{"id":38,"date":"2019-10-06T15:32:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:56:52","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Prizes &#038; Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=38#ChildrenOfTheQuicksands\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=38#ChildrenOfTheQuicksands\">Winner of the Zilveren Griffel 2023 in the Netherlands (Children of the Quicksands translated by Tjalling Bos)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"#Waterstones\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bekroond.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1002 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bekroond.png 378w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bekroond-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"#Waterstones\">Shortlisted Waterstones Children&#8217;s Book Prize 2022 (Children of the Quicksands)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"#Waterstones\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT...-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-846 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT...-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT...-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT...-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT...-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Waterstones_Childrens_Book_Prize_Shortlist_YoungerReads_16x9_ChildrenOfT....jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"#ChildrenOfTheQuicksands\">Winner of the Times\/Chicken House children&#8217;s fiction competition 2019 (Children of the Quicksands)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"#ChildrenOfTheQuicksands\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times.jpg 824w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"#DieHueterDesSchlafes\">Winner of the Munich Literaturreferat YA Literature grant 2019 (Die H\u00fcter des Schlafes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"#DieHueterDesSchlafes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Literaturstipendium-Munchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Literaturstipendium-Munchen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Literaturstipendium-Munchen-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"#TrueHappiness\">Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa 2018 (True Happiness)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"#TrueHappiness\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/commonwealth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/commonwealth.jpg 304w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/commonwealth-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Waterstones\">Shortlisted Waterstones Children&#8217;s Book Prize 2022<br>(Children of the Quicksands)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-13-at-19.11.43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-13-at-19.11.43.png 545w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-13-at-19.11.43-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-456x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-841\" style=\"width:233px;height:523px\" width=\"233\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-456x1024.jpg 456w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-768x1724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-684x1536.jpg 684w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-913x2048.jpg 913w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220513_192117-scaled.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#Overview\" style=\"border-radius:50px\">Back to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-css-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ChildrenOfTheQuicksands\">Winner of the Times\/Chicken House children&#8217;s fiction competition 2019 <br>(Children of the Quicksands)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted from: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/efua-traore-winner-of-the-times-chicken-house-childrens-fiction-competition-03jhr3nrw\">thetimes.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/efua-traore-winner-of-the-times-chicken-house-childrens-fiction-competition-03jhr3nrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild6.png 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chickenhousebooks.com\/blog\/and-the-winner-is-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times.jpg 824w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Times-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted from: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chickenhousebooks.com\/blog\/and-the-winner-is-3\/\">ChickenhouseBooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday 6 September was a very exciting day for Chicken House: our esteemed panel of judges gathered in London to discuss this year\u2019s incredible Times\/Chicken House Children&#8217;s Fiction Competition shortlist and decide on the winner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel this year included returning judges Barry Cunningham (Chicken House publisher); Alex O\u2019Connell, Arts Editor of The Times; and Florentyna Martin, children\u2019s buyer for Waterstones. Our star judge was the brilliant Nikesh Shukla (editor of<em>&nbsp;The Good Immigrant<\/em>&nbsp;and author of&nbsp;<em>Run, Riot<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Boxer<\/em>&nbsp;and many others), who sat alongside Nikki Gamble (Just Imagine), Amy Fitzgerald (Agent at The Blair Partnership), Becca Langton (literary scout) and our enthusiastic young judge, Gracie (13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After much lively discussion of the shortlisted titles, the judges arrived at a unanimous conclusion \u2026 so, without further ado, the overall winner of this year\u2019s Times\/Chicken House Children&#8217;s Fiction Competition is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#767f86\"><strong>Efua Traor\u00e9 with Children of the Quicksands.