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LATEST COLLEGE NEWS
COURSES
Itching to stretch your writing branches or have a sneaky suspicion you need to sharpen the tools of your trade? Find the solution in one of our courses.
The Literary Short and Flash Fiction Course is ideal if you want to learn to write short stories and glean inside info on how to get them published. In this course you will learn:
- how to set up good writing habits
- how to create convincing characters
- the structure and plot of a good short story
- how to write realistic dialogue
- how the point of view affects your story
- how to write flash fiction
- editing your own work before submitting it.
- where to send stories for publication, both local and international.
You will be guided by our expert tutor, Alex Smith, who is the award-winning author of three novels and who has had many short stories published in anthologies and journals.
The Memoir Course is for writers of all ages and experience who wish to pen a story about their own life, guided by author and memoirist Lisa Lazarus. Karen Ulrich, author of How to Write Your Life Story writes this about memoir:
"Given motivation and time, anyone can write a memoir - the waitress at your favourite coffee shop, the adventurer who has dedicated his life to wandering, the neighbour who has lost a child, or the accountant who wants to understand his family's history."
Writing for Social Media Course will help you be more than just another http:/www.number. You will learn proven principles of web writing, how to use keywords effectively in killer headlines and how to optimize your blog, Facebook, Twitter and other sites. Karen Lotter runs a company specializing in creating websites and has an extensive writing background.
The Broadcast Journalism Course will get your blood pumping if radio and television journalism shouts your name. Award-winning tutors Noel Cisneros and Ed Richardson will be your mentors. You will learn how to write, research, interview and package your stories for different media.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
A huge 'well done' to these students who wrote to us with news of their successes:
Emma Gatman, a recent graduate of our Magazine Journalism Course, recently had an article published for Crossfit Games, an online webzine, and an offer for further work from the editor there (always a good thing!). Read her article here.
Michelle Nöthling, currently on the Advanced Magazine Journalism Course, had a seven-page feature article on human trafficking published in The Big Issue - a superb achievement.
Chelsea Haith, a graduate of the Basics of Creative Writing for High School Students, is currently in her last year of school. She has written (and is directing) a play called 'The Punishment', being performed at the Wits Theatre on 28 May. Congratulations Chelsea!
Belinda Mountain is a graduate of the Magazine Journalism Course. Her beautiful article titled 'A Mother's Legacy' appeared in the May 2012 issue of Woman and Home magazine.
Jackie Clarke completed the Magazine Journalism Course in 2011. Her article called 'Striking a Pose' appeared in the May issue of Good Magazine. Well done Jackie!
Congratulations to all of you.
We are also celebrating the announcement of the winners of the SA Writers' College 2012 Annual Short Story Award this month! Our entrants set the bar high which meant the most pleasurable heartache for the judges.
To coincide with this, we also announce the SA Writers' College Short Story People's Choice Award. Read more about how you can vote for your favourite story in the COMPETITION section of this newsletter.
Here are the results:
First place:
'Go' - by Aname van Zyl
Runner up:
'Tune in Again Next Week' - by Carla Lever
Third place:
'A Gambling Man' - by B. L. Calder
Fourth place:
'The Worst of Either World' - by Chelsea Haith
Fifth place:
'Quietus' by H. L Chewins
Honours Awards:
'Lessons in Being Nice' - by Eleanor Talbot
'Air Conductor' - by Duncan Aird
'Teddy Buoy's Chance' - by Matthew F. Child
'The House Always Wins' - by Sean Viljoen
'Luigi's Last Trip' - by Helen Masterson
Honourable Mention:
'The Interview' - by Peter Hood
'Dicing with Fire' - by Katherine Naiker
'Luck' - by Lee Padayachee
'The Last Drag' - by Zulile Ncayiyana
'A Night with Friends' - by Emma Atkinson
'Smoke gets in your Eyes' - by Nadia Kamies
'Focus' - by Stefan Kruger
'To Die For' - by Arushi Raina
'In Limbo' - by Varsha Lalla
'Running for Her Life' by Maria Phalime
'A Lucky Man' by Jessica Liebenberg
'Beauty and Disaster' by Nonjabulo Mlangeni
'Sis Sinumbolelo' - by Oliver Centurier-Harris
'The Cat' - by Raj Isaac
'The Heart of the Matter' - by Gideon Strydom | 
