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.

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.

My dearest: To my love

Myra Lochner 2012-05-31 "I wish to write you gentle verse in languages that touch: words of the heart and soul and skies and words so tender, soft ..."

My dearest: Beloved Acis

Myra Lochner 2012-05-31 "To you, beloved Acis, all of me stood for perfection, shared. You loved my eyes … my twin stars, you declared ..."

My geliefde: Liefdesbrief-kompetisie | My dearest: Love letter competition

2012-05-17 LitNet wil graag die verlore kuns van die liefdesbrief in 2012 laat herleef. | LitNet would like to rekindle the lost art of the love letter in 2012.

Releasing the butterfly: Ralph Goodman on life-writing, storytelling and self-reflection

Bibi Slippers 2012-05-17 Ralph Goodman recently started hosting life-writing workshops in which participants have the opportunity to do some intense self-reflection while learning more about the nuts and bolts of writing.

Prey

Gail Dendy 2012-05-03 "The lie of the land is plain,
distilled by perfect sight and scent."