Literary award · South Africa
Eugène Marais Prize
South African literary prize.
About Eugène Marais Prize
The Eugène Marais Prize is a South African literary prize awarded by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns for a first or early publication in Afrikaans. In 1971 it was renamed after the Afrikaans poet and researcher Eugène Marais. The prize has no genre limitation, but only works that have appeared in the previous calendar year are eligible. Further, an author can only win the award once. The prize money (as of 2009) was R22 000 and was sponsored by ABSA and Rapport.
From the Wikipedia article “Eugène Marais Prize”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Benjamin Selwyn Paulse | — |
| — | Audrey Blignault | — |
| — | Jolyn Philips | — |
| — | Riana Scheepers | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Eugène Marais Prize for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q3165251 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).