2026 WGSA MUSE AWARDS:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SEMI-FINALISTS
Congratulations to All Our 2026 Muse Awards Entrants!
By entering the WGSA Muse Awards, you have already taken an important step in celebrating your work as a writer, and for that, we applaud you.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted their work for this year’s awards. Your creativity, dedication and contribution to the writing industry deserve to be celebrated.
ANIMATION
Bianca Juliette O’Neill: a Cup of Coffee (Unproduced)
Clare Louis: Knittyville – Season 1 – Best Pool in the World (Produced)
David Stein: Symbiosis (Unproduced)
DOCUMENTARY
Peter Goldsmid: A Tale of Two Cities (Produced)
FEATURE FILM
Ben Hewett: Ouma Venter (Unproduced)
Cameron Hadlow: Rombo (Unproduced)
Cilla Lowen: Mariette Bosch: The Last Woman Hanged in Africa (Unproduced)
Clive Morris: Too Close to Home (Prev – Hard Truth) (Unproduced)
Cyrill Tsauseb: Scepter (Unproduced)
David Max Brown: Hidden in Plain Sight (Unproduced)
Dean Ravell: Sins of the Father (Unproduced)
Duane Seymore: SPOEG! (Unproduced)
Erna Muller: Die Dood Klop aan die Deur (Unproduced)
Erna Muller: Pad na ‘n Reeksmoordenaar (Unproduced)
Erna Muller: Moord op ‘n Sportster (Unproduced)
Hannah Schutte: Kokerboom (Unproduced)
Michael Brennan: The Strongest (Unproduced)
Nelson de Gouveia :Relationshop (Unproduced)
Peter Goldsmid: Becoming Adam (Unproduced)
Timothy Jenkins: The Offworlder (Unproduced)
Valente Bosch: Mieta en die Waterslang (Unproduced)
Yemesh Moodley: Plastic Wars (Unproduced)
Yonela Delubon: Ward 7 (Unproduced)
SHORT FILM
Alex Arendse: Liminal (Unproduced)
Bianca Juliette O’Neill: The Cross (Unproduced)
Björn Christ: Away the Dark (Unproduced)
Bruce Mashalane: Evil or Not (Unproduced)
Dean Ravell: Unspoken (Produced)
Floris Groenewald: The Overflow of the heart (Unproduced)
Kedibone Maakana: Family Meeting (Unproduced)
Mark Haines: A Laughing Matter (Unproduced)
Neliswa Shauna (Zion) Chigudu: The Blue Leather Jacket (Unproduced)
Nyembezi: The Old Man with Two Orange Cones (Unproduced)
Sindisa Masiza: Blackwash (Unproduced)
Stephen Nagel: Cadaver (Unproduced)
Timothy Jenkins: In Loving Memory (Produced)
RADIO PLAY
Abongile Tyopo: The Sobering Thought (Unproduced)
Albert Maritz: Wees Vrou (Unproduced)
Albert Short: Spooktrein (Produced)
Maria Vos: Die Laaste Kilometer (Unproduced)
Wilmi Wheeler: Lyne wat kruis (Produced)
STAGE PLAY
David Stein: Star Boy (Unproduced)
Janet van Eeden: It is I, Enheduanna. (Unproduced)
TELEVISION
Céline Tshika & Suzanna Howard: Surprise! Pilot (Unproduced)
Cilla Lowen: Harry’s Harvest (Unproduced)
Clea Mallinson: Strawberry Moon (Unproduced)
Elie Kyona Katshutshu: The Organisation (Unproduced)
Hendrik Baird: Levinia (Unproduced)
Lai Reineth Mokoena: Chasing Sunsets (Produced)
Teboho Ramosili: Security Enforcement Officers (Unproduced)
Vuyelwa Kapater: Whispers of Prieschap (Unproduced)
Willow Skye Joubert: Memoires of a River (Produced)