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A Drum, A Heart, A Book & A Winner

As promised here is this month’s winning short story:

Written in Song and Blood: A lone man climbed a mountain. His palms were rubbed raw against the rocks and the wind beat against him mercilessly sending the tail of his ripped shirt flapping behind him.

1 point for half the title.

1 point for being brave enough to veer from the implied topic of love & romance but still being able to keep me reading to the end.

1 point for self-editing and good grammar.

5 points for vivid description and active writing.

Kevin Rigathi Gachagua, please contact for me for information on how to claim your prize.

Just a Reminder:

An idea for your March Writing. Someone posted on a social media status recently: “I want us to be done with the vote so we can get back to living.” If you were to write a short story, how would you represent the ‘living’?

Send in your short story to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Deadline is March 15, 2013. Subject of Email Submission: Living & The Book.

Your Short Story should have an appended Nota Bene stating the title of a book that has impacted your recent living and a short review – not more than 400 words – of the book.

Prize: Kshs 1000/- in airtime and a Storymoja book.

 

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Knowledge is the most powerful engine for economic growth worldwide. To accelerate development in our beloved country, we have to nurture a reading culture that goes beyond academics and politics. Growing Kenya ’s reading culture is Storymoja’s mission as it feeds our business), our personal call as writers, and our patriotic duty. Storymoja is a venture recently formed by a collective of five writers who are committed to publishing contemporary East African writing of world-class standard. We source widely to identify good local writers, help them edit their submissions to exacting standards, and develop eye-catching book-covers.

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