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The Jakes Gerwel Foundation offers, in partnership with Huisgenoot and LitNet, a mentorship programme to promising emerging short story writers.
The writers will work on their short stories that are aimed specifically at Huisgenoot’s family market under guidance of our mentor, Fourie Botha – poet, experienced publisher of acclaimed authors and literary agent. If the magazine approves a writer’s story after the workshop, the writer will be remunerated for it. LitNet offers further exposure to the young writers and the project and offers possible future publication opportunities.
We are proud to announce that the award-winning author, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, is our writer-in-residence this year during the Kommadagga workshop.
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker. Born in 1977 in Bulawayo, she spent part of her childhood in Sweden as a political refugee before returning to Zimbabwe after its independence in 1980. Ndlovu pursued her education in the United States, earning degrees from Emerson College, Ohio University, and Stanford University, where she completed a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature. She has also published research on Saartjie Baartman and directed the award-winning short film Graffiti. Her debut novel, The Theory of Flight (2018), received critical acclaim and won the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2019. This was followed by The History of Man (2020) and The Quality of Mercy (2023), which are part of her “City of Kings” trilogy. The Creation of Half-Broken People is her latest novel. Ndlovu has been recognized with several awards, including the Windham-Campbell Prize in 2022.
The closing date for applications is 25 July 2025 and the residency will take place at Paulet House on KwaNojoli in the Eastern Cape from 29 September to 19 October 2025.
Applications must be submitted online.
See also:
An interview with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, winner of a Windham-Campbell Prize for 2022
In conversation with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu about The creation of half-broken people
Quality itself, a review of The quality of mercy by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
The African Library: The theory of flight by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu