PRESS RELEASE
(29TH March 2019)
Released by the wRite associates
EXTENSION ANNOUNCED:
THE 14TH CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO 30TH APRIL 2019
Due to public request, the South African Literary Awards (SALA) Call for Submissions is extended to 30th April 2019.
This was considered after we had received many requests by entrants pleading for extension to enable their submissions make it for the SALA 2019 edition.
SALA resolved to accommodate these requests, thus this extension for one more month.
THE 14TH CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY
AWARDS (SALA): 2019
The wRite associates, in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) invites South African writers to submit their work for the 14th South African Literary Awards (SALA) in 12 categories.
The main aim of the South African Literary Awards is to pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as groundbreaking producers and creators of literature, while it celebrates literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and art as inscribed and preserved in all eleven official languages of South Africa. The awards have become the most prestigious and respected literary accolades in South African literature.
2019 SALA WINNERS
| Category | Author | Title of book/publication | Profile |
| Children’s Literature Award | Lebohang Masango | Mpumi’s Magic Beads | View Profile |
| Youth Literature Award | Sally Partridge | MINE | View Profile |
| First-time Published Author Award | Bongani Ngqulunga | The Man Who Founded The ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme | View Profile |
| Poetry Award | Tony Ullyatt | AN UNOBTRUSIVE VICE | View Profile |
| Nathan Trantraal | ALLES HET NIET KOM WOD | View Profile | |
| Ayanda Billie | Umhlaba umanzi | View Profile | |
| k.Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award | Chase Rhys | KINNES | View Profiles |
| Novel Award | Sabata-mpho Mokae | MOLETLO WA MANONG | View Profile |
| Charl-Pierre Naudé | Die Ongelooflike Onskuld van DIRKIE VERWEY | View Profile | |
| Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award | Niq Mhlongo | SOWETO UNDER THE APRICOT TREE | View Profile |
| Creative Non-Fiction Award | Jonathan Jansen | AS BY FIRE | View Profile |
| Literary Translators Award | Michiel Heyns | RED DOG | View Profile |
| Literary Journalism Award | Wamuwi Mbao | Body of work | View Profile |
| Jennifer Malec | Body of work | View Profile | |
| Posthumous Literary Award | Cyril Lincoln Sibusiso Nyembezi | Body of work | View Profile |
| Chairperson’s Literary Award | Lindiwe Mabuza | Body of work | View Profile |
| Lifetime Achievement Literary Award | Louis Smit | Body of work | View Profile |
| Cornelius Tennyson Daniel (CTD) Marivate | Body of work | View Profile |
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY AWARDS: 2019 SHORTLIST
- Children’s Literature Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| Lebohang Masango | Mpumi’s Magic Beads | English |
| JACO JACOBS | RONDOMTALIE | Afrikaans |
- Youth Literature Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| Sally PARTRIDGE | MINE | English |
| MARION ERSKINE | VLERKE VIR ALMAL | Afrikaans |
- First-time Published Author Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| BONGANI NGQULUNGA
|
The Man Who Founded The ANC: | English |
| Rekgotsofetse Chikane | BREAKING A RAINBOW, BUILDING A NATION
: The Politics behind #MustFall Movements |
English
|
| LODEWYK G. DU PLESSIS | DIE DAO VAN DAAN VAN DER WALT | Afrikaans |
- Poetry Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| TONY ULLYATT | AN UNOBTRUSIVE VICE | English |
| Willie van der Merwe | DOODMENSLIK | Afrikaans |
| NATHAN TRANTRAAL | ALLES HET NIET KOM WOD | Afrikaans
|
| AYANDA BILLIE | Umhlaba umanzi | IsiXhosa |
- Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| CHASE RHYS | KINNES | Afrikaans |
- Novel Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| Charl-Pierre Naude
|
Die Ongelooflike Onskuld van DIRKIE VERWEY | Afrikaans |
| SABATA-MPHO MOKAE | MOLETLO WA MANONG | Setswana |
| INGRID WINTERBACH | DIE TROEBEL TYD | Afrikaans |
- Nadine Gordimer Short-Story Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| Ken Barris | The Life of Worm & Other Misconceptions | English |
| NIQ MHLONGO | SOWETO UNDER THE APRICOT TREE | English |
- Creative Non-Fiction Literary Award
| Author
|
Title of book/publication | Language |
| SYLVIA NEAME | Imprisoned | English |
| JONATHAN JANSEN | AS BY FIRE | English |
| JEREMY VEAREY | JEREMY VANNIE ELSIES | Afrikaans |
- Literary Translator’s Award
| Author | Title of Book/publication | language |
| DOMINIQUE BOTHA | Original: Kamphoer
Translation: THE CAMP WHORE |
Afrikaans
English |
| MICHIEL HEYNS | Original: BUYS
Translation: RED DOG |
Afrikaans
English |
- Literary Journalism Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| JENNIFER MALEC | Body of work | English |
| WAMUWI MBAO
|
Body of work | English |
- Lifetime Achievement Award
| Author | Title of book/publication | Language |
| Louise Smit | Body of work | Afrikaans |
| Cornelius Tennyson Daniel (CTD) Marivate | Body of work | Xitsonga |
- Posthumous Literary Award
To be announced at the awards ceremony
- Chairperson’s Award
To be announced at the awards ceremony