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{{Short description|South African literary award}}
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The '''Dinaane Debut Fiction Award''' – formerly the '''European Union Literary Award''' – is a South African [[literary award]],<ref name=Dinaane/> open to South African and [[Southern African Development Community|SADC]]{{CN|date=November 2023}} writers who are residents of these countries. The manuscripts that are submitted must be a first, unpublished work of fiction in English,<ref name=Wits>{{cite news|last1=Sekhotho|first1=Katleho|title=Debut author wins publishing deal and R35 000|url=http://witsvuvuzela.com/2015/05/07/debut-author-wins-publishing-deal-and-r35-000/|access-date=15 August 2015|website=Wits Vuvuzela|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages. The word "dinaane" means "telling our stories together" in Setswana, says Jacana.<ref name=Dinaane/>
The '''Dinaane Debut Fiction Award''' – formerly the '''European Union Literary Award'''<ref name=EULA>{{cite web|title=The European Union Literary Award for Debut Fiction |url= https://jacana.co.za/prize-winners/the-european-union-literary-award-for-debut-fiction/| website=Jacana|access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref> – is a South African [[literary award]], open to permanent residents or citizens of South Africa and other southern African countries. The prize was first given in 2004 and was renamed in 2015.<ref name=Dinaane>{{cite news|title=The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award|url=https://jacana.co.za/dinaane-debut-fiction-award/|access-date=2024-09-06|website=Jacana}}</ref> The word “dinaane” means “telling our stories together” in Setswana.<ref>{{cite news|title=Announcing the Shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2024/02/announcing-the-shortlist-for-the-2023-dinaane-debut-fiction-award/|access-date=2024-02-28|website=Brittle Paper}} </ref>


The prize is an initiative of the '''Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF)''', a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to promote and foster excellent writing from southern Africa, in partnership with [[Johannesburg]]-based publisher [[Jacana Media]]. External funding allows the JLF to publish and disseminate literature that might not otherwise be commercially viable.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacana Literary Foundation|url=https://jacana.co.za/jacana-literary-foundation/|website=Jacana|access-date=2024-09-08}}</ref>
In 2015, the European Union Literary Award was renamed the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.<ref name=Dinaane>{{cite web|title=Dinaane Debut Fiction Award|url=http://www.jacana.co.za/book-categories/fiction-poetry-a-writing/dinaane-debut-fiction-award|website=Jacana Media|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> It is supported by various [[European Union]] embassies and commissions operating in South Africa. The winner is awarded a cash prize of R35 000.00 along with publication of their manuscript with [http://www.jacana.co.za/ Jacana Media]. In honour of Gerald Kraak, who helped run Jacana Media until his death in 2014,<ref name=Etc>{{cite web|title=Dinaane Debut Fiction Award|url=http://www.booksetc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Jacana-Dinaane-2015-AI.pdf|website=Books Etc.|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> the Kraak Writing Grant is also awarded. The grant is awarded to an entrant whose manuscript showed great promise and who would most benefit from a three-month mentorship with an industry-leading mentor. The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award was first given in 2004.<ref name=Dinaane/>

The competition accepts debut, unpublished works of fiction (novel or novella). Authors must not have had a work of fiction formally published prior to the award. Self-published authors may apply, provided that the work has only been published online. Although the entries must be primarily in English, Jacana welcomes innovative writing that captures the multilingual African landscape.
The winner is awarded R35 000 and a publishing contract from Jacana Media.<ref name=Dinaane></ref> In addition, the Kraak Writing Grant is awarded to an entrant whose manuscript showed great promise. The grant is valued at R25,000 and is dedicated to the memory of writer and human rights activist [[Gerald Kraak]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Dinaane Debut Fiction Award and Kraak Writing Grant winners announced|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/news/2020-02-21-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-and-kraak-writing-grant-winners-announced/|website=Sunday Times}}</ref>

Other projects currently administered by the JLF are:
*'''The Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology''': Named after South African writer [[Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje]], the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology are made possible through ongoing support by the [[European Union]]. Up to three poems in any of South Africa’s official languages may be submitted, and the longlist published in an anthology. Cash prizes of R6000, R4000 and R2000 are awarded to the winner and runners-up. <ref>{{cite web|title=Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award|url=https://jacana.co.za/sol-plaatje-european-union-awards/|website=Jacana }}</ref>
*'''The Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize''': Created in honour of [[Gerald Kraak]], this prize invites submissions from writers and photographers across Africa on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality. <ref>{{cite web|title=Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize|url=https://jacana.co.za/gerald-kraak-anthology-and-prize/|website=Jacana}}</ref>


