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.

The Real Evidence

Len Verwey 2012-12-18 "No cop cannot be charmed
by the unexplaining unrepentant killer."

Insomnia

Gary Cummiskey 2012-12-04 Gary Cummiskey recounts his latest bout of insomnia in this poem featuring a vomiting cat and Patti Smith.

Key

Gary Cummiskey 2012-12-04 A short poem by Gary Cummiskey.

Procedure

Gary Cummiskey 2012-12-04 Gary Cummiskey on the pain of procedure.

Open Book 2012: The Caine Prize for African Writing

Naomi Meyer 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 ...

Owner and cat

Gail Dendy 2012-09-19 Gail Dendy explores the ritual of choosing a pet and preparing for his life-long stay.

Cardiac arrest

Gail Dendy 2012-09-11 Gail Dendy describes a cardiac event.

No haikus

Gail Dendy 2012-09-06 Gail Dendy pleads you to abstain ... from writing haikus!

Marikana

Heidi Henning 2012-08-31 "This stretch of land
has known battles
long into the backlog of time"

Etienne van Heerden, Isobel Dixon 2012-08-23 Poison Karoo was written out of concern and dismay at the proposals for hydraulic fracking in the Karoo. It is a work of fiction, written as if commercial hydraulic fracking has already begun in the Karoo.

Jan Braai se Vuurwerke word bekendgestel

2012-08-01 Die man wat Nasionale Braaidag begin het stel sy boek oor braai, vuurmaak en die kuns van oor kole kook hierdie maand in Kaapstad bekend.

Strike

Bandile Dlabantu 2012-07-25 Bandile Dlabantu turns a strike into a poem.

I Comrade Hyena

Bandile Dlabantu 2012-07-25 A poetic monologue, straight from the hyena's mouth.

My Africa

Heidi Henning 2012-07-17 Heidi Henning writes about Africa – but not all of it.

My dearest: Until we finally meet

Yolandie Hooman 2012-06-12 "Do you think it’s possible to love someone you’ve never even met – never even seen?"
Yolandie Hooman answers the burning question in her letter to an unknown lover.

My dearest: Dearly Beloved Brian

Lily Forrester 2012-06-12 Lily Forrester goes all Elizabethan in this olf fashioned love letter.

My dearest: Love Letter from Robert Browning to his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Brett Beiles 2012-06-12 Brett Beiles pens a delightful letter to Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the guise of her husband, Robert Browning.

My dearest: You

Elizabeth M Star 2012-06-05 Elizabeth M Star pours her heart out in a love letter simply directed at "You".

My dearest: Beloved John

Myra Lochner 2012-06-05 Myra Locher writes a love letter addressed to an English Poet whose words never fail to move her.

A guide to walking in Blougat

Adriaan Coetzee 2012-06-05 Adriaan Coetzee pilfers from a hiking guide to create a clever poem.