Olive Schreiner Prize

The Olive Schreiner Prize has been awarded annually since 1961 to emerging writers in the field of drama, prose, or poetry.

[1] It is named after Olive Schreiner, the South African author and activist.

It rewards promising novice work, by writers who are not yet regarded as "established" in the genre.

The prize for each genre is therefore triennial, and is open to work published in the three years since it was last awarded.

[2] The Prize was established in 1961 by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK), and was transferred to the English Academy of Southern Africa in 1972.