Simamile Ndaba is the winner of the March writing exercise. Continue reading »
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Cape Town Courses April 2010
Allaboutwriting Cape Town courses April 2010 Continue reading »
Best new queer African short fiction
Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action, the pioneering, highly regarded South African gay and lesbian archives, invites African writers to submit stories on a queer African theme for publishing in a ground-breaking anthology. Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action intends the anthology to query stereotypes, show that there are many ways of being queer in … Continue reading »
2010 PEN/STUDZINSKI Literary Awards
Entries invited from 1 March 2010 The South African Centre of International PEN (SA PEN) is pleased to announce the launch of the second in the series of PEN/STUDZINSKI Literary Awards. Entries for the award for original short stories in English are called for from 1 March 2010 and AFRICAN PENS, a compilation of the … Continue reading »
Winner of February Boekehuis prize
A fine set of responses to our challenge this month. Chris Luke wins the R200 gift voucher from Boekehuis bookshop for the particularity and poignancy of his scene – although later, his writing would be even more effective with a touch less explanatory exposition. We’d like to commend Alethea and Jazelle for their contributions. Cast … Continue reading »
February Writing Exercise
Here is the exercise from the February monthly session. Try it yourself and stand the chance to win a R200 gift voucher from Boekehuis bookshop. Continue reading »
