News | Brittle Paper Announces Nominations For Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Awards 2017.
Come September 23, 2017 winners would be named for inaugural 2017 Brittle Paper Literary Awards. Brittle Paper, a Blog, is celebrating its seventh anniversary with the launching of “Brittle Paper Literary Awards”, an award that recognises the finest, original pieces of African writing, published online across Africa. The awards which come in five categories range from Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction, and Essays/Think pieces to the anniversary Award for works published online. The winners in the fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and essay/think pieces categories will receive $200 each while the Anniversary Award winner will get $300. The shortlists were made based on quality, relevance, and impact. Shortlisted fiction, poetry, nonfiction and essays/think pieces categories were those published from January, 2016 to July 2017 while anniversary award is for works published online between August, 2016 and July, 2017. The celebration is not only of writers and their r