Shortlist: Malawi University Students Short Story Competition


Pen Avenue Malawi is pleased to announce a shortlist of its inaugural writing competition which involved Malawian University and College Students. 

The competition received a positive response. A careful and comprehensive judgment of the stories was entered into upon the closure of the completion. Three stories were deemed to have qualified for the shortlist. 

The following are the stories that have made it into the shortlist (arranged in order of the alphabet basing on the story titles): 
  
For Someone I used to know by Tamanda Kanjaye 

Mlela by Kennedy Kaula  

Quiet Revolutions by Angasamale Maliro


Short bios of the authors can be found here. 

     Members of the public are being informed that they can actively participate in the voting of the stories. Read the stories by clicking on the link to every story and leave a comment. You can also join us on Facebook by liking our page here. 



    NB: For those who participated but did not make it into the shortlist and have any comments or queries or would like to receive feedback for their stories, please email us at penavenue3@gmail.com

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