Author Archives: PUBLISH'D AFRIKA

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: One Way To Paradise Written by Tebatso Motsepe It’s a hot sunny day, with clear skies and the sun is halfway across. The smell of palm trees and pine trees are mixed with the smell of dried and dusted blood, rusty bullets that were meant for the fallen soldiers. ThisContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Tebatso Motsepe”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Free Like A Dead Body Written by Kamogelo Tselane Mashilo Midnight-coloured shawls veil slouched shoulder blades. Soggy eyes are affixed to the crimson earth beneath our feet, they gesture respect with bended necks. My dear Aunt Jeminah tosses a tired gaze at me and clenches my hand, her sweltering palmContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Kamogelo Tselane Mashilo”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: The Whistle Man and Bow Written by Chazaq T. Reads ‘Please don’t do this, she is sick, I beg you please,’ the young man pleaded as he knelt before the intruders. ‘My mother is sick, she can no longer work. I am the one who has to work and sinceContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Chazaq T. Reads”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Hope Not Lost Written by Emily Thorpe France, Toulon, 1776 Elyna Silently I slipped beneath the fence that ran around the edge of the wharf. My dress fell loosely around my legs and the hem tickled my ankles as I stooped to duck beneath the thick rope that held aContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Emily Thorpe”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: The Cave Of The Wise Decisions Written by Julia Lemekwane Once upon a time, in a tropical town on the outskirts of a small village called Ntshava-Riwa, in Tzaneen there lived a wise, old woman named Amazon. Her special hut was situated amid the mountain and a waterfall. The landContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Julia Lemekwane”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Blamed For Others’ Mishaps Written by Elizabeth Nafula She got under the blanket and enveloped herself. Thoughts flooded her mind on how her mother had yelled at her. That was after she was asked to turn down the volume of the television, but she adjusted it to maximum. She feltContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Elizabeth Nafula”

PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Short Story Competition64 stories submitted64 195 words written167 pages length of submissionsWhich ones made it into the competition? The April leg of the PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Short Story Competition boosts a total of 44 stories that have been submitted, which totals 64 195 words. This translates to 167 A4 pages. Of course, some will receiveContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Short Story Competition – April”

Writers are generally creative people; they can make up a story within minutes, and get you carried away by it. So creative are writers, they can pen a story about a con artist – a King and Queen Con – and lay out such elaborate tricks on how to scam people, they would leave theContinue reading “7 Publishing and Author Scams: How To Spot Them”

Writing poetry isn’t easy; it takes application and a capacity to draw on inspiration. At the same time, it shouldn’t be mystified. In this regard, the attitude of many would be different if they understood that poetry appears in the lyrics of songs and in nursery rhymes. Poetry is thus more widely present as aContinue reading “Kick-start Your Poetry Writing With Frank Meintjies”

Appeal to people who would rather watch a DVD than read a book Every book that hits the bestseller list does so in the first two weeks of release; every sale thereafter depends on how good a marketing plan you have executed at sustaining longevity, and in converting people who would rather watch a DVDContinue reading “How To Market Your Book With Zero Budget”