Jakes Gerwel Foundation

11/07/2025

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 for the 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗩 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 residency! Emerging screenwriters interested in the programme must jump if they want to be considered for participation.

This residency is a practical and intensive 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 where 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 learn from various prominent figures in the TV industry about the finer details of this growing and competitive industry. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗿 and 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 will once again mentor emerging screenwriters during the Longhope TV Writing residency.

This course is offered in collaboration with M-Net 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀. This collaboration not only offers young writers the opportunity to gain 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, but after completing the course, the successful candidates will have the opportunity to do 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: 11 July 2025
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: 10 to 23 November 2025 (𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗡𝗼𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗶)

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://jgf.org.za/application-television-script/

If you experience any 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 your application, please email it to Theo Kemp at 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼@𝗷𝗴𝗳.𝗼𝗿𝗴.𝘇𝗮

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10/07/2025

Mirari Press 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲.

This includes, but is not limited to, works of:

Fantasy (sword & sorcery, high fantasy, you name it)
Grounded spec-fic
Science fiction
Alternate history
Magical realism
Dystopian fiction
Occult fiction
Cyberpunk and Steampunk
YA spec-fic

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝟯𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 about Mirari Press and other upcoming writing opportunities available on our Hive: https://jgf.org.za/hive/

09/07/2025

There are 𝟮 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 to apply for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗩 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆!

This residency is a practical and intensive 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 where 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 learn from various prominent figures in the TV industry about the finer details of this growing and competitive industry. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗿 and 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 will once again mentor emerging screenwriters during the Longhope TV Writing residency from 10 to 23 November 2025 (at Paulet House 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗡𝗼𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗶).

This course is offered in collaboration with M-Net 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀. This collaboration not only offers young writers the opportunity to gain 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, but after completing the course, the successful candidates will have the opportunity to do an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: 11 July 2025

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://jgf.org.za/application-television-script/
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08/07/2025

Geliefde skrywer Diana Ferrus is saam met een van Oude Leeskamer se inwonende skrywers, Miriam Telanie verwelkom in Jannie se Leeskamer op Woensdag, 3 Julie. Miriam het in diepte vertel oor die skryfproses van haar eerste roman, Hier verlaat ek jou.

"Dit het gou duidelik geword dat haar stories nie net haar eie is nie, maar ook eg weerklank vind by die lesers en gaste," vertel Délani Spies, Literêre & Administratiewe Bestuurder by Oude Leeskamer. "Stories uit haar gemeenskap, wat haar karakters vorm en die stilswye oor herkoms deurbreek, dryf haar om hierdie verhale met die wêreld te deel."

Lees verder op Paulet Huis Stories se webblad: https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/diana-ferrus-in-gesprek-met-miriam-telanie-oude-leeskamer-se-inwonende-skrywersgas/

08/07/2025

𝟭𝟳 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 for short story writers offered by the 𝗝𝗚𝗦, LitNet and Huisgenoot.

This year our 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 during the Kommadagga Workshop is 𝗦𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘄𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗱𝗹𝗼𝘃𝘂. 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗮 – poet, experienced publisher of renowned authors and literary agent – is the 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: 25 July 2025
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: 29 September to 19 October 2025 (𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗡𝗼𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗶)

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://jgf.org.za/residencies/
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07/07/2025

Applications close 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, for the 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗩 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 residency! Emerging screenwriters interested in the programme must jump if they want to be considered for participation.

This residency is a practical and intensive 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 where 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 learn from various prominent figures in the TV industry about the finer details of this growing and competitive industry. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗿 and 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 will once again mentor emerging screenwriters during the Longhope TV Writing residency.

This course is offered in collaboration with M-Net 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀. This collaboration not only offers young writers the opportunity to gain 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, but after completing the course, the successful candidates will have the opportunity to do 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: 11 July 2025
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: 10 to 23 November 2025 (𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗡𝗼𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗶)

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://jgf.org.za/application-television-script/
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05/07/2025

Paulet House alumn Zubayr Charles to debut Artscape Theatre production

Artscape Theatre, in conjunction with the Suidoosterfees and the City of Cape Town, presents this bra’s a psycho, a psychological crime thriller and cat-and-mouse tale tackling the themes of male sexual assault, hook-up culture, and online dating.

