Read the winning story of the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Originally published by Literary Hub

This week, the Caine Prize for African Writing, which awards £10,000 annually to the best short story by an African writer living on the continent or in the diaspora, announced the 2026 winner: Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza’s “The Blue
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