Deadline: April 30 The TSSF (The Single Story Foundation) seeks well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. They are looking for submissions for their two issues this year. The editorial team...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Fred Khumalo, Palesa Deejay Manaleng and Megan Ross who are among the 21 writers shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. Of the twenty-one names, six are from South Africa, four each from Nigeria...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Sisonke Msimang and Megan Ross, who have both won 2017 Brittle Paper Literary Awards. Msimang received The Brittle Paper Award for Essays/Think Pieces for her piece “All your faves are problematic: A brief history of...
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Trade Secrets, the fifth of the annual Short.Sharp.Stories Awards anthologies, features writing by PEN SA members Amy Heydenrych, Sally Partridge, Darrel Bristow-Bovey, Andrew Salomon, Stephen Symons and Kerry Hammerton. The foreword was written by PEN SA Board Member Yewande Omotoso...
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By Lidudumalingani Our hotel in Durban, Blue Waters, not only stares into the ocean but its blue and white paint catches the sun as it rises. One morning, after a jog, I saw the glint of the sun, showing off...
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