We are now accepting submissions
1. Introduction
Welcome to the 2023 Pemphero Mphande Short Story Competition. This is the third edition of the competition and will run from 27th September, 2023. The first Competition was in 2021 where winner Emmanuel Kaisone, won the first prize of MK200,000 with his story titled “Guilt”. You can read the story here
The second edition of the competition was in 2022. The ceremony was held at Mount Soche hotel where Monalisa Nkhata won the first prize of MK1,000,000 with her story titled, “Not My Daughter.” You can read her story here
https://pempheromphande.com/not-my-daughter/.
This year the competition has diversified into two further categories to ensure more groups of writers are included at different stages of their career. There will be a Universities and Secondary Schools edition in addition to the main competition.
The main prize for this year’s competition will remain 1 million Kwacha. This year’s competition is Sponsored by Kings Foundation Schools, one of the leading educational institutions in Malawi.
2. Pemphero Mphande Short Story Competition 2023 (Third edition)
Sponsored By Kings Foundation Schools
Instructions:
1. Stories can be on any topic but must reflect Malawian lifestyle, culture and society.
2. Word limit 2,000-3,000 words.
3. Entrants must be Malawians living in Malawi, aged 16-35.
4. Story must be in Century Gothic font, font size 12 and line spacing 1.5.
5. Story must not have been published in any form before, October 30th, 2023.
6. Story must be submitted only as a PDF document.
7. On top the document here has to be the title, name of entrant, age, phone number and email address.
8. Story must be in English and must be the original work of the entrant. Plagiarism or use of AI will lead to automatic disqualification.
9. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
10. Failure to follow any of the above instructions leads to automatic disqualification.
Prizes:
1st Prize- MK1,000,000
2nd Prize- MK300,000
3rd Prize- MK200,000
3. Pemphero Mphande Short Story Competition Universities Edition
Sponsored By Kings Foundation
Instructions:
1. Word Limit 1,000-2,000
2. Stories can be on any topic but they have to reflect Malawian lifestyle, culture and society.
3. Entrants must be Malawians and undergraduate students enrolled at any accredited institution of Higher Learning, not older than 25.
4. The story must be in Century Gothic font, font size 12 and line spacing 1.5.
5. The story must not have been published in any form before, October 30th, 2023.
6. Story must be submitted only as a PDF document.
7. On top the document here has to be the title, name of entrant, age, phone number and email address.
8. Story must be in English and must be the original work of the entrant. Plagiarism or use of AI will lead to automatic disqualification.
9. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
10. Failure to follow any of the above instructions leads to automatic disqualification.
Prizes:
1st Prize- MK400,000
2nd Prize- MK300,000
3rd Prize- MK100,000
4. Pemphero Mphande Short Story Competition Secondary School Edition
Sponsored By Kings Foundation
Instructions-
1. Word Limit 500-1,000
2. Stories can be on any topic but they have to reflect Malawian lifestyle, culture and society.
3. Entrants must be Malawians and students enrolled at any secondary school not older than 20.
4. The story must be in Century Gothic font, font size 12 and line spacing 1.5.
5. The story must not have been published in any form before, October 30th, 2023
6. Story must be submitted only as a PDF document.
7. On top the document here has to be the title, name of entrant, age, phone number and email address.
8. Story must be in English and must be the original work of the entrant. Plagiarism or use of AI will lead to automatic disqualification.
9. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
10. Failure to follow any of the above instructions leads to automatic disqualification.
Prizes:
1st Prize- Scholarship to Kings Foundation Schools
2nd Prize- MK300,000
3rd Prize- MK100,0000
5. Timelines
The competition will open on 27th September, 2023. On 2nd October, 2023 a call for judges will be announced. On 30th October, 2023 judges will be announced. On
The Competition will close on 31st October, 2023. Nominees will be announced on 4th December. Ceremony to award winners will be held on Friday, 15th December.
6. How to Enter the Competition
Please check eligibility. If you are eligible click on
http://stories.pempheromphande.com to submit your story. Emails will not be accepted. Deadline for submissions is 31st October, 12:00 midnight, local time.
