Jungle Jim is proud to announce that our very own Constance Myburgh has been shortlisted for the prestigious CAINE PRIZE, Africa’s leading literary award, with JJ’s in-house detective, HUNTER EMMANUEL (Issue 6, 2011).
The news was announced today by Ben Okri, and the 5 shortlisted stories can be read on the Caine Prize’s website. And of course, accompanying Hunter Emmanuel are illustrations by Hannes Bernard!
Salut!
Jungle Jim Issues 1-11 will be up on Amazon Kindle IMMINENTLY! Watch this space or this space for news!
Jungle Jim is a bimonthly, African pulp fiction magazine. We feature genre-based writing from all over Africa. We are constantly looking for writers and illustrators to join our galactic quest – so just hit up our facebook page or drop us a mail here.
Jungle Jim Issue 12′s cover is now unveiled! Design by Hannes Bernard, with inspiration from our pulp cover collection below. Copies are on shelves now.
INSIDE: Something horrifying is luring convicts to the town of Twin Sisters… Nadine recalls her downfall at the hands of Blue Joe… Old Graham finds that dying isn’t as easy as it seems… and the final moments of Muammar Gaddafi exposed!
Included in Issue 12 is a brand new story by 2012 Caine Prize Shorlister, Constance Myburgh!
Watch out for Issue 13 where we’ll be featuring stories from Corine Engelbrecht, ‘Laki’ Mark Muthiora, Jerome Cornelius & the final installment of Clarius Ugwuoha’s tale of betrayal: CONFESSIONS TO A CRIME !
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