The judges selected five stories from 126 entries from 17 countries. They say the finalists excel in quality and ambition. “Together they represent a portrait of today’s African short story: its wit and intelligence, its concerns and preoccupations."
All stories entered for the prize have to have been published during the previous year. Bulawayo’s story ‘Hitting Budapest’ was published in ‘The Boston Review’ Vol 35, no. 6 – Nov/Dec 2010.
Her fellow contestants are Beatrice Lamwaka (Uganda) ‘Butterfly dreams’, Tim Keegan (South Africa) ‘What Molly Knew’, Lauri Kubuitsile (Botswana) ‘In the spirit of McPhineas Lata’ and David Medalie (South Africa) ‘The Mistress’s Dog’.
The winner will also be given the opportunity of taking up a month’s residence at Georgetown University, Washington DC, as a ‘Caine Prize/Georgetown University Writer – in – Residence.’ The award will cover all travel and living expenses.
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