The South African Writers’ Circle will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in a few months. The Circle was founded in September 1960 by journalist, Fay Goldie, and thirteen enthusiastic amateur and professional writers. Its objective was then, and still is, to promote the art of writing and the interests of its members. The initial groupRead more
*** WIN R500 *** Our third FLASH CASH Competition is live! THE TWO PHRASES TO BE USED FOR THE APRIL 2020 COMPETITION ARE: 1. Cabin fever 2. Fish and chips Here is an EXAMPLE of how to use the two phrases provided. The phrases in this EXAMPLE were PERCHED DISCREETLY FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD BEHIND See belowRead more
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We published the abstract of Dr Govinden’s article in the November issue of our monthly newsletter Write Now. The full article can be read here. Read more
Winners 1st—Two Hundred Rand, by Grahame Wilson 2nd—The Guile of Mara, by Julia McInnes 3rd—Frozen Assets, by Gary Kuyper Highly Commended—Invisible Me, by Jenni Wodrich Judge’s Report There was certainly an interesting variety of stories! The topics were so varied, as was the writing style of each story. It is important to keep in mindRead more
Winners – Poetry 1st : Seven Ages of Man, by Fran Weerts 2nd: Seven Stages of Life, by Jackie Fairon 3rd : The Seven Ages of Mary Beth, by Jenny Young Judge’s Report Limericks are fun, risqué, short and to the point. A classic limerick consists of five lines, rhyming aabba, with the “a” lines havingRead more
Winners 1st: You’ll be all right, no one can hurt you now, by Gary Kuyper 2nd: The Lies that Bind, by Angelique Pacheco 3rd: A Matter of Marmalade, by Jenny Young Highly Commended: Victory is Mine, by Casey Williams (If this story was a few hundred words longer it would have made it into theRead more
Winners 1st —The Autopsy of Jane Doe, by Terry White 2nd —Practise Makes Perfect, by Julia McInnes 3rd —The Autopsy of Jane Doe, by Gary Kuyper Highly Commended—Stanley, by Nikky Olivier Judge’s Report “The three types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when theRead more
Winners 1st : Episode 1: The Maze, by Jenny Young 2nd : Murder at the Lost City, by Nikky Olivier 3rd : Murder at the Lost City, by Kaveshen Govindasamy Judge’s Report All of the entries bought into their chosen genres with lovable sincerity. Though some of the scripts caved to clichés and others struggled to structure theRead more
Winners 1st —Dear Abby, by Lynne Savy 2nd —The Manipulation of Truth, by Julia McInnes 3rd —Dear A.B.B.Y., by Angelique Pacheco Judge’s Report Agony Aunt, Dear Aggie or in this case Dear Abby columns are some of my favourites to read. There is something strangely intriguing and oddly satisfying about getting an insight into theRead more
