Deadline: 31 May 2016 Prize: “The prize amount is USD 500$ and the winner will also have an option of attending a one-month writing residency at a soon to be announced African university.” The Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in...
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Deadline: 20 May 2016 Type/Cast is a new local literary journal that is calling for submissions for its launch issue, as well as ongoing submissions. PEN SA member Imraan Coovadia is the guest editor for the launch issue. Type/Cast is...
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Deadline: 1 October 2016 Prize: USD $5,000 The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is open for submissions. Last year’s prize was won by PEN SA member Kobus Moolman for his collection, A Book of Rooms. Press release: The Glenna...
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The shortlists for the 2016 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival on Saturday 14 May 2016. Congratulations to PEN SA members Claire Robertson, Henrietta Rose-Innes and David Attwell, who have been shortlisted! Claire Robertson and...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Lauren Beukes, who is on Africa Centre’s list of five winners for the Bellagio Center Residency Award. This forms part of the 2015 Artists In Residency Programme, which four PEN SA members were shortlisted for....
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