The winners in the different categories of the South African Literary Awards will be announced on November 7, 2024.
By Hope Ibiale
The judges of the South African Literary Awards (SALA) have revealed the longlist for its 2024 edition. From over 200 submissions, multiple literary works have been longlisted in 16 categories.
Some of the longlisted authors include Molebatsi Bosilong, Jabulani Mkhonto, Masilo Junior Ramphadi, Jacqueline Leuvennink, Reverend Themba Mntambo, Adekeye Adebajo, and many others.The winners in the different categories will be announced on November 7, 2024.
While speaking about the literary award, Morakabe Raks Seakhoa, the Managing Director at wRite associates and SALA’s founder Executive Director, stated, “We are pleased with the consistency, growth and maturing of SALA across languages, generational, gender and other social prisms”, she added. “The past 19 years have seen SALA recognise authors who have since soared higher in their literary careers, leading to them being republished, invitations and participation in literary events at home and abroad, some of their work optioned for movies and theatre stages”.
The South African Literary Awards (SALA) was founded by the wRite Associates in partnership with the South African Department of Arts and Culture in 2005. Since its inception, the literary prize has awarded South African writers whose works have been published in any of the country’s eleven official languages.