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• INTERNATIONAL PEN POEM RELAY

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:59

  The Poem Relay seeks to raise awareness about freedom of expression in China in a uniquely PEN way – through poetry and translation. PEN Centres have been invited to translate and record a short poem, June (Liuyue) by the Chinese poet, journalist ...

• Letter on Zimbabwe - 1st May 2008

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:58

  from Vaclav Havel, Doris Lessing, Bill Morris, David Puttnam & Kenneth Roth We are deeply concerned at the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe and the slow pace at which matters of utmost constitutional importance are progres...

• 73rd International PEN Congress calls for end to insult and defamation laws and to honour the protection of linguistic rights

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:57

  International PEN’s historic 73rd Congress closes today calling again for the end to insult and defamation laws worldwide and a commitment to supporting and protecting languages under threat. With more than 200 delegates from over 70 countries re...

• Brown University's International Writers Project Fellowship - Applications close 15/02/09

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:57

  The Brown Graduate Program in Literary Arts and Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies are seeking applications and nominations for the 2009 - 2010 International Writers Project Fellowship. The fellowship, which is sponsored by the Willi...

• 2008/09 European Union Literary Award Call for Entries - Deadline 16/02/09

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:56

  Final calls for Entries to the 2008/09 European Union Literacy Award Have your first novel published and win R25,000 To enter: Submit a first, unpublished work of fiction in English. The award is open to all South African writers residing in South Af...

• Literary Journal Green Dragon 7 calls for short stories

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:55

  Green Dragon 7, a literary journal, to be published in May 2010, is to be a special edition of short fiction only, and will be guest edited by SA PEN member Arja Salafranca. Submit, by hard copy, no more than three items of short fiction, in English, ...

• Call for Applications: Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:54

  A professional writer or storyteller is sought for the position of Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at the University of Manitoba. The incumbent will provide mentorship and practical artistic advice t...

• PETINA GAPPAH SIGNS TRANSATLANTIC CONTRACT

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:52

  One of International PEN's main objectives is to encourage literature. Over the years the SOUTH AFRICAN Centre of International PEN has published eight volumes of NEW WRITING - with great pleasure and consistent with the global purpose of our parent bo...

• HSBC/SA PEN WINNER AWARDED CAINE PRIZE

  Created: Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:50

  Henrietta Rose-Innes wins 2008 Caine Prize South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won the 2008 Caine Prize for African writing for her short story Poison. Henrietta won the 2007 HSBC / SA PEN Literary Award for Poison which was published in `Afr...