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The Thomas Pringle Award is an annual award for work published in newspapers, periodicals and journals. They are awarded on a rotation basis for: a book, play, film or TV review; a literary article or substantial book review; an article on English education; a short story or one-act play; one or more poems. It is named in honour of Thomas Pringle

Thomas Pringle

Thomas Pringle was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist, known as the father of South African Poetry, the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery, native peoples, and living conditions.Born at Blaiklaw , four miles south of Kelso in Roxburghshire he...

and administered by the English Academy of South Africa.

Award winners

2010
- Michiel Heyns
  Michiel Heyns
  Michiel Heyns is a South African author, translator and academic.He went to school in Thaba Nchu, Kimberley and Grahamstown, and later studied at the University of Stellenbosch and Cambridge University before serving as a professor of English at the University of Stellenbosch, from 1983 until...
  
  - Reviews
- Leon de Kock - Literary Article
- Stephen Watson
  Stephen Watson
  Stephen Watson was a South African poet.Most of his poetry is about the city of Cape Town, where he lived most of his life. He was a professor in English at the University of Cape Town...
  
  - Short Story
2009
- Denise Newfield and Robert Maungedzo - Educational Article
- Mxolisi Nyezwa - Poetry
2008
- Mary Corrigall - Reviews
- Jamie McGregor - Literary Article
- David Medalie - Short story
2007
- Chris Thurman - Reviews
- Ambrose Chimbganda - Educational article
- Chris Mann
  Chris Mann
  Chris Mann is an Australian composer, poet and performer specializing in the emerging field of compositional linguistics, coined by Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "the mechanism whereby you understand what I'm thinking better than I do."...
  
  - Poetry
2006
- Michiel Heyns
  Michiel Heyns
  Michiel Heyns is a South African author, translator and academic.He went to school in Thaba Nchu, Kimberley and Grahamstown, and later studied at the University of Stellenbosch and Cambridge University before serving as a professor of English at the University of Stellenbosch, from 1983 until...
  
  - Reviews
- David Schalkwyk - Literary article
- Ken Barris - Short story
2005
- Barry Ronge
  Barry Ronge
  Barry Ronge is a South African journalist, columnist, writer, broadcaster, movie reviewer and raconteur. He is arguably the country's best-known movie critic as well as one of its most widely-read columnists....
  
  - Reviews
- Bernat Kruger - Poetry
- Carolyn McKinney - Educational Article
2004
- Khadija Magardie - Reviews
- Ananda Cersh - Short Story
- Isabel Hofmeyr - Literary Article
2003
- Keith Clark & Sandra McKay - Literary Article
- Jane Rosenthal - Short Story
- Rustum Kozain - Poetry
2002
- Robert Kirby & Felicity Wood - Educational Article
- Amanda Gersh - Review
- Dan Wylie - Short Story
2001
- Shaun de Waal - Reviews
- Nicole Geslin & Roderick Wade - Educational Article
- Shabbir Banoobhai
  Shabbir Banoobhai
  Shabbir Banoobhai is a South African poet.He was born in Durban and, after school wanted to study at University. The costs were prohibitive, and instead he studied to become a teacher at Springfield College...
  
  - Poetry
2000
- Eve Bertelsen - Reviews
- Peter Merrington - Literary Article
- Evan Kaplan - Short Story
1999
- Alexander Sudheim - Reviews
- Christine Mary Boughey - Educational article
- Brian Walter - Poetry
1998
- Zakes Mda
  Zakes Mda
  Zakes Mda , legally Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda , is a South African novelist, poet and playwright. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays.-Early life and education:...
  
  - Reviews
- Kelwyn Sole - Literary Article
- Lerothodi La Pula - Short Story
1997
- Shaun de Waal - Reviews
- Kathy Luckett - Educational articles
- Don Maclennan
  Don Maclennan
  Donald Alasdair Calum Maclennan was a South African poet, critic, playwright and English professor.He published a number of plays, short stories, collections of poems and scholarly works....
  
  - Poetry
1996
- Robert Kirby - Reviews
- Isabel Hofmeyr - Literary articles
- Peter Merrington - Short Story
1995
- Bafana Khumalo - Reviews
- Christa van der Walt - Educational article
- Leon de Kock - Poetry
1994
- Stephen Gray
  Stephen Gray (writer)
  Stephen Gray is a South African writer and critic who was born in Cape Town in 1941. He studied at the University of Cape Town, Cambridge University, England, and the University of Iowa, USA. Until 1992 he was Professor of English at the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg.Gray is a prolific...
  
  - Reviews
- Michiel Heyns - Literary articles
- Ivan Vladislavic
  Ivan Vladislavic
  Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African short story writer and novelist of Croatian origin. He lives in Johannesburg where he also works as an editor. In the eighties he worked as a fiction and social studies editor at Ravan Press...
  