==Winners==
==Winners==
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; Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
*2023/2024: [[Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani]], '' Buried in the Chest'' <ref>{{cite web|url= https://brittlepaper.com/2024/07/lindani-mbunyuza-memani-wins-dinaane-debut-fiction-award/ |website=Brittle Paper|date= 26 July 2024| access-date=8 September 2024|title=Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani Wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award }}</ref>
*2022: [no award]
*2021: [no award]
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*2020: [[Resoketswe Manenzhe]], ''Scatterlings'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2020/02/resoketswe-manenzhe-wins-2020-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-for-her-novel-scatterlings |website=Brittle Paper|title=Resoketswe Manenzhe Wins 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for Her Novel, Scatterlings|first= Chukwuebuka|last=Ibeh|date=24 February 2020|access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
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*2019: [[Mubanga Kalimamukwento]], ''The Mourning Bird'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://readinglist.click/sub/mubanga-kalimamukwento-wins-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-for-her-novel-the-mourning-bird |title=Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel The Mourning Bird |work=readinglist.click |author= |date= 12 March 2019|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
*2015/2016: [[Tammy Baikie]], ''Selling LipService''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pensouthafrica.co.za/selling-lipservice-by-tammy-baikie/ |title=Selling LipService by Tammy Baikie|website=Pen South Africa|date= 7 December 2016 |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
;European Union Literary Award
;European Union Literary Award
*2004: [[Ishtiyaq Shukri]], ''The Silent Minaret''<ref name=Shukri>{{cite news|title=Written in secret|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2005-02-04-written-in-secret|first=Ishtiyaq|last= Shukri|access-date=24 August 2015|work=Mail & Guardian|date=4 February 2005}}</ref>
*2014: Andrew Miller, ''Dub Steps''<ref name=Wits>{{cite news|last1=Sekhotho|first1=Katleho|title=Debut author wins publishing deal and R35 000|url=http://witsvuvuzela.com/2015/05/07/debut-author-wins-publishing-deal-and-r35-000/|access-date=15 August 2015|website=Wits Vuvuzela|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
*2013: [[Penny Busetto]], ''The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself''<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Winner of the 2013 European Union Literary Award|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/187749552/European-Union-Literary-Award-2013-Winner-Announcement|work=Books LIVE|accessdate=17 July 2015}}</ref>
*2005: [[Fred Khumalo]], ''Bitches' Brew''; and [[Gerald Kraak]], ''Ice in the Lungs''
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*2011/12: [[Ashraf Kagee]], ''Khalil's Journey'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Academic named top novelist |website=IOL |url=https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/books/academic-named-top-novelist-1284558 |first1=Stephanie|last1=Nieuwoudt |date=26 April 2012 |access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref>
*2010: [[James Clelland]], ''Deeper than Colour''<ref>{{cite news |title=Book review: Morbid but irresistible |url= https://mg.co.za/article/2010-08-11-morbid-but-irresistible/| website=Mail&Guardian| date=11 August 2010|first1=Craig|last1=McKenzie|access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref>
*2009: [[Zinaid Meeran]], ''Saracen at the Gates'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Not politically correct |url= https://witness.co.za/archive/2009/12/23/not-politically-correct-20150430/| website=The Witness|date=23 December 2009|access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref>
*2008: [[Megan Voysey-Braig]],''Till We Can Keep an Animal''<ref> {{cite news |title='I can count on one hand the nights we’ve slept apart'|url= https://mg.co.za/article/2009-01-22-i-can-count-on-one-hand-the-nights-weve-slept-apart/| website=Mail&Guardian|date=22 January 2009|access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref>
*2007: [[Kopano Matlwa]], ''Coconut'' <ref>{{cite news |title=From The Coconut to the Spilt Milk to Period Pains |website=IOL |date=4 November 2016|access-date=8 September 2024| first1=Amanda | last1=Maliba | url=https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/books/from-the-coconut-to-the-spilt-milk-to-period-pains-2087045}}</ref>
*2006: [no award]
*2006: [no award]
*2005: [[Fred Khumalo]], ''Bitches' Brew''; and [[Gerald Kraak]], ''Ice in the Lungs'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Double makes trouble |website=Mail&Guardian|date=30 June 2006|access-date=8 September 2024| url= https://mg.co.za/article/2006-06-30-double-makes-trouble/}}</ref>
*2007: [[Kopano Matlwa]], ''Coconut'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Kopano Matlwa's first novel, Coconut, won her the European Union Literary Award for first-time authors. She is a medical student at the University of Cape Town: Unknown |work=The Daily News |location=Durban, South Africa |date=22 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Student wins European Union award |work=The Sunday Independent |location=South Africa |date=25 March 2007 |page=18 }}</ref>
*2004: [[Ishtiyaq Shukri]], ''The Silent Minaret''<ref name=Shukri>{{cite news|title=Written in secret|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2005-02-04-written-in-secret|first=Ishtiyaq|last= Shukri|access-date=24 August 2015|work=Mail & Guardian|date=4 February 2005}}</ref>
*2008: [[Megan Voysey-Braig]], ''Till We Can Keep an Animal''
*2009: [[Zinaid Meeran]], ''Saracen at the Gates'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Prize-winning debut novel is quite a ride: Main Book |work=The Sunday Independent |location=Johannesburg |date=3 January 2010 }}</ref>
*2010: [[James Clelland]], ''Deeper than Colour''
⚫
*2011/12: [[Ashraf Kagee]], ''Khalil's Journey'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Academic named top novelist |work=Cape Argus |location=South Africa |date=27 April 2012 }}</ref>
*2013: [[Penny Busetto]], ''The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself''<ref name=Busetto>{{cite web|last1=Childes|first1=Tarah|title=Interview with Penny Busetto|url=http://aerodrome.co.za/10-questions-penny-busetto/|website=Aerodrome|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>
*2014: Andrew Miller, ''Dub Steps''<ref name=Wits/>

