The AWP Writer to Writer Mentorship Program matches emerging writers with established authors for a three-month series of modules on topics such as craft, revision, publishing, and the writing life. Mentors volunteer their time and receive a free one-year AWP individual membership as a token of appreciation. Writer to Writer is free of charge to mentees, though they must be AWP members to apply.
Are you an African screenwriter with a compelling series idea to tell? The AuthenticA Series Lab is back for its fifth edition, supporting four writers from across Africa and the diaspora to develop original series scripts over six months.
Klein Karoo Klassique, Oudtshoorn se winterfees van klassieke musiek, literatuur, kuns, kos en wyn word van Vrydag 7 tot Sondag 9 Augustus vir die 17de keer in die Klein Karoo aangebied.
Hidden Compass offers an annual grant of $18 000 to fund a global expedition of the modern age — an age where discovery is about understanding instead of conquering. Their Pathfinders are multimedia storytellers who bring our community behind the scenes in digital dispatches, and share their expedition through magazine features and a short documentary film. Proposals for 2026 are now open!
The 14th kykNET Silwerskerm Festival, taking place from 19 to 22 August in Camps Bay, Cape Town, boasts a diverse programme that reflects the depth and variety of Afrikaans cinema. A total of 22 films will be screened, comprising 17 short films (including five documentary shorts) and four feature films. Established directors and screenwriters show their craft, while emerging filmmakers get the opportunity to enter the world of visual storytelling. Eighteen films compete in the competition, with the winners announced on Saturday 22 August. (One feature film and two short films are not part of the competition.)
Teatermakers kry vyf minute om hul droomproduksie aan ’n paneel sakeleiers en beleggers te verkoop, met tot R1 miljoen se ontwikkelingsfinansiering beskikbaar. Bekendes soos Saartjie Botha, Cornelia Faasen, Pieter Toerien en Carel Nolte van EasyEquities is op die beoordelaarspaneel. Kom oortuig hulle om in jou produksie te belê.
Residencies at Storyknife in Homer, Alaska, are either for two or four weeks. Resident’s food and lodging is covered during the period of their residency, but travel to and from Homer, Alaska, is the responsibility of the resident. Residents stay in individual cabins & dine at the main house. An on-staff chef is responsible for food preparation.
Die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees-zine 2026 soek voorleggings vir HI-FI – ’n viering van hoë-trou waarhede, lo-fi-estetika, analoog-nostalgie, statiese witruis en die deep cuts van jou kreatiewe brein. Hulle nooi digters, skrywers, kunstenaars, fotograwe, zine-makers, playlist-kurators en kreatiewe denkers uit om hul werk in te stuur.
Voorstelle word oorweeg om as leesteater by die Teksmark in Kaapstad of Johannesburg aangebied te word. Verteenwoordigers van teaters en feeste, asook vervaardigers en ander moontlike beleggers word na die Teksmark genooi. Die 11de Teksmark word op Donderdag 10 en Vrydag 11 September 2026 by die Baxterteatersentrum in Kaapstad aangebied, met die derde Teksmark Joburg wat Woensdag 21 Oktober by die Universiteit van Johannesburg aangebied word.
Met 444 items op een van die grootste kunstefeeste in Afrika, is die oorvloed van produksies ’n waardevolle noodsaaklikheid in ’n kunstelandskap wat onder groot druk verkeer. Daar is klassieke en kontemporêre klanke wat die opelug, sale en die gemoed gaan vul, dans wat almal se taal praat, toneel met ’n lag en ’n traan, leefstyl, kuns en veilings, gesprekke, ’n skrywersprogram, iets vir die jongspan en fliekvlooie, asook die opvoedkundige Woorde Open Wêrelde (WOW)-fees.
The writer and literary translator’s residence is open from May to October and is able to host a maximum of six writers per session. To be eligible writers and literary translators must be published (min. one book - self published not accepted), playwrights and scriptwriters must be published or produced.
Emerging writers are invited to apply in one of three categories: novels, short stories, or poetry. Upon completion of this intensive development programme, the writer is assisted in submitting their manuscript for publication to an appropriate publisher.