Dinaane Debut Fiction Award

The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, formerly the European Union Literary Award, is a South African literary award.[1] This award is open to South African and SADC[2] writers who are residents of these countries. The manuscripts that are submitted must be a first, unpublished work of fiction in English,[3] or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages. The word "dinaane" means "telling our stories together" in Setswana, says Jacana.[1]

In 2015, the European Union Literary Award was renamed the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.[1] It is supported by various European Union embassies and commissions operating in South Africa. The winner is awarded a cash prize of R35 000.00 along with publication of their manuscript with Jacana Media. In honor of Gerald Kraak, who helped run Jacana Media until his death in 2014[4], the Kraak Writing Grant is also awarded. The grant is awarded to an entrant whose manuscript showed great promise and who would most benefit from a three-month mentor-ship with an industry leading mentor. The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award was first given in 2004.[1]

Winners
European Union Literary Award
  • 2004 Ishtiyaq Shukri, The Silent Minaret[5]
  • 2005 Fred Khumalo, Bitches Brew and Gerald Kraak, Ice in the Lungs
  • 2006 [no award]
  • 2007 Kopano Matlwa, Coconut [6][7]
  • 2008 Megan Voysey-Braig, Till We Can Keep an Animal
  • 2009 Zinaid Meeran, Saracen at the Gates [8]
  • 2010 James Clelland, Deeper than Colour
  • 2011/12 Ashraf Kagee, Khalil's Journey [9]
  • 2013 Penny Busetto, The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself[10]
  • 2014 Andrew Miller, Dub Steps[3]
Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
  • 2015/2016 Tammy Baikie, Selling LipService[11]
  • 2019 Mubanga Kalimamukwento, The Mourning Bird [12]
  • 2020 Resoketswe Manenzhe, Scatterlings [13]

Notes
  1. "Dinaane Debut Fiction Award". Jacana Media. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  2. "Southern African Development Community", Wikipedia, 2019-02-09, retrieved 2019-03-14
  3. Sekhotho, Katleho (May 7, 2015). "Debut author wins publishing deal and R35 000". Wits Vuvuzela. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  4. "Dinaane Debut Fiction Award" (PDF). Books Etc. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  5. Shukri, Ishtiyaq (February 4, 2005). "Written in secret". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  6. "Kopano Matlwa's first novel, Coconut, won her the European Union Literary Award for first-time authors. She is a medical student at the University of Cape Town: Unknown". The Daily News. Durban, South Africa. April 22, 2009.
  7. "Student wins European Union award". The Sunday Independent. South Africa. March 25, 2007. p. 18.
  8. "Prize-winning debut novel is quite a ride: Main Book". The Sunday Independent. Johannesburg. January 3, 2010.
  9. "Academic named top novelist". Cape Argus. South Africa. April 27, 2012.
  10. Childes, Tarah. "Interview with Penny Busetto". Aerodrome. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  11. "The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award and Kraak Writing Grant winners". jacana.co.za. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  12. "Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel The Mourning Bird". readinglist.click. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  13. https://brittlepaper.com/2020/02/resoketswe-manenzhe-wins-2020-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-for-her-novel-scatterlings / Resoketswe Manenzhe Wins 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for Her Novel, Scatterlings
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