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3 stories submitted for the Short Urban Narratives exhibition. Read, vote and comment about how much these stories fit into the urban fiction category. Have fun while you are at it!

These stories have been entered into the Humour-in-an-Envelope December 2010 Contest. To vote for them, please fill in your comments in the comments section and indicate a number between 1 and 10, with 1 being weak and 10 being excellent. The points will be tallied on Sunday 19th December 2010 after 4pm..

I’d like to share part of a conversation I had with a friend with regards to inspiration… Then check out this month’s poetry.

NB: Join musicians – June GACHUI, Helen MTAWALI, Krax BLAZE and author/performer – Muthoni GARLAND as they stand against ANTI-GENDER VIOLENCE at the Sauti Music Concert. Details Inside.

Write a short story that is either a back and forth of humorous letters or that includes at least a humorous letter and its even more humorous response.
Must have punch that has not been done before, so don’t copy and paste.
Prizes: Airtime worth KES 1000, KES 500 and KES 200 up for grabs.

Words can be the difference between an insult and critique. Words can be the difference between just plain tagging, and creative street poetry. (I think you can be arrested for vandalism if you try either.) Words are the difference between the little smile on my lips…

The Editor’s Pick this week is Netflix: She is wearing those skinny jeans and a strappy top, an ensemble that brings out her petite, lithe and curvy frame in gratuitously lust inducing chic…

The Contest this month was titled – Vignette. Please vote on the stories. The Story of the Week’s writer will get that KES 1,000 airtime. And if you vote I might feel tempted to make a draw and pull out a name, if it’s yours, I will be obligated to send you some airtime, too.

Out of all the new age technology, three forms of hypertext poetry have emerged.

This week’s reading is a poetry exhibition. The poems we are about to let you read, were the winning finalists of The Hay Festival Poetry Competition.

I have a friend who is incredibly good at short fiction. Everytime I read his work, I am amazed at how much power he can hang on just a few words. So I figured it would be a good idea to share some thoughts about short fiction; flash fiction and vignettes

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.