2024
- Mugabi was one of four finalists for the 26 Project Writer Award and received a highly commended award.
- Mugabi was the first ever Ugandan to be awarded a MacDowell Fellowship Residency.
- Mugabi was named as one of five recipients of the The Sundress Academy for the Arts Fall 2024 Residency Fellowships, he was also awarded a support grant to facilitate this residency.
- Mugabi was jointly awarded alongside Lilac Yosiphon and John Rwothomack an Unlimited British Council Micro Award. These awards, funded by British Council, aim to forge connections between disabled artists in the UK and disabled artists overseas through a collaborative project. Selected by Unlimited’s disabled-led panel, Lilac, John and Mugabi are among seven pairs/trios of disabled artists who will receive micro commissions of £3000 to explore and develop their creative practice.
2023
- Mugabi was selected as an auditor for the Poets and Scholars Summer Writing Retreat 2023 by Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice.
- Mugabi was nominated for two Ugandan Hip-Hop Awards; namely:
1. “Western Rapper of The Year” for “Philomena’s Voicemail #2”
2. “Mixtape of The Year” for “Songs For Wo(Men) 2” his debut mixtape
- Mugabi received a fellowship to attend the Sundress Academy For The Arts 2nd Annual Writers Retreat.
- Mugabi was shortlisted as one of three finalists for the Inclusive Africa Icon Award 2023,
2022
- Mugabi was shortlisted as one of three finalists for the 26 Emerging Writers Award and received a highly commended award.
2020
- Mugabi’s debut novel-memoir ‘Dear Philomena,’ was nominated for the 2020 Nommo Awards For Speculative Fiction By Africans.
- Mugabi’s poem “If I Die Bury Me Next To My Father” was selected by Marilyn Dumont to be anthologized in “Best Canadian Poetry 2020‘‘ published by Biblioasis.
2019
- Mugabi was named as one of three finalists for Realwheels Playwright-In-Residence and the recipient of an inaugural Realwheels Encouragement Award.
- Mugabi was selected as one of ten emerging theater artists in b current Performing Arts Emerging Artists Ensemble 2019/2020.
2018
- Mugabi’s debut novel-memoir Dear Philomena, was named a Ugandan bestseller.
2017
- Mugabi won the Discovering Diversity Poetry Contest.
2015
- Mugabi was longlisted for the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award.