| CATEGORY | AUTHOR | TITLE | |
| Posthumous Literary Award | TT Cloete | View profile | For his body of work |
| Chris van Wyk | View profile | For his body of work | |
| Poetry Award | Gilbert Gibson | View profile | Vry |
| Arja Salafranca | View profile | Beyond Touch | |
| Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award | Sandra Hill | View profile | Unsettled and Other Stories |
| Literary Translators Award | Leon de Kock &
Karin Schimke |
View profile | Flame in the Snow: The Love Letters of Andre Brink & Ingrid Jonker |
| Lifetime Achievement Literary Award | Ingrid Winterbach | View profile | Body of work |
| Johan Lenake | View profile | Body of work | |
| K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award | Willem Anker | View profile | Buys |
| Panashe Chigumadzi | View profile | Sweet Medicine | |
| First-time Published Author Award | Francois Smith | View profile | Kamphoer |
| Creative Non-fiction Award | Jacob Dlamini | View profile | Askari |
| Chairperson’s Award | Gcina Mhlophe | View profile | Body of work |
