Deadline: 1 November 2016 Prize: The regional winners receive £2500 and the overall winner will receive £5000 The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. PEN SA member Zukiswa Wanner is on this year’s judging panel, which...
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Deadline: 15 October 2016 Press release: Call For Poems Best “New” African Poets 2016 Anthology We are calling for BEST 1-3 poems per poet from Africa (living in Africa) or of African diasporas (one of the parents originated from Africa)...
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Deadline: 30 September 2016 (deadline extended from 14 September) Prize: First prize: R5000, second prize: R3000, third prize: R2000. Press release from African Pen (please note that African Pen is not affiliated with PEN SA): SHORT STORY COMPETITION You are...
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Message from PEN SA member Fiona Khan: I have initiated a project many moons ago. As an author for 25 years in South Africa I have spread literature and literacy to many schools and campuses. The project is called the...
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Deadline: 28 October 2016 Press release: THIRD YEAR OF THE ‘THREE-SCORE-AND-TEN’ POETRY COMPETITION The St James Retirement Hotel organisers of the annual ‘Three Score and Ten’ poetry competition for the over seventies are calling for entries for 2016. Finuala Dowling,...
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