Short Story Initiative

The Readers Society of South Africa is working on an initiative in which we will publish a short story every Friday in the Sowetan, for a total of 33 weeks per year.

The main aim of the initiative is to give unpublished SA authors a voice and contribute to launching their careers, with a major publication of their work to an average of 2.1 million readers. Each shortstory will have a word count of between 1,000 and 2,500. The prose will be relevant to everyday South Africans, and will deal with recent and past issues of our country’s rich political and social landscape, cultures and history.

Our company works towards fostering a culture of reading and writing, and with this initiative we hope to encourage people to read prose and find a love for SA literature. Readers will then be more open to investing in quality novels written by SA authors, thus supporting our local authors and publishing industry. The stories are aimed at the adult reader, from the ages of 17+.

If you, or a company would like to sponsor this campaign, please download documentation for more information.