Sanlam and Tafelberg are proud to announce the finalists for this year’s Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature. Six finalists are included in each category: English, Afrikaans and African languages.
The total prize money amounts to R54 000: R12 000 for the winner (gold) and R6 000 for the runner-up (silver) in each category.
The finalists in the English category are:
- Alastair Smurthwaite, from Johannesburg
- Jenny Robson, from Maun, Botswana
- Andrew Salomon, from Cape Town
- Andre Eva Bosch, from Cape Town
- Carolyn Morton, from Port Elizabeth and
- Adeline Radloff, from Cape Town.
The finalists in the Afrikaans category are:
- Maya Fowler, from Cape Town
- Jelleke Wierenga, from Orania
- Dawie Louw, from Somerset West
- Pieter Verwey, from Johannesburg
- Annelie Ferreira, who lives in Bristol, Wales and
- Carin Krahtz, from Centurion.
African languages contenders are:
- Sipho R. Kekezwa (IsiXhosa), from Cape Town
- Tsireledzo Mushoma (Tshivenda), from Johannesburg
- Olive Dineo Kekana (Sepedi), from Johannesburg
- Mbongeni C. Mzimande (IsiZulu), from Port Shepstone
- Dumisani Simon Hlatshwayo (IsiZulu), from Johannesburg
- Kabelo Duncan Kgatea (Setswana), from Rustenburg.
The winners will be announced in October this year, and the prize-winning books will be available in bookshops and in e-book format shortly thereafter.
The Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature is awarded every second year. This year, authors weren’t restricted by a prescribed theme and as a result the publishers received an exciting variety of manuscripts. A record number of isiZulu entries were received this year. All manuscripts are judged anonymously. Past winners of this prize includes Marita van der Vyver, Jenny Robson and E.D.M. Sibiya.
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