By KAREN MURIUKIFor his story "Good Help Is Hard To Find", South African writer, Jarred Thompson, has been awarded 2020’s Afritondo Short Story prize. Open to African and black minority writers, this year’s competition received over 400 entries from across 19 countries. The theme of the competition was love and an anthology of the long-listed stories is expected by Summer of 2020. This year’s panel of judges comprised of South African writer and author of Milk Fever, Megan Ross, Nigerian editor Kelechi Njoku, and Kenyan writer Gloria Mwaniga. Also speaking on the Prize, Co-editor of Afritondo, Dr Allwell Uwazuruike, said: “Our aim for the competition was to connect with African and black minority writers from across the globe to tell their own authentic stories.

Source: Daily Nation May 11, 2020 10:30 UTC