Awards
Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award shortlists announced!
The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards have been announced!
2018 Short Story Africa Day Prize announced: This year’s theme is Hotel Africa
Submissions open 1 June 2018* | Submissions close 31 August 2018
First prize: $800 | Second prize: $200 | Third prize: $100
2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
The six books on the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist have been revealed!
Calling all aspiring authors! Submissions for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award are open
If you are an aspiring author and want the chance to get published, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards have been announced.
Jacana author Hennie van Vuuren wins top investigative journalism award for Apartheid Guns and Money
Jacana Media congratulates author Hennie van Vuuren who was recently awarded the runner-up prize in the 2017 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism.
2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards longlists announced
The 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards longlists have been revealed! Fiction nominees include Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese, Sarah Godsell, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Kopano Matlwa and Jolyn Phillips, …
How to Survive A Plague by David France wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
David France has won the Baillie Gifford Prize, the UK’s leading award for non-fiction, for his book How To Survive A Plague.
Entries open for Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
Submissions are open for the 2018 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.
Poetry publishers and self-published poets invited to enter the 2018 Ingrid Jonker Prize
THE 2018 INGRID JONKER PRIZE FOR ENGLISH POETRY This is a call for submissions for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2018. Publishers or …
The winners of the South African Literary Awards have been announced
The winners of the 2017 South African Literary Awards (SALAs) have been announced.
Five African authors up for €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award
The Johannesburg Review of Books reports that five African authors have made the longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering wins international book award
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering won the prize for best international fiction at this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, the world’s third largest book fair, in the United Arab Emirates.
For the first time a Sepedi poem wins the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award
Moses Seletisha’s Sepedi poem ‘Mahlalerwa’ has won the 2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award – the first time a poem in a language other than English has won the prize.
Trevor Noah wins major international award The Thurber Prize for American Humor for his book Born A Crime
Trevor Noah has won a big international award for his autobiography – the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
3 poets shortlisted for 2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology
The three poets shortlisted for this year’s Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology have been announced.
2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for all South Africa’s official languages – longlist announced
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the 63 poets who have been selected for publication in the 7th annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology.
Trevor Noah pays tribute to his school English teacher in Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award acceptance speech
Trevor Noah was awarded the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award last week – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book – for his autobiography Born A Crime and Other Stories.
Trevor Noah’s autobiography Born A Crime nominated for Thurber Prize for American Humor
Trevor Noah has been shortlisted for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor for his autobiography Born A Crime.
Trevor Noah’s book Born A Crime wins Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award
Trevor Noah’s book took top honours, while The Book Lounge won best independent bookseller for the fourth year in a row, at the Sefika Awards last night.