Ntsika Kota won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022 for his story ‘and the earth drank deep’ on June 21, 2022. Kota, who is a chemist by training and a self-taught writer, created history by winning the award-- as he is the first writer from Eswatini, Africa to win the prize. The winner was announced in an online event that was hosted by Mr Gee, a spoken word poet.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual awarded which is given to "the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words). Regional winners each receive £2,500 and the opportunity to be published online by Granta magazine, and the overall winner receives £5,000," reads a statement on their official website.
