Conference

The second edition of the African Writers Conference (AWC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, came to a successful end on the 28th of September 2019. The AWC, held in collaboration with Writers Guild Kenya [...]

The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 Wakini Kuria Award for African Literature (Children’s Literature). The judges of this award are Namse Udosen [...]

The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 African Writers Awards. Speaking at a press conference at their Abuja office on Monday, 26th of August, the Chief [...]

We, the African Writers Development Trust, take this opportunity to announce to the world our Speakers for the 2019 African Writers Conference. The African Writers Conference this year will focus [...]

In its bid to deepen literary thought and creative writing in Africa, the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) has recently announced a ‘call for submissions’ for the 2019 African [...]

On the 1st of December, 2018 writers from across Africa gathered in Nigerian’s capital, Abuja for the first African Writers Conference and Awards put together by the African Writers Development [...]

Winners have emerged at the 2018 African writers awards held on December 1, 2018 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. The event which paraded the finest writers in Africa was a [...]

Shortlists for the 2018 African Writers Award have been released by the respective judges. The judges of each category have left a comment regarding the entries. Short stories, Flash fiction and [...]

African Writers Conference, an event conceptualized by the African Writers Development Trust, is holding this year in Abuja, Nigeria from the 30th of November to the 2nd of December. The theme [...]

African literature receives a boost as African Writers Development Trust plans the first of its kind, in contemporary times, an African Writers Conference. This will hold this year, 2018,  in [...]