University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize 2025 for South Africans – YOA

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Applications are open for the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize 2025 for South Africans. The UJ Prize is open solely to South African authors or overseas authors who’ve resided in South Africa for a minimum of six months whereas writing their e book.

The UJ Prize was established in 2006 for South African writers regardless of whether or not they have a reference to the college or not. The newest recipients of the prize are Morabo Morojele, awarded R75,000 as the principle prize winner for Three Egg Dilemma, and Jarred Thompson, who acquired R45,000 for the debut prize along with his novel The Institute for Creative Dying. Previous winners embody C.A. Davids, Mandla Langa, Jacob Dlamini, Rešoketšwe Manenzhe, Gabeba Baderoon, and Zakes Mda, amongst others.

The UJ Prize is open to books revealed in English language and has two classes: the Main Prize and the Debut Prize. Publishers should specify whether or not they’re getting into for the Main Prize or the Debut Prize. The successful entry will be part of the illustrious listing of outstanding authors who’ve gained the prize since its institution in 2006.

Prizes

• Main Prize: R75,000
• Debut Prize: R45,000

Eligibility

• South African authors or overseas authors who resided in South Africa for a minimum of six months whereas writing their e book.
• Books revealed in English between January 1 and December 31, 2024.
• The UJ Prize just isn’t style particular – publishers can submit novels, quick story collections, volumes of poetry, biographies or any type of artistic fiction and non-fiction books. 

Application

Publishers are required to submit eight (8) copies of every title they need to enter for the award together with the connected UJ Prize Entry Form. The UJ Prize Entry Form have to be signed by each the writer and the creator and enclosed in the identical bundle with the submitted books. Publishers who want to submit entries for the UJ prize for works revealed in 2024 ought to ship all submissions to the handle under:

By courier

Ms Dikeledi Seranyane

University of Johannesburg
English Department
B-Ring 713
Kingsway Road
Auckland Park
Johannesburg

Tel. 011-5592063

For extra info, go to University of Johannesburg Prize.