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Call for Writers for the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2011

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 02 Mar 2011   |   

Calling all writers: Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2011

Writers are reminded that Sanlam and Tafelberg are once again awaiting entries for the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature.

This time round the organisers are looking for a story in which hope plays a role.

Manuscripts in any of the official languages will be accepted. Categories are:

* English,
* Afrikaans,
* Nguni-languages,
* Sotho-languages,
* Tshivenda,
* Xitsonga and
* SiSwati.

In each category there are two prizes: Gold (R12 000 in cash and publication) and Silver
(R6 000 in cash and publication).

The deadline for entries is 30 June 2011.

Unfortunately e-mail submissions are not allowed. The organisers request entrants to keep a copy of their entry.

The names of the finalists will be announced before the end of 2011, and the names of the winners and the launch of the winning books will be in 2012.

The entry form and the compeition rules are available for download here.

Contact Danita van Romburgh at NB Publishers for further enquiries on (021) 406 3412 or dvanromb@nb.co.za.

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Exclusives Book IBBY SA Award Calls for South African Published Children's Books

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 02 Feb 2011   |   

Dear Publishers and Children’s Book People

Exclusive Books, in association with IBBY SA, is once again delighted to announce its sponsorship of the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award, for the best original children’s picture book or illustrated children’s story book published in South Africa.

For the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award 2011, we invite submissions of books published between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010. The rules and conditions are detailed below.

Please send submissions (two copies of each title) to Exclusive Books Head Office before the 30 April 2011.

Kind regards

Colleen Whitfield

Corporate Social Investment & Children’s Books Manager

Exclusive Books

1st Floor | Rivonia Village | 3 Mutual Road | Rivonia

Tel: 011 798 0000 | Fax: 086 682 8794 | colleenw@exclusivebooks.co.za

The Rules of the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award

1 The name of the award is: ‘The Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award’.
2 It is awarded to the illustrated literary work for children (i.e. picture book or illustrated children’s story book or illustrated book of poems) adjudged the best in the period of adjudication.
3 Books that are clearly works of non-fiction are not eligible.
4 The award is R5 000.00 for the writer and R5 000.00 for the illustrator.
5 If the writer is also the illustrator, the award is R10 000.00.
6 If there are two or more writers or two or more illustrators, the respective award is shared equally.
7 The writer and illustrator must be South Africans, whether living in South Africa or not; or non-South Africans living and working in South Africa.
8 The book must be an original work written in any of the official South African languages.
9 The book should not be a re-issue or a re-working of a previously published book.
10 The book must have been published in South Africa.
11 The award is given to a book that is recognisably South African in character.
12 The award is made every second year, from 2007 onwards.
13 The two-year period for eligibility shall be the previous two calendar years.
14 The sponsor of the award is Exclusive Books, and the judging of the award is entirely in the hands of IBBY SA.
15 The jury will ideally consist of a non-practising publisher of children’s books, an academic in Fine Art with specialisation in design and book illustration, the Chairperson of IBBY SA, the IBBY SA Executive members responsible for the awards portfolio, and any members co-opted from the areas of design, public and school libraries, academic librarianship, and book-selection for children.
16 The jury is to be convened and chaired by a member of the IBBY SA Exec.
17 No staff-member of a participating publisher may sit on the jury; no writer or illustrator of a book that is entered may sit on the jury; no one who has contributed in any way to the production of a book that is entered may sit on the jury.
18 No correspondence concerning the adjudication or the award may be entered into.
19 A shortlist of five (or fewer) titles may be published some weeks before the final award is announced.
20 The award will be announced at an Exclusive Books event in September or October in a major South African city, the date, venue and details of the event being at the discretion of Exclusive Books.
21 Exclusive Books will invite all South African authors, illustrators and publishers to submit two copies of eligible titles between 1 February and 30 April of an awarding year.
22 The publisher of the winning book must be prepared to donate a minimum of ten copies for review and promotional purposes.

20 April 2007 / Updated 26 March 2009 / Updated 13 January 2011

SCBWI Gauteng Starts a Sketchbook Project

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 24 Nov 2010   |   

Join the SCBWI Gauteng Sketchbook Project and sketch your way to the 2011 Cape Town Book Fair. Read here for details.

Join SCBWI Gauteng in a Sketchbook Project

Buy or make a sketchbook sized between A5 and A4. It can open up to any size but must close to between A4 and A5.

Decorate and personalize the cover.

Draw / write anything you like in your sketchbook during the next few months.

SCBWI Gauteng will also set a theme for each month.

Use any techniques or tools. Express yourself freely.

Register your participation with Yvette at exart@vodamail.co.za or Hazel at hazelc@ahost.co.za

Writers AND illustrators can participate.

The sketchbooks will be displayed on the SCBWI stall at the 2011 Cape Town Book Fair to be held between 16-19 June.

All sketchbooks must be submitted to a venue in Johannesburg by the end of May 2011.

The theme for December is Holidays. Please submit your own ideas for other monthly themes.

Hope to see you at our Gauteng event

Jenny Hatton

Assitant-Regional Advisors of the South Africa Branch of the SCBWI (www.SCBWI.za.org)

SCBWI.Gauteng@MWeb.co.za

http://www.scbwigauteng.blogspot.com/

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