Deadline: 31 October 2016 SA Horrorfest Bloody Parchment has announced that submissions are open for this year’s competition. They’re looking for submissions of horror and dark fantasy/SF writing particularly from Africa, but also from further afield. Our categories for dark...
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Deadline: 31 July 2016 The Open Book Festival and Leopard’s Leap are running a haiku competition inspired by the theme ‘words and wine’. See below for the prize details: 1. Cash prize of R5 000 2. 12 cases of Leopard’s...
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Congratulations to South African writer Lidudumalingani, who was announced as the winner of the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing last night. His story, ‘Memories We Lost’, was originally published in the Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You,...
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