2018 SALA WINNERS
| Category | Author | Title of book/publication | Profile |
| Children’s Literature Award | Jaco Jacobs | DAAR’S NIE ‘N KROKODIL IN HIERDIE BOEK NIE
MOENIE HIERDIE BOEK EET NIE |
View Profile |
| Marilyn Honikman | THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE | View Profile | |
| Novel Award | Dan Sleigh | 1795 | View Profile |
| First-time Published Author Award | Malebo Sephodi | MISS BEHAVE | View Profile |
| Literary Journalism Award | Sam Mathe | BODY OF WORK | View Profile |
| Poetry Award | Kelwyn Sole | WALKING, FALLING | View Profile |
| Nadine Gordimer Short-story Award | Nick Mulgrew | THE FIRST LAW OF SADNESS | View Profile |
| Nicole Jaekel Strauss | AS IN DIE MOND | View Profile | |
| Creative Non- Fiction Award | Jurgen Schadeburg | THE WAY I SEE IT | View Profile |
| Literary Translators Award | Peter Tshobisa Mtuze
and Jeff Opland |
Umoya Wembongi: Collected Poems 1922 – 1935) by John Solilo
AND Iziganeko Zesizwe: Occasional Poems(1900-1943) by S.E.K. Mqhayi |
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| Posthumous Literary Award | Leon Roussow | BODY OF WORK | View Profile |
| SM Mofokeng | BODY OF WORK | View Profile | |
| Chairperson’s Award | Peter Magubane | BODY OF WORK | View Profile |
| Lifetime Achievement Literary Award | Ronnie Kasrils | Ronnie Kasrils | View Profile |
| Hermann Giliomee | BODY OF WORK | View Profile | |
| National Poet Laureate Prize | Mongane Wally Serote | BODY OF WORK | View Profile |
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2018 SALA Shortlist
Released by the South African Literary Awards
(28th September 2018)
- First-time Published Author Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Celesté Fritze | Verlorenkop | Afrikaans |
| 2 | Malebo Sephodi | Miss Behave | English |
- Creative Non- Fiction Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Deon Maas | Melk die heilige koeie: Van baarde en banting tot Zupta and zol | Afrikaans |
| 2 | Jurgen Schadeberg | The Way I See It | English |
- Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award
NO SHORTLIST
- Poetry Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Johan Myburg | Uittogboek | Afrikaans |
| 2 | Kelwyn Sole | Walking, Falling | English |
- Literary Translators Award
| #NO | Author & Age | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1
2 |
Jeff Opland and Peter Mtuze
Jeff Opland and Peter Mtuze |
Umoya Wembongi: Collected Poems 1922 – 1935) by John Solilo | isiXhosa to English |
| Iziganeko Zesizwe: Occasional Poems(1900-1943) by S.E.K. Mqhayi |
- Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Nick Mulgrew | The First Law of Sadness | English |
| 2 | Nicole Jaekel Strauss | As in die mond | Afrikaans |
- Novel Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Dan Sleigh | 1795 | Afrikaans |
| 2 | Rehana Rossouw | New Times | English |
- Children’s Literature Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Marilyn J Honikman | There should have been five | English |
| 2 | Jaco Jacobs | Daar is nie ʼnkrokodil in hierdie boek nie | Afrikaans |
| 3 | Jaco Jacobs | Moenie hierdeie boek eet nie | Afrikaans |
| 4 | Marita Van Der Vyver | Al wat ek weet | Afrikaans |
- Posthumous Literary Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication |
| To be announced at the award ceremony | Body of work |
- Literary Journalism Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication |
| To be announced at the award ceremony | Body of work |
- Lifetime Achievement Literary Award
| #NO | Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| 1 | Hermann Giliomee | Body of work | Afrikaans |
| 2 | Ronnie Kasrils | Body of work | English |
- Chairperson’s
| #NO | Author | Title/Publication |
| To be announced at the award ceremony | Body of work |
- National Poet Laureate
| #NO | Author | Title/Publication |
| To be announced at the award ceremony | Body of work |
The seventh annual Africa Century International African Writers Conference (ACIAWC) invites papers and panel proposals, interpreting the theme:
“Unifying Africa: Writing and reading in African languages”
Date
6th – 7th November 2018
Venue
Dr Miriam Makeba Concert Hall, University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk Campus. Preller Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria, Gauteng, RSA
Paper Submission Opens: July 2018
Deadline for Paper Submissions: 7th September 2018 at 16H00
Paper acceptance/rejection notification: August to 14th September 2018
This historical gathering of authors, literary scholars and historians from across the world, will, explore the role of the writer in redefining pan-Africanist principles in the development, preservation and restoration of Africa’s identity, dignity and unity.
As the then-OAU’s Conference of African Ministers of Education and Culture (meeting in Coutonou, Benin, in 1991) resolved “…to afford the African people a moment of pause within which to reflect on the contribution of the African writer to the development of the Continent”.
2018 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions opening date : 16 March 2018
Submissions closing date : 31st May 2018
Invitation
The wRite associates, in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) invites South African writers to submit their work for the South African Literary Awards (SALA). In their 13th year of existence, SALA has added two more categories, the Novel Award and Children’s Literature Award.
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