She was raised in Los Angeles. She writes and lives in…
ID: The Cover Story and the Matching Mascot
Rachel Zadok taking an ID selfie in the reflective limited edition cover. We love books. If we didn't, we wouldn't be running this project. We love books so much we…
Announcing the winners of the $800 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction.
Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor has won the prestigious 2017 Short Story Day Africa Prize for his story, "All Our Lives", his multiple-identity story examining the lives of disaffected men who drift…
Short Story Day Africa is pleased to announce the shortlist for the $800 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction.
When planning the 2017 Short Story Day Arica Prize, ID, the abbreviation for “identity” and the psychoanalytic construct of the “Id” – that deep structure that houses our unconscious desires…
The SSDA/Worldreader Editing Mentoring Programme in 2017/18
The Short Story Day Africa Editing Mentoring Programme is now in its second year, and is currently in full swing. What’s it all about? We explain why we at SSDA,…
Short Story Day Africa Welcomes Lizzy Attree to the Board.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE8th March 2018 - Short Story Day Africa is thrilled to welcome Lizzy Attree to our board of directors. Lizzy brings her extensive expertise in the field of African…