M-Net Literary Awards


M-Net Literary Awards was a South African literary award. It was established in 1991 by M-Net, a South African television station. It was among South Africa's most prestigious literary honours. The prize was created to encourage the writing of quality novels by South African authors in one of South Africa's 11 official languages. The award was suspended indefinitely after the 2013 season.
Winners received a prize of R50,000 beginning in 2011, up from R30,000 in previous years. M-Net also had a film category, which offered a prize for a novel showing the greatest promise for translation into a visual medium.

Award winners

;2013
The 2013 M-Net Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony at The Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg on 20 September.
;2012
The winners were announced at an event at the Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg in October 2012.
;2011
In 2011, 95 novels, published between January and December 2010, were submitted for consideration in the various award categories. The winners were celebrated at a gala event in Cape Town.

;2010
The 2010 M-Net Literary and Film Awards, which previously had been held at the same function as the Via Afrika Awards, were announced separately for the first time this year.
;2009
The 2009 M-Net Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony in Camps Bay, Cape Town. For the first time this year, a "Film" award was given for a novel that could potentially become a film on M-Net.
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