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• Kathy Vaughan presents ‘Management Proverbs’

  Posted: August 31, 2010, 2:17 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 5:30pm at the SHFK 2010 Growing up, everyone learns lessons about life through direct instruction and through our social environments.  Some are positive, some negative, some unexplored.  This session will engage the audience in thinking about proverbs as a tool for the modern workplace.  The audience will have a chance [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 17

  Posted: August 31, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 17 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Evoking Hawa – A Photo-Collage Exhibition by Jerry Riley

  Posted: August 30, 2010, 8:04 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Filed under: Writing

• To be a man

  Posted: August 30, 2010, 9:00 am by Storymoja Africa

  Written by Martin Njaga Arnie is a fascinating person. At the end of a long-term romantic relationship, this Dutch-South African embarked on an unusual journey of self-discovery. His journey was unusual because, by looking outward, not inward, by talking to men all over the African continent, story-catching as he calls it, he hoped to use [...]

• Story of the Week – KC 13 & 14

  Posted: August 27, 2010, 8:08 am by Storymoja Africa

  You have voted! I didn’t Do it by Lilian Kithia is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lilian! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only 6 more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 16

  Posted: August 26, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 16 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 15

  Posted: August 24, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 15 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition

  Posted: August 23, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Filed under: Writing

• New Media and Writing

  Posted: August 22, 2010, 11:25 pm by Storymoja Africa

  I am hardly a web design techie, or a digital artist, or the leading expert in IT. As a matter of fact, though I have been forced by job demands to be an online Jackie-of-all-trades, my skills are not at all specialised in web design, graphic arts or IT. However, as a writer, I have [...]

• Story of the Week – KC 11 & 12

  Posted: August 22, 2010, 10:50 pm by Storymoja Africa

  You have voted! The Prodigal Son by Frankline Sunday is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Frankline! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only eight more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

• The Young Writers’ Program (Nairobi 2010)

  Posted: August 20, 2010, 2:07 pm by Storymoja Africa

  The YWP was a ten-week introductory fiction course. The project was one of 100 Projects for Peace funded by the Kathryn W.Davis Foundation and conducted worldwide. Each summer, the Davis foundation offers 100 fellowships to undergraduate students in American universities to conduct projects aimed at promoting peace in the world. (See the Davis foundation website [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 14

  Posted: August 19, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 14 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 13

  Posted: August 17, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 13 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition

  Posted: August 16, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Filed under: Writing

• Submitting to Poetry Competitions

  Posted: August 15, 2010, 10:45 pm by Storymoja Africa

  As you may be aware the Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition is ongoing. Entries will close on Monday 30th August, 2010. Keguro Macharia who is coordinating the competition, has offered these helpful recommendations based on the entries to the Storymoja Hay Poetry Competition so far. Dos 1. Follow the submission instructions. If they ask you to [...]

• Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 9 & 10

  Posted: August 14, 2010, 9:54 pm by Storymoja Africa

  You have voted! The Burning Bush by Eberekpe Whyte is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Eberekpe! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 12

  Posted: August 12, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 12 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 11

  Posted: August 10, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 11 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition

  Posted: August 9, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Filed under: Writing

• The Writing Code

  Posted: August 8, 2010, 11:20 pm by Storymoja Africa

  I thought I’d share some humorous writing tips I came across while doing research for this blog. If you read carefully, you will see the point demonstrated. If you don’t, you have absolutely no business calling yourself a writer. Comment below. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Never use no double negatives. Use [...]

• Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 7 & 8

  Posted: August 8, 2010, 10:55 pm by Storymoja Africa

  You have voted! Destiny Unfulfilled by Lukoye Atwoli is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lukoye! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 10

  Posted: August 5, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 10 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Kenyan Conversations 9

  Posted: August 3, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 9. The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

• Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition

  Posted: August 2, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa

  Filed under: Writing

• Writing Funny

  Posted: August 1, 2010, 11:09 pm by Storymoja Africa

  The day you chose to become a writer, you have very few options with regards to selling your work. So from the very beginning you need to learn skills that will make your writing shine so much brighter than all your competition that your editors and audience really do not have to think much before [...]

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