Writers Guild Kenya

The Writers Guild-Kenya (WGK), founded in 2014, is a vibrant membership organization dedicated to empowering writers through professional training, mentorship, advocacy, and community building. By fostering a thriving literary landscape,

“A Day with Caleb Atemi”: Veteran journalist and biographer to train writers at Writers Guild-Kenya Caleb Atemi is a prominent Kenyan veteran journalist known for his insightful reporting. He has

Writers Guild-Kenya will be taking part in this year’s Nairobi Festival in Stand No.2 (near the main dias) at Uhuru Park between 12th and 17th December 2023.  This will provide

  On 16th November 2023, Writers Guild-Kenya, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and Yours2read (UK), through a combined collaboration, organized an award ceremony to award winners of the Yours2read Short

On 2nd March 2022, H.E Mr. MJ Mahlangu, the High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Kenya, paid a visit to Writers Guild-Kenya (WGK) and All African Bookshop.

Something about the Nile; its snake smooth dark swirl seductive, Menacing toddler crocodiles gliding smoothly along memories indecipherable, Thrashing its scaly tails to remind the reeds of its legacy, Across the skylines, jets

The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships. Once again, we had well over 500 entries, everyone from a published author. That

The long-awaited shortlists for the Text Book Centre Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021, were finally revealed by the Kenya Publishers Association on September 19, 2022. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize

TITLE: PAIN AND THE SECRETS AUTHOR: MUGENI OJIAMBO PRICE: 1000KSH REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA This story follows Lily, a begotten child to destitute parents in Western Kenya. Breathtakingly beautiful, Lily doesn’t

Behind the Scenes of Young Adult Writing By Andrew Manyuru Today the guest I interviewed is the renowned Hillary Namunyu . He is the author of a wide range of

AFRICA:  BEWARE OF BEING TAKEN TO THE PLANET MARS AS SLAVES. By David Ngugi. Have you seen the advertisement? “The earth is dying! Old!  Tired!  Overpopulated! Polluted! Why not make

Q1. What is Writers Guild Kenya? We are an award-winning writers’ organization, committed to serve, educate and grow authors aspiring to use their writing & reading as a tool to

By Gabriel Dinda I see a lot of pressure among upcoming writers to write and publish. This is coming at a time when it appears that if you are a

By Juliet Mwangi. To some of us, there is nothing good in tragic moments. Not so for Douglas Logedi, and here is why: How did this journey begin? My writing

By Juliet Mwangi   It is every writer’s dream to finally have their literary work on the shelves, either locally or internationally. Nothing beats the joy of launching your book;

By Juliet Mwangi A teacher of Physics and Chemistry, Charles Okoth is what we call a man of many hats.  He has a voice that speaks loudly against corruption and

By Juliet Mwangi. Failing does not necessarily mean you are a failure and it’s never too late to start over. The first Writers Ekklesia meeting held on Friday the 11th

By Vera Dinda “Vera, I need your help. There’s this book I want to submit for publication. Please help me edit it.” So I did, though after 2 months. “I

By Rehema Zuberi Aspire 2018 Conference themed Make Your Mark surpassed all the expectations it set. The event running for two days, 6-7th September was fruitful, enlightening, engaging and significantly

By Verah Omwocha Reading a write – up about an event, it occurred to me how writing about events can be such an easy way to collect words and make

By Dismas Okombo On this Friday afternoon of February, Kano’s over-head sun was mercilessly hot. Lost in the plains, the load was heavy on the lad’s tired tender shoulders but

On this land Far away from home I have found a home In the charm and fertile heart Of a tender soul A native here….   On this land I

Redbull and persistence, the perfect cocktail!   Memoires by William Dekker Seated at the left end of the last row of Matunda Bus, I’m woken by cold water and a

Tangu utotoni mwangu mwendazake babu yangu alikuwa na mazoea ya kunighania ngano haswa kuhusu Maumau. Wakati mwingine nilimfuata hadi kwenye mikahawa ya uchwarauchwara kule kijijini kwa lengo la kusoma gazeti

This speech was delivered by Steve Obuogo at Mwandishi Boot Camp, a forum organized by Writers Guild Kenya to grow writers.   Sir Nicolas Winton was a UK humanitarian. During

By Elias Muhatia Every African of goodwill should take this special moment to applaud the Heads of 44 African Countries for signing the Free Trade Agreement in Kigali Rwanda on

Oyunga Pala came to Writers Guild. Yes, he was the humble guest speaker during our Friday Ekklesia on 10th November 2017 at National Museums of Kenya. As he narrated his

By Wr. Emily Kimani.   He takes his stand on the dock, Unmoved by the ticking of the clock, His stance worse than a ravenous dog, Crime charged read, No

The Stories Untold By Elias Muhatia. It all started about a fortnight ago when it was announced that on the 30th May 2017, there would be an interactive session with

By Wr. Gabriel Dinda   Other than betting, football and politics, we are happy to announce that there is a minority group of ardent readers whose existence is threatened by

  By Wr. Gabriel Dinda I know it’s Friday and you could be on your way out to ‘enjoy life’. But wait!… In normal circumstances, I am normally at my

By Rahab Kinuthia, Masinde Muliro University. He is a charmer, ever at ease. It would be difficult for one to distinguish him among his juniors until you hear the term

