Literary Awards News, Literature / 18 Sep 2017
2017 SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition Finalists Announced
(Pictured: Co-founders of Imbewu Trust Paul Griffiths and Sam de Romijn) The top three finalists of the 2017 SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition have been announced and staged readings of their plays will be taking place at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective…
Literary Awards News, Literature / 11 Sep 2017
Jim Pascual Agustin Shortlisted for a Philippine National Book Award
Congratulations to PEN SA member Jim Pascual Agustin who has been shortlisted for a Philippine National Book Award in the Best Book of Short Fiction in Filipino category for his book Sanga sa Basang Lupa at iba pang kuwento. Pascual…
Literary Awards News, Literature / 04 Sep 2017
Mike van Graan Awarded the 2018 Hiroshima Prize
Congratulations to former PEN SA Board Member Mike van Graan, who has been awarded the 2018 Hiroshima Prize. The Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture presents the award to a person who has contributed, in a…
Literary Awards News, Literature / 04 Sep 2017
Winners of the English Academy of Southern Africa Awards Announced
Congratulations to PEN SA member Nick Mulgrew and former PEN SA Board Member Geoffrey Haresnape, who have been named winners of the English Academy of Southern Africa Awards. Haresnape was awarded the Thomas Pringle Award for Ad Hoc Reviews and…
Literature / 29 Aug 2017
Points of Illumination: Wordfest South Africa This Year and Next
By Chris Mann, Wordfest Convenor and PEN SA member ‘Mr Pikoli, I hear that you’re investigating the Commissioner of Police’. ‘Yes, Mr President’. ‘Mr Pikoli, I want you to stop the investigation.’ ‘Mr President, I can’t do that.’ Vusi Pikoli,…
Literary Awards News, Literature / 29 Aug 2017
Winners of the Inaugural Patricia Schonstein Poetry in McGregor Award Announced
The winners of the inaugural Patricia Schonstein Poetry in McGregor Award were announced at the McGregor Poetry Festival this month. The award, named after PEN SA member Patricia Schonstein, was granted retrospectively from 2013 up until last year. Congratulations to…
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