Lillian Aujo

Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author.^[1] In 2009, She was the first winner of the first BN poetry prize by Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation.^[2][3] In 2015, she was longlisted for,^[4] and won the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for her story "Where pumpkin leaves dwell".^[5]

Writing

Aujo is a member of Femrite. Her work “The Eye of Poetry” and “Getting Nowhere” were published in Suubi, a publication by African Writers Trust.^[6] She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013,^[7][8] and her story "Red" was published in the Caine Prize anthology "A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013".^[9] Her work has appeared in anthologies by Femrite, "Talking tales" and "Summoning the rains".^[10]

Published works

Shortstories

• 'Red' in A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Jakana media. 2013. ISBN 9781431408382. 
• "My big toe", in Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku, ed. (2012). Summoning the Rains. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700257. 
• "Where pumpkin leaves dwell"
• "Getting nowhere" in The Suubi Collection (2013)

Poetry

• "Soft Tonight", in Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A thousand voices rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3. 
• "Soft Tonight", in Violet Barungi, ed. (2009). Talking Tales. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700219. 
• "Born in these Times" in Bakwa, 2013
• "The eye of poetry" in The Suubi Collection (2013)
• "Fresh Coat of Paint" in the revelatormagazine

References

External links

• "Poetry and my writing club"