The production will run from Tuesday, 29 July 2025 to Saturday, 2 August 2025.

Fresh off the success of Please, don’t call me moffie (performed at this year’s Suidoosterfees) this gripping two-hander, written and directed by Zubayr Charles, a UCT Master’s in Creative Writing graduate, makes its debut at this year’s Women’s and Humanity Festival following its resounding pitch and staged reading at the 2024 Artscape New Voices Programme.

Read more on Paulet House Stories: https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/paulet-house-alumn-zubayr-charles-to-debut-artscape-theatre-production/

04/07/2025

Marcia Woolward on her journey with the YOH! Poetry Programme at Grassy Park High School

In 2018, Theo Kemp and Therése Hulme offered a poetry programme for learners, as this was a school that Jakes Gerwel taught at in the 1970s. I was excited about the possibilities.

I think the programme had a limited time, but by September 2019, when I retired, it was still going. When Theo and Therése suggested I take over the programme, I was surprised. Somehow, they had seen something in me that I hadn’t seen in myself.

In the early days, I would escape the madness of the office by slipping into a desk in the YOH! session. “Don’t see me as your principal, just as a fellow poet,” I would tell the learners.

Read more on Paulet House Stories: https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/marcia-woolward-on-her-journey-with-the-yoh-poetry-programme-at-grassy-park-high-school/

04/07/2025

Young Poets Wow Grassy Park Audiences at YOH Poetry Reading

Family, friends and community members of Grassy Park High School braved the cold on Wednesday, 25 June 2025, to attend the YOH Poetry Reading, an uplifting afternoon filled with emotion, reflection and imagination.

The YOH project, one aimed at empowering youth through the medium of poetry, is an initiative co-founded in 2018 by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Dr Therésa Hulme, a writer and psychologist, and spearheaded by Marcia Woolward, a retired educator and former principal of this school where the late Jakes Gerwel was also based. Participating poets of the day were school learners, Grades 9 to 12, whose performances reflected narratives of grief, identity, personal and relationship introspection. The event was led by programme director, Logan Napoleon, a Grade 9 Grassy Park High School learner, and audiences were invited to engage in discussion with the poets during a Q&A session. A spirit of safety and support at the event enabled the poets to deliver their best performances, with the poets’ parents and loved ones who were also present.

Read more on Paulet House Stories: https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/young-poets-wow-grassy-park-audiences-at-yoh-poetry-reading/

04/07/2025

Oudskrywers van Paulet Huis haal die 2025 Stellenbosch Woordfeeskortverhaalbundel

Drie-en-twintig verhale is gekies vir publikasie in die tiende Stellenbosch Woordfeeskortverhaalbundel. Hierdie jaar se uitgawe sluit in kortverhale van voormalige Paulet Huis skrywers Lynthia Julius, wie se suster Sisca Julius ook die bundel gehaal het, en Daneel Jantjies.

Baie geluk aan Lynthia en Daneel! Ons verheug saam met julle en sien nog uit na baie stories saam.

Lees meer op Paulet Huis Stories: https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/oudskrywers-van-paulet-huis-haal-die-2025-stellenbosch-woordfeeskortverhaalbundel/

04/07/2025

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04/07/2025

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

The Miles Morland Foundation (MMF) is pleased to announce that the 2025 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers will 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write while simultaneously earning a living. To help meet this need 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗠𝗙 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, with the aim being to allow each Scholar the time to produce the first draft of a completed book. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮.

All enquiries relating to the Morland Scholarships should be directed to 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀@𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 about the Morland African Writing Scholarships and other upcoming opportunities on our Hive: https://jgf.org.za/hive/