Dinaane Debut Fiction Award

The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, formerly European Union Literary Award, is a South African literary award.[1] This award is open to South African writers resident in South Africa who have never been published before. Books must be a first, unpublished work of fiction in English,[2] or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages. The word "dinaane" means "telling our stories together" in Setswana, says Jacana.[1]

In 2015, the European Union Literary Award was renamed the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.[1] It is supported by various European Union embassies and commissions operating in South Africa. The award has grown from a R25,000 cash prize and publication by Jacana Media to R35,000 cash prize for the first prize winner, along with publication. The runner-up also receives an R20,000 writing bursary, in honor of Gerald Krak, who helped run Jacana Media until his death in 2014.[3] The award was first given in 2004.[1]

Winners

European Union Literary Award
Dinaane Debut Fiction Award

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dinaane Debut Fiction Award". Jacana Media. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Sekhotho, Katleho (May 7, 2015). "Debut author wins publishing deal and R35 000". Wits Vuvuzela. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  3. "Dinaane Debut Fiction Award" (PDF). Books Etc. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  4. "Written in secret". Mail & Guardian. February 4, 2005. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  5. "Kopano Matlwa's first novel, Coconut, won her the European Union Literary Award for first-time authors. She is a medical student at the University of Cape Town: Unknown". The Daily News (Durban, South Africa). April 22, 2009.
  6. "Student wins European Union award". The Sunday Independent (South Africa). March 25, 2007. p. 18.
  7. "Prize-winning debut novel is quite a ride: Main Book". The Sunday Independent (Johannesburg). January 3, 2010.
  8. "Academic named top novelist". Cape Argus (South Africa). April 27, 2012.
  9. Childes, Tarah. "Interview with Penny Busetto". Aerodrome. Retrieved August 24, 2015.

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