Seven Nigerians have been shortlisted for the Best of Caine Award at 2025 Caine Prize for African Writing.
The Caine Prize is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English Language.
The prize which awards £10,000 to winner was founded in the UK in 2000, and named in memory of Michael Harris Caine, a former chairman of Booker Group plc.
In a press release on Wednesday, the organisers announced a pause in the regular prize cycle and introduced the ‘Best of Caine Award’ to mark the prize’s 25th anniversary.
The special edition features only previous winners, wherein three judges will determine the most outstanding short story to have received the award in the past 25 years.
The previous Nigerian winners vying for the ‘Best of Caine Award’ include Irenosen Okojie for ‘Grace Jones’, Lesley Nneka Arimah for ‘Skinned’ , Tope Folarin for ‘Miracle’ and EC Osundu for ‘Waiting’.
Also shortlisted are Segun Afolabi for ‘Monday Morning’, Rotimi Babatunde for ‘Bombay’s Republic’ and Helon Habila for ‘Love Poems’.
The organisers also disclosed plans to host events across Africa and the diaspora while celebrating its alumni and their contributions to the literary canon.
They said the judging panel for this year will be announced soon, with the regular prize will resume in 2026.
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