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Children of the Quicksands<\/strong>&nbsp;is set in Ajao, a remote village deep in the forests of Nigeria where magic still prevails like thousands of years ago when the deities and Orishas walked the lands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Simi\u2019s mum, secretive and grim about her past, is in a difficult situation and as a last resort sends her to Ajao to spend her holidays with a grandmother she never met. Simi soon finds herself steeped in legends and superstitions. Her grandmother, witch-like and tight-lipped, turns out to be the priestess of the river goddess. Simi finally unravels her mum\u2019s sad secret but it is only when a strange golden bird lures her to a forbidden lake and her feet get caught in red, slippery quicksands that her adventure truly begins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#767f86\"><strong>Publishing Date: June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#Overview\" style=\"border-radius:50px\">Back to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"DieHueterDesSchlafes\">Winner of the Munich Literaturreferat YA Literature grant 2019<br>(Die H\u00fcter des Schlafes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muenchen.de\/rathaus\/Stadtverwaltung\/Kulturreferat\/Literatur\/Stipendien-Literatur\/literaturstipendien\/2019.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"115\" src=\"http:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Literaturstipiendium-M\u00fcnchen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Literaturstipiendium-M\u00fcnchen-1.jpg 817w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Literaturstipiendium-M\u00fcnchen-1-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Literaturstipiendium-M\u00fcnchen-1-768x108.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild8-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild8-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild8-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild8-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild8.png 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted from: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muenchen.de\/rathaus\/Stadtverwaltung\/Kulturreferat\/Literatur\/Stipendien-Literatur\/literaturstipendien\/2019.html\">https:\/\/www.muenchen.de\/rathaus\/Stadtverwaltung\/Kulturreferat\/Literatur\/Stipendien-Literatur\/literaturstipendien\/2019.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es ist eine Welt von Morgen. Durchgetaktet, durchstruktiert, auf Effizienz getrimmt, berechenbar und gar nicht so fern. Vigilancia hei\u00dft das Zukunftsland, das sich im alten Europa hinter Mauern verschanzt und die Bewohner des Schlafs beraubt. Wer nicht schl\u00e4ft, hat mehr Zeit. Zeit ist Geld. Darum schlucken die Menschen Anti-Schlaf-Pillen. Deren Nebenwirkung: Gef\u00fchle sind ausgeknipst. Pers\u00f6nliche Assistenten regeln das Zeitmanagement. Sie k\u00f6nnten Alexa hei\u00dfen. Gespr\u00e4che sind so wenig erw\u00fcnscht wie N\u00e4he. Wie Fantasie. Wie Individualit\u00e4t. Oder wie eigenes Denken.<br>Gleichschaltung f\u00fchrt zu Gleichg\u00fcltigkeit. Anpassung zu Abstumpfung. Die Mechanismen sind bekannt. Umso mehr beeindruckt, was und wie die deutsch-nigerianische Autorin Efua Traor\u00e9, gelernte Diplom-Kauffrau, Autorin, S\u00e4ngerin und Mutter von drei T\u00f6chtern, erz\u00e4hlt.<br>F\u00fcr verordnete Wortkargheit schl\u00e4gt sie einen explizit n\u00fcchternen Ton an. Begriffe, in neue Kontexte gestellt, erfahren eine neue Bedeutung, \u201eSchl\u00e4fer\u201c sind keine verkappten Terroristen, sondern die Wachen. Vielleicht im doppelten Sinn des Wortes. Und indem Traor\u00e9 jedem Kapitel einen Paragraphen aus einem der \u201eGesetzb\u00fccher\u201c von Vigilancia voranstellt, wird rasch klar: Was als Wohl verkauft wird, dient der&nbsp; Unterdr\u00fcckung. Manchmal braucht es nicht viel, um das zu zeigen.<br>Und dann sind da die Hauptfiguren: Emi, 17, und Deymien, beide Au\u00dfenseiter, beide gro\u00dfe F\u00fchlende, beide nicht bereit, sich abzufinden. Ihre Geschichte wird dramaturgisches Sprungbrett f\u00fcr gro\u00dfe Fragen. In welcher Welt Protagonisten wie Leser leben wollen, ist nur eine davon. Denn in ihrer Dystopie f\u00fcr Jugendliche, angesiedelt zwischen \u201e1984\u201c und totalit\u00e4r-digitalem \u00dcberwachungsstaat, nimmt Efua Traor\u00e9 es mit relevanten Themen auf. \u201eMomo\u201c l\u00e4sst gr\u00fc\u00dfen \u2013 und es ist genau dieses Spiel aus Tradition und Verweisen, aus Grunds\u00e4tzlichem und explizit Heutigem, das dieses Romanprojekt auszeichnet. Damit ist die Autorin einen gro\u00dfen Schritt weiter gegangen: von bislang k\u00fcrzeren Texten hin zur gro\u00dfen Form. Spannend, pr\u00e4zise \u2013 und unbedingt preisw\u00fcrdig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"M\u00fcnchner Literaturstipendium 2019 | Preisverleihung &amp; Lesung\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sol4kx0Dtxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#Overview\" style=\"border-radius:50px\">Back to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"TrueHappiness\">Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa 2018<br>(True Happiness)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/granta.com\/true-happiness\">Click here to read the story on granta.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthwriters.org\/commonwealth-short-story-prize-2018-regional-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commonwealthwriters.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthwriters.org\/commonwealth-short-story-prize-2018-regional-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7-1536x805.png 1536w, https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bild7.png 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted from: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/granta.com\/true-happiness\/\">https:\/\/granta.com\/true-happiness\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In partnership with the Commonwealth Writers, Granta&nbsp;is publishing the regional winners of the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. 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