Congratulations to PEN SA member Fred Khumalo, who has been shortlisted for the inaugural Half the World Global Literati Award 2016. PEN SA President Margie Orford is on the judging panel for this new literary prize which will go to...
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We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the PEN South Africa Student Writing Prize. We invited writers under the age of 30 to send in their fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry on the topic of the recent #FeesMustFall movement...
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Photograph by Giorgia Fanelli PEN SA President Margie Orford is on the judging panel for the Half the World Global Literati Award, a new literary prize which will go to a short story, novel or screenplay written in English, that...
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The judging panel for the PEN South Africa Student Writing Prize consists of Board Member Gabeba Baderoon (chair), Panashe Chigumadzi, Nick Mulgrew and Masande Ntshanga. Read more about these four accomplished writers below. The PEN South Africa Student Writing Prize...
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By Margie Orford, written for Issue 3 2016 of the newsletter to the PEN SA membership PEN South Africa has been watching the unfolding scene at our universities with rising alarm at the polarisation of debate around transformation and race...
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