I’m interested to do that work and I promise to you all I’m will be a champion of it.
Great
Perfect
Am interested to do this competition
This is great especially for me ,,I feel like showcasing my talent…
This is mesmerizing😊
I’ve been waiting for this
Finally😌
Interested to join
I would like to join
I’m very interested to participate in this competition as well as my brother Hezekiah Watson who’s very intelligent and he’s learning at Malingunde CDSS due to financial hardships. I will be happy if my brother participate in this competition and have the chance to win this competition with a Scholarship to Kings Foundation Secondary schools. Kind regards
What a great opportunity to showcase my imagination through writing. Looking forward to winning, fingers crossed 💯
Lets do this…
Interesting 😊
I am going to participate in this competition
For secondary school participants how will they have access to PC as well as net coz ana saloledwa phones especially the boarding schools.
This is Amazing I will try to write a story mwina nkuwinako nawo
Those students who are schooling outside Malawi can not participate.
This is great!
Poti nzachizungu napepe
This is great development. Even its conditions are just very good and it is my plea to see this development developing time after time.🔥
Lets do this all prepared
Well noted boss man
Are contestants prohibited from using Grammarly? It’s recommended in universities and colleges and it corrects grammar and other english language mistakes.
I have read all the instructions and l have understood them
I have read all the instructions on each category and l have understood them clearly
Nice
nice and good
The entrants are at first said to be 16-35 years but at the university entrants there has been a specification of not more than 25 years.. which is which?
i feel like i need to try my lucky this time around
Let me try my luck
its cool but how to join competition
Ok I will do it
Malawi has a lot of talented writers . This competition will empower and support many writers. Thanks to you.✌🏿🙏
Good luck Mr mphande
Let me try my luckies
I’m one of the interested contestant. I still typing my short story of which i believe will conform to all your eligibility, i shall submit it before the deadline. I’m a Second year Student at University of Malawi and im doing language education program.I’ma bonafide Malawian boy citizen aged 24.
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What about people who are done with school University that is. are they not eligible for participation??
Wanna join
Keep up the good work bro
Let’s go 👏
I have written one story for 2023.i am aged 18 but I don’t know how I can submit my story please help
Great!
My dearest
Ok, this is a good development. I am an upcoming writer I started wring in 2005 but never published any story but am working on a project of releasing a series of collection of gospel stories. I have composed a number of stories and am willing to participate in this competition my drawback is age. Am now 41.
I am failing to complete my submission process. I keep getting an Errol that the site has been moved, please I really need assistant on how I can go about it.
nice
I will also be part of the competition
Why not? Am smiling too. My story has started off.. Am praying for it’s traveling mercies. See you on on Friday, 15th December.
Am interested
Am interested
Am really interested
I’d love to join
Wow that’s amazing atleast we can see our own malawian author competition like this motivates hidden talents in people
This is great
I like this idea
This is a privilege to the writers. I love this.
Age limit for entrants would have been 40 especially in the first general category.
For varsity and secondary categories age limit is just fine.
I really appreciate for giving us this nice chances to explore our writing talent. Keep it up 🔥
Am ready
Thus a nice move and it will help many to develop critical thinking skills
I’m am entrant help on how to do the submission .
This is the best initiative that recognizes writing as an art. We hope many more others could come forward with this type of initiatives.
So here is where we can submit 😲
I want to take part in the competition
Am interested
That’s great
Kindly find my Short story in response to the Pemphero Mphande short story competition 2023 Third Edition
Kindly find my short story in response to the Pemphero Mphande Short Story Writing Competition 2023 Third Edition.
Kindly find my short story in response to the Pemphero Mphande Short Story Writing Competition 2023 Third Edition
Am cacxy, All i want is to Win
I can’t wait. How come I just got to know about this? Last minute but I will do something.
Is it open to all people and not only students?
This is interesting and being part of the game will always bring the best to me. I can’t fail to contest, if I win, I will celebrate. If I lose, I will learn.
May you please assist me in submitting my students’ stories
Are the results out yet?
where can I access announcements for this year’s short story writing competition
I am also curious to be part of participating this competition.