As some of you might know, I'm a board member & the business manager of New Contrast, the oldest literary magazine in SA (turned 60 in 2020). We are renewing our subscriptions for 2022. Issue 197 is in production. Please consider subscribing: newcontrast.net/subscribe

Thank you so much to New Contrast and to the judges❤️ And congrats to the other winners!

I'm a poetry prize winner!😀 Thank you so much New Contrast and also rhe incredible judges!

What a joy & honour it was judging this year’s Prize! Incredible work ✨♥️

Read the poems of the 3 National Poetry Prize winners (Sisanda Kubeka sisanda, Zizipho Bam Zizipho Bam, Jerome Coetzee Jerome Coetzee) on the New Contrast website now: newcontrast.net

ISSUE 197 of New Contrast is now out. Featuring poetry by sisanda, Zizipho Bam and Jerome Coetzee, prose by RM Franz, Melissa Webster and Sikelela Ndabambi, as well as artwork by Balekane Legoabe and Neil Badenhorst. Interviewed is Karen Jennings.

Dive into the latest issue of New Contrast. New Contrast Issue 197 includes poems by the three winners of New Contrast’s 2021 National Poetry Prize. Order here: newcontrast.net/product/new-co…

Poet Wine Wizard reading his 2020 National Poetry Prize poem at the launch of the JACK JOURNAL.

Poet Jerome Coetzee reading his 2021 National Poetry Prize poem at the launch of the JACK JOURNAL.

Poet Zizipho Bam reading her 2021 National Poetry Prize poem at the launch of the JACK JOURNAL.

Exciting new prize for unpublished African writers established by Booker prize nominated South African writer Karen Jennings and UK-based Holland House Books [Holland House Books]. Deadline: Midnight, 6th January 2023.

Grateful beyond words to New Contrast for the privilege of including my poem "Wednesday" in this issue. Happy days.