In collaboration with Yours2Read, the Department of Literature at Makerere University calls for short story entries into the 2025/2026 Short Story Competition. This competition encourages talent from students in the University at all levels, and offers an opportunity for you to tell your story and to exhibit your creative ability for the world stage.

Eligibility

• Open to students presently studying at Makerere University.
• Entries must be original works not previously published or submitted elsewhere.
• Limit of one entry per person.

The story should include at the end the following sentence:

“Entry for the Makerere University-Yours2Read short story competition, commencing April 22, 2026, concluding June 15 2026”.

Failure to include this sentence will result in the entry being accepted as a general submission and not for the competition.

How to Submit an Entry

Submissions should be made via the Yours2read website. You will need to register (free of charge) as an author first.

For more information, please get in touch with the following

Isaac Tibasiima, isaac.tibasiima@mak.ac.ug
Bonface Nyamweya, bonnybony7@gmail.com