SAPEN brings you a brand new anthology of writings from Africa, a collection that will give the reader insight into what African writers are experiencing and writing about in the new decade. A total of 530 entries were received for the 2011 PEN/Studzinski Literary Award. The "sifter" reading process was completed in September 2010, with a total of 1 109 readings having taken place. The book has twenty one stories and the winners were selected by J.M Coetzee.