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The Gerald Kraak Prize

June 7, 2022

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

May 17, 2022

The 2022 Gerald Kraak Prize, for Writing on Gender, Social Justice, & Sexuality, Announces Anticipated Shortlist

The 12 finalists, who get $200 each, were chosen by a judging panel chaired by Otosirieze Obi-Young and including Ellah Wakatama and Mark Gevisser.
Open Country Mag
The Gerald Kraak Prize - photo gallery from 2019 event

December 26, 2020

Ellah Wakatama Joins Judging Panel for Gerald Kraak Prize 2021

She will serve alongside Mark Gevisser, with Open Country editor-in-chief Otosirieze Obi-Young as chair.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

June 7, 2022

Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika

May 17, 2022

The Gerald Kraak Prize - photo gallery from 2019 event

The 2022 Gerald Kraak Prize, for Writing on Gender, Social Justice, & Sexuality, Announces Anticipated Shortlist

The 12 finalists, who get $200 each, were chosen by a judging panel chaired by Otosirieze Obi-Young and including Ellah Wakatama and Mark Gevisser.
Open Country Mag

December 26, 2020

Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

Ellah Wakatama Joins Judging Panel for Gerald Kraak Prize 2021

She will serve alongside Mark Gevisser, with Open Country editor-in-chief Otosirieze Obi-Young as chair.
Ernest Ogunyemi

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