By Wr. Gabriel Dinda. What amount of Cash Prize will it take so that young people  can keep their phones away during meetings? Or what nature of reward can we

By James Osolo. Yesterday, CORD was in Meru, and they received quiet a good welcome, though all this depends on which side of your bread is buttered. At the same

By Wr. Gabriel Dinda If you graduated recently, you surely know what I mean. You know that feeling of meeting a former class mate of yours, who copied from you,

By James Osolo. It’s one month since Donald John Trump was sworn in as the president of the United States and during this time a lot has happened. Talk of

By Ajiambo Samantha Immaculate. Charles ‘Chanchori’ Ndegwa is not an Uber driver but a law student at Kenya School of Law. Chanchori is his high school nickname that has stuck

Narrated by Wr. Rumona Apiyo. But bae, who am I to you? …….are you sure?   You know that feeling that you have sometimes, you don’t have any empirical evidence

By Wr. Njeri Macharia A couple of days ago I felt so lonely. It broke my heart. I broke down and I cried to my mom and I told her,

  By Wr. Njeri Macharia.   Today I wanna share my story in a way that I feel will be relatable to all. Last few days I have been kinda

By Muggy Warima.   February is mostly as regarded as the month of romantic love because of the famous St Valentine’s  Day marked on February 14th. In the spirit of

By Wr. Immaculate Ajiambo Days are moving very fast that we are already in February. Indeed, time flies but that should not scare you.  If you achieved your set goals,

By Wr. Muggy Warima Sometimes back last year I was seated in a room waiting for a very serious meeting to start and there was a conversation going on. I

By Wr. Njeri Macharia “Before you judge me, walk a mile in my shoes” they say. I say, before you judge me, live a day in my head. My head

By Wr. Ajiambo Immaculate I’m yet to find out if natural hate for someone exists. Some people talk of hating on a person even before interacting with them. I want

By Muggy Warima The period between September and December 2015 marked my last long holiday in Campus so I decided to take that time to enjoy my last few days

By Wr. Njeri Macharia   Respect people’s pain…   Respect each others’ pain; because you may understand what someone is going through but you sure as hell can’t feel how

By James Osolo. Donald John Trump is the 45th president of the United States of America, take a deep breath and let that sink. This is the man whose emergence

By Wr. Njeri Macharia, I feel disturbed by a great many things regarding the state of the world, humanity to be precise. Where is the world headed to? It’s a

By Warima Muggy I was not born with much, just some average brilliance and this serious passion to address issues regarding the female being. This passion does not stem from

By Wr. Njeri Macharia   …because one day you are fine and the next you are in a deep dark hole. “But you were okay yesterday”…they wonder. “What happened?” A

By Immaculate Ajiambo. Creating lasting satisfaction in our lives is everyone’s desire and motivation. It is a journey that most times we find ourselves losing and ending up in stress,

  By Warima Muggy. Recently, one of my classmates and friends put us to a challenge on social media-Facebook to be more specific. It was about comparing yourself on the

By James Osolo. On 31st December midnight I was in one of my favorite joints watching the fireworks do their magic in the dark sky and then fall back down

By James Osolo On 19th December 2016, Donald Trump was officially elected as the president of the United States by the Electoral College. You could perhaps be wondering what happened on

By Wr. Gabriel Dinda At some point, I wanted to work at a media House so badly, that when Nation Newspaper did not  accept my request, I felt dejected, rejected

By James Osolo. Before the conflict in Syria began Syria was one of the world’s best tourist destinations and Aleppo, its jewel, was the people’s favourite. They received millions of

By Rumona Apiyo. Brian Nanok is a first born in a family of three. He was born and bred in Kainuk , Turkana county . He was bright student and

By James Osolo. Nothing is more important in election season than the media. How the media analyses the election will most likely  swing the voters decisions when it comes to

By Marvin Elly On the Saturday of 27th August 2016 at 3.58pm I received a text from my mum that shocked me to the spine “Go to Nyarach, Odhiambo is

  By Rumona Apiyo. “No one looking the innocent faces of the form two class of High Road Academy would suspect that among them was a fully-fledged party animal, with

Narrated by Njeri Macharia(Victim) I have been bed ridden for 2 days now and you don’t wanna know what has been going on in my head. On the bright side,

Written by Wr. Njeri Macharia “I have simply survived.” This is always my response when people ask me how my year has been or how I get by without a

By  Poet Gift If she could have been a little more than just beauty I could have swam to save her, I could have paid the prize and walk into

  By Geoffrey Moenga. Political processes are very imperative to any particular country since much of the fundamental decisions that determine its future are based on those decisions. As such,

By Tobias Belleh, JKUAT I do not know who you are, I do not know your name or where you come from, but I have been where you are. I

4th year Communication and Information Technology students from the Kakamega based Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology -Pius Angatia and his counterpart Julius Amboko have issued a seven days

While everyone clearly understands the dangers of involving in drugs, it is quite unfortunate that majority of individuals including young adults and youths are part of drug addiction problem. Furthermore,

Recently I was helping a friend do her curriculum vitae and to my surprise I noticed that she had written in the CV that she only knew basic Kiswahili. This