Your votes are in and the 2nd winner of the Storymoja Story of the Week is…
Sale of Kenya Oriji by Stephen Mwangi Ichungwa. Read it here…
Stephen’s story is the second one to be entered into the Storymoja Hay Festival Story of the Month, after Denis Kabi’s story from last week. The winner of the Story of the Month will receive a full festival pass which will open the door to all events and activities during the three day festival.
What about the rest of us, you ask? Well, I am so very pleased to announce that all members of the Storymoja Community who have ever contributed to the blog, or ever submitted their work for review and publishing will be eligible for a day pass to the festival on Friday 31st July 2009. T o get the ticket, you must first register in the comments section of this post, stating your full name and the title of one of the pieces you have ever submitted to us.
I will then contact you by email and assign you a ticket number, which you can then pick up at the gate.
To see the schedule of events on Friday please see the programme sheet below.
Storymoja Hay Festival 2009 Programme Sheet Download
Day Passes for Saturday and Sunday will retail at 500 Kenya Shillings.
I had explained before that due to some trouble with our email, I had not received some of your submissions to the Storymoja Writing Contest. For this reason, the session that is currently being voted on now and ends on Thursday, and the next one which begins on Friday, will have two winners each. These stories will be entered into the Story of the Month Contest with the possibility of winning the Full Festival Pass.
Kindest regards,
Editor
i have submitted the story ‘the africants’…please contact me on how i can get the pass to the hay festival
Posted by OSCAR GITHINJI NG'ANG'A | July 23, 2009, 9:10 amA Dove from No-Where Land
Posted by Gitura Kihuria | July 23, 2009, 4:13 pmMy names are Waliaula Lukamba. I would like a ticket to the Story Moja Hay Festival, please. My most recent story sent to you and featured on your blog was ‘Cathing a Pickpocket’.Keep up the good work in encouraging local reading.
Posted by Lukamba | July 23, 2009, 5:44 pmStory submitted is Forgotten Remembrance.
Posted by Mwangi Clifton | July 23, 2009, 6:36 pmthumbs up for the great job,i am learning a lot from the entries,the pieces are entertaining and informative of the human experience.i submitted “your shoes”.in sheng kingdom “jumu zako”M AMA “mangandula”
mzuka full
mwas mahugu
Posted by mwas mahugu | July 23, 2009, 7:51 pmYou guys are doing great. Keep up the good work! My recent submission was titled “Where is my money!”
Posted by Raymond Bett | July 24, 2009, 8:41 amI submitted ‘Diary of a Fat Black Woman.’ Looking forward to the festival!
Stella Riunga
Posted by Stella | July 24, 2009, 9:28 amI have submitted quite a few pieces, beginning with the original Random Short Shorts to Sake of Kenya Oriji.
Looking forward to the festival.
Posted by Stephen Mwangi Ichungwa | July 24, 2009, 10:19 am‘Jezebel’ and ‘Mary and Joseph’ are the two stories I submitted.
Cliff.
Posted by Clifford Oluoch | July 24, 2009, 10:41 am“A trip to Kiamaiko Market,“ i sent it last week Friday after email glitch had been worked on.
Posted by Munene Kilongi | July 24, 2009, 1:24 pmSubmitted “caught on the wrong side of marital law”then i wish there could be poetry submissions…N.B non-students wish to compete in various activities during the festival..
Posted by Festus Kang'alya | July 24, 2009, 2:58 pmHi, My name is Titus Kaloki and I submitted ‘Dignity my Foot’. Thanks in advance.
Posted by Titus Kaloki | July 24, 2009, 4:37 pmHi there? I’d like a ticket to the festival. I submitted “..Please be quiet..” and “Impossibly Beautiful.” Thankyou.
Posted by Beatrice Wainaina | July 24, 2009, 5:17 pmSubmitted Forgotten Remembrance. (pardon my earlier post)
Posted by Clifton Anthony Gachagua | July 24, 2009, 8:16 pmI submitted Rubber Band Smiles. Looking forward to the festival. Thank you, and continue with the great work.
Posted by Claudette Oduor | July 25, 2009, 11:45 amGood job;i submitted Dalston Street and Obokano musings in the UK among others including Tribulations of a rasta in the Village
Cheers and looking forward to the fest
Posted by Dennis Dancan Mosiere | July 25, 2009, 11:47 amHi I submitted Rubber Band Smiles. Looking forward to the festival.
Posted by Claudette Oduor | July 25, 2009, 1:27 pmHi, my pieces were “Going Places” and “We Can Also Make It Work”. See you all at the festival.
Posted by Mwenda Riungu | July 27, 2009, 8:25 amI submitted ‘Epitaph’ and ‘Echoes of Silence’. I would really love toget a chance to attend the festival as it is my first.
Posted by Frankline Sunday Olilo | July 27, 2009, 10:51 amFast First Day
Posted by Ferdinand Mwongela | July 27, 2009, 10:56 am1.Ritual for closure
2.Bite on Bite
3.What I want you to know about your father’s absence
4.Valentine Postmortem thoughts phases one and two
5.In respect to what am seeing and feeling
Posted by Wairimu | July 27, 2009, 12:45 pmOh sorry, the complete names are Wairimu Mukuria
Posted by Wairimu | July 27, 2009, 12:51 pmI HAD SUBMITTED Inscription on the 1st toilet,Peninah a penny forgotten essay like ida agaist all odds and lastly i submitted an essay on literature and reading as agents of economic developm
Posted by NYARIKI HOSEA GEOFFREY | July 27, 2009, 2:50 pmHello this is Peter Oduor,writer of the story ,’Now it Will be Light’
The name on my ID is P.O. Onyango
Posted by Peter Oduor | July 28, 2009, 10:24 amHujambo.
My name is Denis Kabi and I submitted a story titled SHOOT THAT BABOON among a host of others.
I want a complimentary ticket.
A quick pointer for the editor, though: comment 25 has a glaring error. It states in part that “….is eligible for a Complimentary Day Pass for Friday 31st August, 2009…”
Note the ’31st August’ typo? I think it should be 31st July.
Posted by deniskabi | July 29, 2009, 3:26 pmhi, ive contributed to the blog, including commenting on articles. am i eligible for some complimentary tickets to the hay festival and how do i get?
Posted by ISAAC NDUNE KEAH | July 29, 2009, 7:25 pmHi.Mark here.Thanx 4 opp.Have submitted “the letter”.
Posted by mark muthiora | July 30, 2009, 10:44 am“the letter”
Posted by mark muthiora | July 30, 2009, 10:47 amPatrick Kariuki Muthui submitted “The Cuckold Who Worked For A Steel Pipe Making Company” Thanks
Posted by Patrick Kariuki Muthui | July 30, 2009, 4:58 pmI am extremely late, sorry. I hope I can still make it.
I submitted a Crime Fiction Novel whose tentative title was ‘The Sound and the Fury’.
Posted by Isabella Mugo | July 30, 2009, 9:58 pmI submitted ‘Elevation’.
Posted by abenea odhiambo ndago | July 31, 2009, 1:28 pm