Bessie Head writing competition back

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The annual Bessie Head Literature Awards are back and the organisers are calling on local writers to submit manuscripts for consideration under the novel, short story and poetry categories.

According to Dr Leloba Molema, who is a voting trustee of the Bessie Head Heritage Trust, the deadline for submissions is May 1. To entice more entries, the organisers and main sponsor Pentagon Publishers have increased the monetary prizes.

"This year, the winner in the novel category will get P 2,500, the short story winner, P 1,000, while the poetry winner will get P 1,000," says Molema.

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