New writing
Fiction and prose by established and emerging authors. Send your poetry or fiction to New Writing at skryfwerk@litnet.co.za to be considered for publication on LitNet.
Please note that work previously published in print or on any online media platform will not be considered for selection.
Like tongues of flame and Flamingo clouds
2013-05-08Ros Wagener writes two effortless poems with attention to sound about a poinsettia, two birds and rosy clouds.
Western political ideologies
2013-04-30Mark Whelan writes a poem in memory of Freedom Day, April 27, 2013
Black Bird
2013-04-23"When you said that word – it was the way you said it –
rage soared, spread its wings
covered me"
the cliff
2013-04-15A simple strong poem about a man standing on a cliff, written by a new poet on LitNet.
Fiksie-kompetisie: Reisende skrywers
2013-04-10Aandag alle reisende skrywers! Neem deel aan LitNet se nuwe fiksie-kompetisie.
the cliff
2013-04-09A simple strong poem about a man standing on a cliff, written by a new poet on LitNet.
For the sake of repeating a story
2013-04-02A traveller, a receptionist, her husband, a boy the traveller dreamt of, and the receptionist again. Adriaan Coetzee retells a story.
Nursery school
2013-03-20 Heidi Henning creates a delightful space in a goat kraal for a story about two little girls
The little yellow house
2013-03-12 A new poet on LitNet, Phelelani Makhanya, wonders about a little yellow house.
When Don mastered the iamb
2013-01-23 Richard Higgs writes a touching poem for poet and playwright Don Maclellan.
Hatful of tin, Marikana, August 2012
2013-01-23 Richard Higgs remebers the massacre at Marikana in this poem.
Campaign
2012-12-18 "Nights I have stood outside my tent, seenthe orange glow far across the dark space ..."
Self-portrait as a Man of Mystery
2012-12-18 "Failures in action from the start, as thoughthey were deliberate, and at
some point they must’ve become so."
Insomnia
2012-12-04 Gary Cummiskey recounts his latest bout of insomnia in this poem featuring a vomiting cat and Patti Smith.
Open Book 2012: The Caine Prize for African Writing
2012-09-26 On Saturday, 22 September the Open Book Festival had a distinctly international flavour: due to the international visitors and due to the weather ...