Jacana Literary Foundation
Calling all debut writers! Are you ready to launch your literary career?
The Jacana Literary Foundation invites aspiring authors to submit their entries for the 2025 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award shortlist announced!
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award!
The Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology longlist announced
The 2020 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award longlist has been announced!
Jacana Media is calling all aspiring writers!
If you are an aspiring writer and want the chance to get published, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
Call for entries: Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award
The Jacana Literary Foundation is pleased to announce that submissions for the 10th annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology are open.
Ellah Wakatama joins the panel of judges for the fourth Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize
The Jacana Literary Foundation, in partnership with the Other Foundation, is delighted and honoured to welcome Ellah Wakatama to the panel of judges that will adjudicate the 2020/21 Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize.
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe wins the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel Scatterlings
The Jacana Literary Foundation, in partnership with Exclusive Books, has announced the winner of the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
The winner of the 9th Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award has been announced!
Zukiswa Adonis has won the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for her poem ‘Ubumama’.
Don’t miss the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award winner announcement and award ceremony in Cape Town
The Jacana Literary Foundation in association with the European Union Delegation to South Africa will announce the winners of the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award at a relaxing evening of poetry, cheese and wine.
Don’t miss the announcement of the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award winner in Joburg (20 Feb)
The Jacana Literary Foundation and Exclusive Books invite you to the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award announcement!
Announcing the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award shortlist – 3 fresh new voices demanding attention
The Jacana Literary Foundation is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
Announcing the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award longlist – unearthing new southern African writers
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the longlisted finalists for the 2019/20 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award!
2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award shortlist announced!
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award.
2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award longlist announced!
Announcing the longlisted poems for the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award & Anthology
As You Like It, anthology featuring African LGBTQI+ voices and allies, wins international Lambda Literary Award
Jacana Media and the Other Foundation are thrilled to announce that the Gerald Kraak Anthology As You Like It has won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Anthology – Fiction.
OluTimehin Adegbeye wins the Gerald Kraak Prize for her essay ‘Mothers and Men’
OluTimehin Adegbeye has won the R25,000 Gerald Kraak Prize, which honours African writing and photography that ‘provokes thought on the topics of gender, social justice and sexuality’.
The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award has extended its submissions period until 30 June 2019
Good news for aspiring writers: The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award has extended its submissions period until 30 June 2019.
Presenting The Mourning Bird, the unflinching and assured debut novel by Zambian writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s debut novel The Mourning Bird – winner of the 2019 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award – will be published in June by Jacana Media.
Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize shortlist announced, honouring African writing that provokes thought on the topics of gender, social justice and sexuality
The Jacana Literary Foundation, in partnership with the Other Foundation, has announced the judges’ selection for the third Gerald Kraak Anthology. Created …
The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award call for submissions
If you are an aspiring author and want the chance to get published, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.