Announcing the 2018 SSDA Prize (long) Shortlist!
Every year, the SSDA team is confronted with an impossible task – choosing a shortlist from the twenty-one longlisted stories that appear in our annual anthology. We make this as…
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the $1000 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:6th December 2017 - Short Story Day Africa's theme for 2017 is "ID". This year, we sought innovative short fiction exploring identity, especially (but not limited to) the…
“There was big interest in the actual story of using sperm donation to conceive a child…” An Interview With Susan Newham-Blake.
Photo by Skye Grove Susan Newham-Blake, prolific magazine journalist and editor for over fifteen years talks to SSDA about her life in the fast lane and her inspiring debut book…
#WriteTips: The 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize Winners
Here are some writing tips from three of writers who stories stole the show in the collection. Migrations is available now in all good bookstores in South Africa. They will be…
“A Door Ajar” wins 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction!
The Cover Revealed! Artwork and typesetting by Nick Mulgrew. "She grabbed the wailing infant and threw it against the wall.""A Door Ajar" by Sibongile Fisher has won the 2016 Short Story…
‘The Worme Bridge’ by Cat Hellisen won The 2015 SSDA Prize for Short Fiction. #WeekendRead
The 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize has just been announced! Our #WeekendRead, "The Worme Bridge" by Cat Hellisen, comes from SSDA's third anthology, Water, New Short Fiction from Africa, and is the winning story from 2015.