I am allowed one lookie-me moment per year

If I had known I’d be seeing six of my words in typesetted/isbn-ed glory, I would have put a bit more pith into them.
Though still, freaking yay! And they send you your very own contributor’s copy. I’ve got nothing but heart for Smith Magazine and HarperCollins.

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saaleha

I am a writer and photographer (look up my work on www.shootcake.com) based in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have an MA in Creative Writing from the university currently known as Rhodes. My writing accolades include winning the 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize and the 2020 Ingrid Jonker Poetry Prize for my debut collection, Zikr. View all posts by saaleha

10 thoughts on “I am allowed one lookie-me moment per year”

Azra says:

January 19, 2010 at 11:02 am

Great Stuffs 😀 Congrats 🙂 I can’t remember if I told you this on facebook or not – I’m retarded like that.

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Aasia says:

January 18, 2010 at 10:03 am

woop woop. Go Saaleha

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mash says:

January 15, 2010 at 10:26 pm

nice one Saaleha

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Fatima says:

January 15, 2010 at 10:06 pm

Well done Saaleha!
You’re right on the top of the page, nogal 🙂

Hey enjoy your trip 🙂
How long are you going for?

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1. saaleha says:
  
  January 15, 2010 at 10:16 pm
  
  haha:)
  
  Just about four months.
  
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  1. Fatima says:
    
    January 17, 2010 at 12:41 am
    
    Ah so we’ll be returning to SA around the same time … give or take 😉 Have fun my dearie….
    
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shafs says:

January 15, 2010 at 6:17 pm

OMW 🙂 Congrats! I remember that line, and remember thinking a whole stream of images on that… Lovely!

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1. saaleha says:
  
  January 15, 2010 at 10:15 pm
  
  If I recall correctly, I think you put us on to Smith Mag?
  🙂
  
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bb_aisha says:

January 15, 2010 at 6:13 pm

How awesome. Congrats Saals.
So when do you arrive here?

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1. saaleha says:
  
  January 15, 2010 at 6:17 pm
  
  Thanks BB:) We’re flying out on Jan 25. Popping you some mail now.
  
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