The South African Writers’ Circle will celebrate its 60th anniversary in a few months.
A unique feature is the monthly writing competition, and recently a flash cash competition was introduced that runs five times a year and is open to non-members. The monthly competitions for members cover poetry, short story writing, science fiction and play writing, and all entries are professionally adjudicated.
As well as each entrant receiving a written adjudicator’s report, there are prizes to be won, and the winners are honoured at an annual award presentation.
Until Covid-19 intervened, a mini-literary festival was being planned to celebrate the circle’s 60th anniversary. Since it is unlikely that this will be possible this year, instead, the circle is running an anniversary writing competition for members and non-members, as follows:
• An original fiction story of no more than 3 000 words (of text, excluding title, pseudonym, etc), illustrating changes in societal and/ or literary norms between the 1960s and the present. Politics are specifically excluded. We ask that your story is not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Winners will be announced, and all entrants advised within four weeks of the closing date.
• Closing date for entries is 30 September 2020.
• Prizes – R2 000 for the winner, R1 000 for second place and R500 for third place.
• Entry fee – R50 for members and R100 for non-members. The fee for non-members will include SAWC membership for the balance of the year.
Importantly see the SAWC website www.sawriters.org.za for full details on how to enter the competitions.
