Short Story day africabrings together writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers and school children from all over the globe to write, submit, read, workshop and discuss stories.

The theme for Short Story Day Africa's (SSDA) latest anthology is 'Identity'. It's annual competition sought innovative short fiction exploring identity, especially (but not limited to) the themes of gender identity and sexuality. The shortlist of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be announced in early 2018.

Limbo by Innocent Ilo - Nigeria All Our Lives by Okafor Tochukwu - Nigeria Borrowed by the Wind by David Medalie - South Africa God Skin by Michael Yee - South Africa Who We Were Then, Who We Are Now by Nadu Ologoudou - Benin Plums by Kharys Laue - South Africa Waiting by Harriet Anena - Uganda The Piano Player by Agazit Abate - Ethiopia A Brief Eruption Of Madness by Eric Essono Tsimi - Cameroon When the War Came Home by Heran Abate - Ethiopia Ibinabo by Michael Agugom - Nigeria Fever by Alithnayn Abdulkareem - Nigeria Unblooming by Alexis Teyie - Kenya Transubstantiation by Genna Gardini - South Africa Taba by Adelola Ojutiku - Nigeria Bloated by Hanna Ali - Somalia The Geography of Sunflowers by Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya The House on the Corner by Lester Walbrugh - South Africa Blue in Green by Chourouq Nasri -Morocco Sew Your Mouth by Cherrie Kandie - Kenya South of Samora by Farai Mudzingwa - Zimbabwe