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All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a mini book report on the first 5000 words of your manuscript (or detailed feedback on 5000 words of writing) worth ZAR 2750. Here’s [...]

Thank you all for the wonderful entries to the December/January challenge. We asked you to combine a monkey wrench, a fit of depression and a first edition of Bleak House as cunningly and [...]

Your challenge for August is to write a scene set on or around water. That might be a river, the sea, a pond or a swimming pool. It might even, convceivably, be a puddle covered in a film of [...]

We have dedicated our writing challenge this month to the creation of a creative community without borders. For this reason, we have arranged it to coincide with an international flash fiction [...]

This month we celebrate a variety of writers whose commitment and talent has earned them a place at South Africa’s literary table. Writers who’ve learned that it’s possible to master the craft of [...]

For March and April’s writing challenge, Tracy Todd has kindly donated a copy of Brave Lotus Flower Rides the Dragon as a prize. In honour of her brave personal story, we’ve decided to [...]

It’s what we hear most often from people who seek our help: they need to develop a daily habit of writing, and they want our support and mentoring in doing so. That’s our aim over the next few [...]

Our February writing competition was: And the winner is… Penny Castle, for her poignant love story: “For the briefest of moments the street light restored you to exuberant good [...]

Write a love story in 140 characters – perfect for tweeting love in a time of global division.  Tweet your entry to @allabtwriting or, if you’d prefer, email your entry to [...]

We’re entering the month of love, and, yes, love may well be a great adventure. But it’s got nothing on the greatest romantic adventure of all – the quest for creativity. Come with us on the [...]

A story doesn’t consist of a series of unrelated events. Everything that happens is linked causally or psychologically to what came before and what follows. People often forget this, particularly [...]

May Writing Competition Here is the competition for the month, again inspired by an artwork showcased by our partners, David Krut Projects in Newlands, the inspiring space where our Cape Town [...]