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The judges have been able to sort through all your submissions. They have come up with the shortlist of 6 stories. Please see the links below. The order of the stories does not in anyway indicate which story is at the top of the list. You can read and comment, but the shortlist judge will … Continue reading »

This contest closes tomorrow, 8th of may 2012 at Midday. Pick an event that actually happened, and create a fictional conspiracy story around it. Death, murder, politics, crime, family vendettas, and so on are acceptable themes for this contest. Before you send in your story, please refer to the Judges’ Note below. Continue reading »

The first dead body I ever saw in my life was that of a little white girl. I was about ten years old. Even now, 69 years later, i have not forgotten the impact and profound epiphany that I had then: not only that white people actually die, but that death cannot be justified even if it occurs under the banner of justice, truth and fairness or any other noble concept. Continue reading »

We all love to call ourselves poets just because we can get a few words into a sentence and set them into a verse. We come up with amazing poetry that will make many shed a tear, laugh until their ribs ache, get angry, become aware and many others. Then there is that poetry that will make all great poets turn in their graves. Continue reading »

Your writing career is being attacked by a non existent enemy. There is some crucial information here for you, dear writer. Bringing you back to earth is the obvious FACT that…writer’s block is a MYTH. Reliable sources are convinced that one failed writer woke up one morning without any excuses left and decided to give his failure a sophisticated reference, ‘writer’s block’. Continue reading »

Are you a sales person, a book lover and interested in working for our awesome new project called Start a Library? Then you might be the one we are looking for: we have a vacancy for a telemarketer position (full time) in our office. Read the Job Description and Application Details here and send us your letter … Continue reading »

The Judges have decided. The winning story is: Tales from My Sad Love Life by Leah Wanjiku. We hope that this has been both an enjoyable as well as educative experience for all of you. A Note from one of the Judges:  Creative writing is both an honourable and rewarding art. Please treat it as such. Do … Continue reading »

The judges have been able to sort through all your submissions. They have come up with the shortlist of 6 stories. Please see the links below. The order of the stories does not in anyway indicate which story is at the top of the list. You can read and comment, but the shortlist judge will … Continue reading »

Submission to the Date From Hell Writing Contest has closed. The judges must now read through your stories and come up with a shortlist, which will be announced by Wednesday 4th April 2012, and after which you will have a brief period to comment on the shortlist. The winner will be announced on Monday 9th April 2012. As we wait, here’s a short note to all of you creative writers! Continue reading »

Reminder: Did you see the second Storymoja Africa Short Story call out? Date from Hell! 5 Season Tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival, 1000bob airtime and Single & Searching by Chris Hart up for grabs. Deadline March 31st. Continue reading »

We have decided to do a second call out for short stories under the same theme; romance/love. This time we are asking you to send us a short story not more than 1600 words describing a really horrid date night. We will emphasize on the fictional, and demand for creative genius. The winner will get … Continue reading »

Here is the shortlist of the stories submitted to the Worst Date Ever Short Story Contest. Please read them and feel free to post a comment. The stories will be judged by Dr. Chris Hart -psychologist, columnist and relationship expert-. The author of the winning story will get Kshs.1000/-  worth of airtime, Dr. Hart’s book, … Continue reading »

Single and Searching has 9 chapters, each tackling different issues. The best thing about it is that you do not have to read the chapters in succession; you can start anywhere you fancy. Continue reading »

Preparing fiction, whether in a short story or novel, without emotion results in telling rather showing. Writing, showing emotion, without resorting to sentimentality is a major component in writing vivid, powerful stories that readers can visualize. So… Continue reading »

“What Did He Steal? is a harrowing little tale that packs quite a punch in just two pages and is difficult to forget. It is sad reflection of modern Kenyan life where ordinary people seem all-too-willing to assault children…” Continue reading »

This month is the red month; Valentine’s Day, love and romance. Unfortunately not all of us have rosy red lovey-dovey dates on Valentine’s Day or any other day for that matter. Do you have a Worst Date Ever story that you would like to share with us? Send it to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke as a Word 97-2003 attachment by 17th February 2012. Continue reading »

I expect you must be anxious to see the final shortlist of the stories submitted for the Peculiar Kenyan Short Story Contest. And here it is. There will be no voting this time because Sunny Bindra, the Author of The Peculiar Kenyan will decide on the winning story in the course of this week. However, your helpful and critical comments will no doubt be much appreciated by the writers of the short stories. Continue reading »

If ever you had doubts about the absurdity that is the Kenyan society, doubt no more. Sunny Bindra will murder them in wholesale and confirm to you beyond reasonable doubt that we are a peculiar lot. He even evidences our faddishness by explaining, for free, the top three peculiarities that we share as a nation … Continue reading »

City Council Askaris should walk around with a file containing their job description, the by-laws and a list of the fines to be paid for offences. Civilians should also carry the same file. Why? Because we are all strange people with brains shaped like an octopus. The brains scatter in the same different directions. If … Continue reading »

Dear Friends, A very very late Happy New Year to you! We wish you all the best in accomplishing your writing dreams this year! Now many of you have been wondering why there has been a bit of silence on this space in 2012. no, we have not moved. Yes, we still intend to be … Continue reading »

“And it occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing — writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology.” (Simon Dumenco) Continue reading »