Flash fiction/non-fiction competition winners honoured at awards presentation

21 Dec 2023

Undergraduate students collect prizes for original and unpublished writing

To mark Black History Month in October, the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures invited undergraduate students to take part in a Flash Fiction or Non-fiction Competition, by submitting an original and unpublished piece of writing of less than 250 words.

The winners were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 6 December, with prizes presented by Banji Adewumi, the university’s Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Our judging panel was made up of Dr Henry Ajumeze, Dr Andy Boakye, Dr Clara Dawson and Dr Sheena Kalayil.

Together, they selected an overall winner in both the fiction and non-fiction categories, as well as second and third place prizes.

Click the links below to read the winning entries in full:

First Prize (Fiction): ‘The Light That Shines Within’ by Abisatu Kabineh-Mansaray

First Prize (Non-Fiction): ‘Black Black Black’ by Oluwatofunmilayo Akingbad

Second Prize: ‘The Art of Abuse’ by Rebeccca Gevaux

Third Prize: ‘If Black Lives Matter, Black Excellence Must Also Matter’ by Feyisayo Johnson