Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
Boisterous cheers filled the air in the school ground as Dedza Government School Teachers unveiled the results of the Students. Roars of joy erupted followed by applause each time a name of a student who excelled was called. However, individuals who failed to meet...
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...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
Ndaicha sat in her bedroom, her eyes fixed on the rain drops sliding down the windowpane. She was lost in thought, her mind replaying the events of the day. It had been a day like any other until a moment of carelessness had turned everything upside down in her mind....
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