BESSIE HEAD LITERATURE AWARDS

The following persons are the cumulative winners of the Bessie Head Literature Awards from 2007 through 2010:

2010 Novel
1st prize	Ms Tshetsana Senau	Travelling to the Sun: The Diary of Ruth
2nd position	Mr Patrick Melusi Mtunzie	The Calabash of Life in the Diaspora
3rd position	Mr Wazha Lopang	If Mother Only Knew
2010 Short Story
1st prize	Mr Legodile Seganabeng	“The Moon Has Eyes”
2nd position	Ms Atang Mogome	“The Evil Messenger of God”
3rd position	Ms Jelena Ivancevic	“The Rise and the Fall in All of Us”
2010 Children's Story
1st prize	Ms Jenny Robson	“The Right Time”
2nd position	Mrs Reshoketjoe Lilford	“The Christmas Dress”
3rd position	Ms Dabilo Malebogo Mokobi	“Grampi”

2009 Novel
1st prize	Ms Cheryl Selase Ntumy	Crossing
2nd position	Ms Kagiso Madibana	The Way It Goes…
3rd position	Mr Monametsi Paul	The Reunion
2009 Short Story
1st prize	Ms Gothataone Moeng	“Putting on Faces”
2nd position	Ms Wanja Njuguna	“Forbidden Love”
3rd position	Mr Galefele Maokeng	“The Easter Trail”
2009 Poetry
1st prize	Ms Luda Sekga	“He Was My Oppressor”
2nd position	Mr Goabilwe Mogapi	“Memoirs of a Child Soldier”
3rd position	Ms Masego Morima	“The Man Who Walks”

2008 Novel
1st prize	Mr Phidson Mojokeri	Curse of a Dream
2nd position	Mr Khumo Ketlhwaafetse	Scrap Yard
3rd position	Mr Yamikani Patson	Hang Him
2008 Short Story
1st prize	Ms Lauri Kubuitsile	“The Solar Heater”
2nd position	Mr Tlotlego L Gaogakwe	“A Wife for Lindile’s Husband”
3rd position	Ms Wame Molefhe	“Will It Ever Rain?”
2008 Poetry
1st prize	Ms Ita Mannathoko	“Kgalagadi, The Great Thirst”
2nd position	Mr John Hutcheson	“Sisal”
3rd position	Mr Peter Green	“Bessie Head”

2007 Novel
1st prize	Mr Khonani Ontebetse	Born with a Husband
2nd position	Ms Kelebogile Itshekeng	Satanic Rituals
3rd position	Ms Galeboe Kefalotse	Missteps of an Orphan
2007 Short Story
1st prize	Ms Bontekanye Botumile	“Which Doctor”
2nd position	Ms Grace Soko	“The Day that Changed Me”
3rd position	Mr Arnold Letsholo	“Joyless, Sorrowful Wedding”
2007 Poetry
1st prize	Mr Monty Fanikiso Moswela	“Meeting in Francistown”
2nd position	Ms Tjawangwa Dema	“Family Portrait”
3rd position	Mr Nicholas Keitshokile	“That Beaming Face”