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International Radio Playwriting Competition

May 18th, 2012 by Storymoja | No Comments

Dear All,  The British Council is once again joining with the BBC World Service to launch the International Radio Playwriting Competition. The competition is now in its 23rd year and has been incredibly successful in enabling voices from around the world to be heard.  I would like to ask for your assistance in publicizing the competition as widely [...]


Put Your Lighters Up – Fabulous on the Blog

December 5th, 2011 by Storymoja | 1 Comment

Put Your Lighters Up – Fabulous on the Blog

Okay, the heat has been getting to me. Heat? I know, if you are reading from Nairobi, you are thinking, what in the world? It’s been cold and wet and the traffic jams and the KPLC project to turn the country into an early Christmas tree has not been helping things. Now you see it, [...]


Writing Emotion – Romance-on-the-Blog

November 21st, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

Writing Emotion - Romance-on-the-Blog

I asked around. The reasons Kenyan writers shy away from romance stories: Romance stories explore emotions. We are African; apparently someone decided that as Africans talking about emotions is a big no-no. *scratches head*


Call for Submissions – International Short Story Collection

November 17th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

Call for Submissions - International Short Story Collection

We encourage submissions of previously unpublished short stories for a proposed international collection about the world to come… whatever it might be… wherever it might be… and whoever will be there, or not, to call our present past.


Jungle Jim Call for Submissions

November 14th, 2011 by Storymoja | Comments Off

Jungle Jim Call for Submissions

Jungle Jim is a bi-monthly illustrated print publication, aiming on spreading narrative, imagination and concept-driven African stories.


On Haiku, by Robert Spiess – Poetry-on-the-Blog

November 14th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

On Haiku, by Robert Spiess - Poetry-on-the-Blog

“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” ? Kobayashi Issa

Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact form.


Writing & Living – Fabulous on the Storymoja Blog

November 7th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

Writing & Living - Fabulous on the Storymoja Blog

Creative gifts are not the kind you can turn off when it’s inconvenient. They are not a part of you. They are you. Once you are born a painter or a writer or a musician, it reflects in everything you do. You feel more; words have special kin with you when you are a writer, so their weight bears harder on you.


Call out for women entrepreneurs for International Documentary

November 6th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

Call out for women entrepreneurs for International Documentary

We want to intertwine profiles of women from all over the world : Japan, France, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Tunisia, etc…and Kenya.
The idea is to show the progress women are making in terms of education and autonomy


22% – Urban on the Storymoja Blog

October 24th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

22% - Urban on the Storymoja Blog

9 million people; 9 million stories. 9 million stories about life, work, relationships, challenges, successes, human nature; love, hate, jealousy, friendship, corruption, justice… set against the backdrop of an urban landscape.

So here goes for Urban Fiction:

1. The Principal’s Tragedy by Chrispus Kimaru
2. Murder She Wrought by Linda Musita
3. In the Beginning by Nyambura Kiarie


The Love of my Life – Romance on the Blog

October 16th, 2011 by Storymoja | No Comments

The Love of my Life - Romance on the Blog

Our stories tell of our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions to freedom, prosperity, even a little happiness. If we cannot begin to imagine it, then it can never become a reality. And the dream is, I am looking for a good story with some hints of romance, but with the spirit of East Africa: strong, deep, resilient. See the excerpt…



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