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.

Hatful of tin, Marikana, August 2012

Richard Higgs 2013-01-23 Richard Higgs remebers the massacre at Marikana in this poem.

Campaign

Len Verwey 2012-12-18 "Nights I have stood outside my tent, seen
the orange glow far across the dark space ..."

Ecstasy Revolver

Len Verwey 2012-12-18 "I don’t know her well
but clearly she is dangerous."

Self-portrait as a Man of Mystery

Len Verwey 2012-12-18 "Failures in action from the start, as though
they were deliberate, and at
some point they must’ve become so."

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.