⚫
;Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
*2015/2016: [[Tammy Baikie]], ''Selling LipService''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jacana.co.za/jacana-news/2345-the-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-and-kraak-writing-grant-winners |title=The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award and Kraak Writing Grant winners |work=jacana.co.za |author= |date= |access-date=27 April 2017}}</ref>
⚫
*2019: [[Mubanga Kalimamukwento]], ''The Mourning Bird'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://readinglist.click/sub/mubanga-kalimamukwento-wins-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-for-her-novel-the-mourning-bird |title=Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel The Mourning Bird |work=readinglist.click |author= |date= 12 March 2019|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
⚫
*2020: [[Resoketswe Manenzhe]], ''Scatterlings'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2020/02/resoketswe-manenzhe-wins-2020-dinaane-debut-fiction-award-for-her-novel-scatterlings |website=Brittle Paper|title=Resoketswe Manenzhe Wins 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for Her Novel, Scatterlings|first= Chukwuebuka|last=Ibeh|date=24 February 2020}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Awards established in 2004]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2004]]
[[Category:Fiction awards]]
[[Category:South African fiction awards]]
[[Category:First book awards]]
[[Category:First book awards]]
[[Category:South African literary awards]]
[[Category:South African literary awards]]

Latest revision as of 12:48, 8 September 2024

The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award – formerly the European Union Literary Award[1] – is a South African literary award, open to permanent residents or citizens of South Africa and other southern African countries. The prize was first given in 2004 and was renamed in 2015.[2] The word “dinaane” means “telling our stories together” in Setswana.[3]

The prize is an initiative of the Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF), a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to promote and foster excellent writing from southern Africa, in partnership with Johannesburg-based publisher Jacana Media. External funding allows the JLF to publish and disseminate literature that might not otherwise be commercially viable.[4]

The competition accepts debut, unpublished works of fiction (novel or novella). Authors must not have had a work of fiction formally published prior to the award. Self-published authors may apply, provided that the work has only been published online. Although the entries must be primarily in English, Jacana welcomes innovative writing that captures the multilingual African landscape. The winner is awarded R35 000 and a publishing contract from Jacana Media.[2] In addition, the Kraak Writing Grant is awarded to an entrant whose manuscript showed great promise. The grant is valued at R25,000 and is dedicated to the memory of writer and human rights activist Gerald Kraak. [5]

Other projects currently administered by the JLF are:

  • The Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology: Named after South African writer Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology are made possible through ongoing support by the European Union. Up to three poems in any of South Africa’s official languages may be submitted, and the longlist published in an anthology. Cash prizes of R6000, R4000 and R2000 are awarded to the winner and runners-up. [6]
  • The Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize: Created in honour of Gerald Kraak, this prize invites submissions from writers and photographers across Africa on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality. [7]

Winners

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Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
European Union Literary Award

Notes

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  1. ^ "The European Union Literary Award for Debut Fiction". Jacana. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award". Jacana. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Announcing the Shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Jacana Literary Foundation". Jacana. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Dinaane Debut Fiction Award and Kraak Writing Grant winners announced". Sunday Times.
  6. ^ "Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award". Jacana.
  7. ^ "Gerald Kraak Anthology and Prize". Jacana.
  8. ^ "Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani Wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award". Brittle Paper. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ^ Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (24 February 2020). "Resoketswe Manenzhe Wins 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for Her Novel, Scatterlings". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel The Mourning Bird". readinglist.click. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Selling LipService by Tammy Baikie". Pen South Africa. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ^ Sekhotho, Katleho (7 May 2015). "Debut author wins publishing deal and R35 000". Wits Vuvuzela. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Announcing the Winner of the 2013 European Union Literary Award". Books LIVE. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  14. ^ Nieuwoudt, Stephanie (26 April 2012). "Academic named top novelist". IOL. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  15. ^ McKenzie, Craig (11 August 2010). "Book review: Morbid but irresistible". Mail&Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Not politically correct". The Witness. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  17. ^ "'I can count on one hand the nights we've slept apart'". Mail&Guardian. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  18. ^ Maliba, Amanda (4 November 2016). "From The Coconut to the Spilt Milk to Period Pains". IOL. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Double makes trouble". Mail&Guardian. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  20. ^ Shukri, Ishtiyaq (4 February 2005). "Written in secret". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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