  - Short Stories and one-act plays
1993
- Janice Farquharson - Reviews
- Brenda Leibowitz - English in education
- Tatamkulu Afrika
  Tatamkulu Afrika
  Tatamkulu Afrika was a South African poet and writer.-Writing:...
  
  - Poetry
1992
- Alexander Johnston - Reviews
- David Schalkwyk - Literary articles
- Andries Walter Oliphant - Short Story
1991
- Charlotte Bauer - Reviews
- Gregory Cunningham - English in education
- Tatumkulu Afrika - Poetry
1990
- No award - Reviews
- Dorothy Driver - Literary articles
- Patrick Cullinan
  Patrick Cullinan
  Patrick Roland Cullinan was a South African poet and biographer.He was born in Pretoria into a significant diamond-mining family and attended Charterhouse School and Oxford University in England...
  
  - Short stories
1989
- Stephen Gray - Reviews
- Binkie Marwick - English in education
- Douglas Livingstone
  Douglas Livingstone
  Douglas Livingstone may refer to* Douglas Livingstone , South African poet born in Malaya * Douglas Livingstone , English actor and writer for television*Doug Livingstone, Scottish footballer and manager...
  
  - Poetry
1988
- No award - Reviews
- John M Coetzee - Literary articles
- Rose Zwi - Short stories
1987
- David Williams - Reviews
- No award - English in education
- Lionel Abrahams
  Lionel Abrahams
  Lionel Abrahams was a South African novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher. He was born in Johannesburg, where he lived his entire life...
  
  & Mark Swift - Poetry
1986
- Gus Silber - Reviews
- Jan Gorek & Njabulo Ndebele
  Njabulo Ndebele
  Professor Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele , an academic, a literary and a writer of fiction, is the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Cape Town.- Life and career :...
  
  - Literary articles
1985
- Robert Greig - Reviews
- Karen Learmont-Batley - English in education
- Patrick Cullinan - Poetry
1984
- John van Zyl - Reviews
- Graham Pechey - Literary articles
- Sheila Roberts - Short stories
1983
- Cherry Clayton - Reviews
- Elwyn Jenkins - English in education
- Patrick Cullinan - Poetry
1982
- Peter Wilhem - Reviews
- John Coetzee - Literary articles
- Greg Latter - Short Stories
1981
- Andre Lemmer - Short stories, one act plays, general essays
- Mtutuzeli Matshoba - English in education
- Peter Strauss
  Peter Strauss
  Peter Strauss is an American television and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s.-Personal life:...
  
  - Poetry
1980
- W H Bizley - Literary articles
- Peter Michael - Film review
- Creative writing - No award
1979
- Brian Cheadle - Literary articles
- J A Maimane - Creative writing (short story)
- No award - short stories
1978
- Colin Gardner - Literary articles
- Lynne Bryer - Book reviews
- Bruce Hewitt - Creative writing (Poetry)
1977
- Brian Cheadle - Literary articles
- Peter Reynolds - Play review
- Lionel Abrahams & Sipho Sepamla
  Sipho Sepamla
  Sydney Sipho Sepamla was a contemporary South African poet and novelist.Born in a township near Krugersdorp, Sipho Sepamla lived most of his life in Soweto. He studied teaching at Pretoria Normal College and published his first volume of poetry, Hurry Up to It!, in 1975...
  
  - Creative writing (Poems)
1976
- Robert Greig - Play review
- Anthony Delius - Creative writing (Essay)
- No award - Literary articles
1975
- Pauline Fletcher - Literary article
- Phyllis Lewsen - Book review
- Tess Koller - Creative writing (Poetry)
1974
- Peter Horn - Literary articles
- Percy Baneshik - Play review
- No award - Creative writing
1973
- Peter Strauss - Literary article
- Alan Paton
  Alan Paton
  Alan Stewart Paton was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist.-Family:Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province , the son of a minor civil servant. After attending Maritzburg College, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Natal in his hometown, followed...
  
  - Book review
- Christopher Hope
  Christopher Hope
  Christopher Hope is a South African novelist and poet who is known for his controversial works dealing with racism and politics in South Africa.-Life:...
  
  - Creative Writing (Poetry)
1972
- J Opland - Literary article
- Peter Hawthorne - Book review
- Robert Dederick - Creative writing (Poetry)
1971
- Peter Strauss- Literary article
- Fleur de Villiers - Play review
1970
- Owen Williams - Play review
1969
- Nadine Gordimer
  Nadine Gordimer
  Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".Her writing has long dealt...
  
  - Creative writing (short story)
1968
- J A Berthoud - Literary article
1965
- Allister Sparks - Newspaper article
1964
- Mary Morison Webster - Book Review
1962
- Ramsay Milne - Editorial or newspaper article

Award winners

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