Shortlist for the 11th Caine Prize

On April 26, 2010, the shortlist for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing was announced. The Caine Prize, widely known as the ‘African Booker’ and regarded as Africa’s leading literary award, is now in its eleventh year

Chair Judge
The Chair Judge for this year's award, The Economist literary editor Fiammetta Rocco, said: "Africa has much to be proud of in these five writers. Not only are their stories all confident, ambitious and skillfully written, each one boasts an added dimension – a voice, character or particular emotional connection – that makes it uniquely powerful."

Joining Fiammetta on the judging panel this year are Granta deputy editor Ellah Allfrey, Professor Jon Cook of the University of East Anglia, and Georgetown University professor Samantha Pinto.

Entries
Selected from 115 entries from 13 African countries, the shortlist is once again a reflection of the Caine Prize’s pan-African reach. 

Award
The winner of the £10,000 prize is to be announced at a celebratory dinner at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, on Monday 5 July.

The 2010 shortlist comprises:
Read the full article at the Caine website here...

PS: The award was won by Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone) for Stickfighting Days... click here

Comments

  1. Marie Cloutier18 May 2010 at 13:24

    I'm going to keep my eye on this prize and read the winner. Thanks for letting us know about it!

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  2. ImageNations18 May 2010 at 13:49

    thanks Marie for visiting...

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  3. ImageNations28 July 2010 at 11:56

    Thanks Brianna... for giving us this information. This is what this blog is all about.

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  4. ashramblings3 August 2015 at 14:29

    the link to http://www.caineprize.com/pdf/2010_Serpell.pdf does not appear to be working

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