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THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUTTITLE: SHADOWS OF ENVYWritten by Elsa Khoza The sun dipped below the horizon, casting long, dark shadows over the dilapidated streets of Germiston City. The town’s forgotten buildings stood like specters, their windows shattered and doors unhinged, as if weary from the weight of time.Zodwa, a woman of relentless curiosity and unwaveringContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – June 2023/ Elsa Khoza”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUTTITLE: MEETSENGWritten by Naume Selowa I yawned looking in my mother’s direction while she read a book.“I am sleepy,” I said.“Go to bed,” she replied without acknowledgement, almost dismissive. But I knew better because we had been through this before, so I pushed.“Mama!” I nagged, pouting my lips and folding my armsContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – June 2023 / Naume Selowa”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUTTITLE: BEFORE THE LAST AMENWritten by Peace Moalosi One night, towards the end of July, a young boy named Joseph grabbed a knife and repeatedly stabbed both his father and mother, and sat next to their dead bodies ‘til the next morning.This is the story of how we got there:Joseph was aboutContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Facebook Competition – June 2023 leg / Peace Moalosi”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUTTITLE: THE MELTING POTWritten by Asive Vukaphi Life is a journey; it is never a destination. To some people, it is hard. To some, it is a walk in the park. Life has its uncertainties but it is better if you meet all those uncertainties on the road of life, not whereContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – June 2023 leg/ Asive Vukaphi”

Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is a speculative fiction magazine published online twice per year and print anthology (every other year). Each issue features six original stories, some with audio readings. 3LBE was founded by editor Andrew S. Fuller in 1999. Please read some issues of the the magazine to learn what they published, and readContinue reading “Get $100 For Your Short Story”

Nash’s Return – The Incomplete Ritual “Nashitsevhe lost everything. He got terribly sick. Over the years he has brought many other girls to Kajengo, in a desperate bid to get his life back, his wealth and influence. It was all in vain. Kajengo kept telling him the same thing. He has to find you andContinue reading “Excerpt: A Woman’s Essence”

Page Turner Awards Is Calling On All Writers Aged Between 18 And 25 The Page Turner Awards offers writers the chance to enter the first 10 pages of a completed, unpublished fiction or non-fiction manuscript, where a group of literary agents will read the work. Last year three writers won a literary agent, five writersContinue reading “Calling On All Young Writers”

Sign Up, Submit, Publish And Get Paid That’s how easy it is to get paid for your poetry, prose or letter to the editor. Payments vary from $10 per line of poetry to $150 for prose, and you can submit your work throughout the year, as long as it is previously unpublished work.What kind ofContinue reading “Sign Up, Submit, Publish And Get Paid”

American Author Eve Fairbanks Speaks In Soweto If you have always wondered what the book, The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of a Brave and Bewildered Nation, is all about, then your opportunity to pose questions directly to the author has literally landed on your stoep.Author Eve Fairbanks will be at the Soweto Book Café, 1023Continue reading “There’s A Mlungu On My Stoep!”