The shortlist for the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced. Selected from 126 entries from 17 African countries, the shortlist is once again a reflection of the Caine Prize's pan-African reach. The winner of the £10,000 prize is to be announced at a celebratory dinner at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, on Monday 11 July. The 2011 shortlist:
* NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) 'Hitting Budapest' from 'The Boston Review' Vol 35, no. 6 - Nov/Dec 2010
* Beatrice Lamwaka (Uganda) 'Butterfly dreams from 'Butterfly Dreams and Other New Short Stories from Uganda' published by Critical, Cultural and Communications Press, Nottingham, 2010
* Tim Keegan (South Africa) 'What Molly Knew' from 'Bad Company' published by Pan Macmillan SA, 2008
* Lauri Kubuitsile (Botswana) 'In the spirit of McPhineas Lata' from 'The Bed Book of Short Stories' published by Modjaji Books, SA, 2010
* David Medalie (South Africa) 'The Mistress’s Dog' from 'The Mistress's Dog: Short stories 1996-2010' published by Picador Africa, 2010
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