Thara Popoola Wins Modern Stories 2026
The screenwriter and Sex Education writer won the romance writing prize for her debut novel-in-progress, Right Person, Wrong Timeline. J. D. Malle and Violet E. Scott were named runners-up.
Books
Tolu Oloruntoba, Othuke Umukoro and Lorna Goodison named Derek Walcott Prize finalists
Two Nigerian poets and Jamaican writer Lorna Goodison are among 15 finalists for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry.
Nineteen Women, Five Countries: Gathered Seams Brings Southern African Voices Together
The new anthology from Modjaji Books brings together poets from Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa, creating a cross-border conversation about women’s lives and the region’s changing literary landscape.
Eze, Ifowodo and Oburumu Reach Final Stage of $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature
James Ngwu Eze, Ogaga Ifowodo and Tares Oburumu are the finalists for the 2026 prize, which is dedicated to poetry.