Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Secondary School Prize, Short Story Competition
The big day finally came, and everyone in our village gathered at Chief Phiri’s house to listen to the radio. They were going to announce the decision about whether or not to allow mandatory abortion when a woman is made pregnant out of rape. This came in as a result...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Secondary School Prize, Short Story Competition
The night was over and the sun’s light began to shimmer through the house. I opened my eyes and suddenly I received a big slap from my own blood sister, Najere. “I cannot take this anymore. You are getting out of my house today! Right now!” Najere shouted with anger...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe. This is precisely the case of a...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
As the day was slowly fading into the darkness of a night, it brought forth the rays of hope for another beautiful tomorrow. A tomorrow that held the power to wash away the aftermath of today’s trouble, offering a splendid tomorrow that could mend broken hearts and...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
Tears fell down her cheeks as those of Kapichira falls on the great Shire River. The shout of a cry awakened all the patients in the ward and even those from nearby wards. It was early in the morning, with mild cold air coming from Lake Kapiri penetrated through the...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
This particular evening, I was behind our house which sat just in front of the village cemetery. It was secluded; carefully shrouded from full view by rows of tightly-spaced trees. Our nearest neighbours were a fair distance away so nobody ever saw or heard me...
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