FREELANCE WRITERS

SAWN invites freelance writers to post their contact details on this site. Indicate your geographical location and writing-related areas of expertise. Forward information to Theresa.

Gary Bruce Smith (Port Alfred, Eastern Cape) Specializes in academic research-writing. Contact details: +27 (0)72 348-4641. Résumé - email

Theresa Lütge-Smith (Port Alfred, Eastern Cape) Published author, all-round writer/editor List of editorial services - Contact details: t. f. +27 (0)46 624-2793; c. +27 (0)72 207-1287; email

Allison Cooper (Johannesburg, Gauteng) operates a specialist writing and publicity agency. Contact details: +27 (0)79 135-9732; Web - email.

Jane Hendry (Specializes in Psychology/Education/Travel/Tourism) - Email

Lynette Botha (Cape Town, Western Cape) has over five years experience in magazine writing. She specialises in B2B writing, consumer magazine writing and is currently employed as the production and sub editor of a leading women's fashion magazine. Her writing covers a broad range of topics, from fashion, travel and health to the environment, insurance and motoring. Email

Teri Roberts, Dr. (BSc, MNutr, PhD) Cape Town, Western Cape. Freelance medical writer (medical writing / science writing). Contact details: +27(0)83 539-5554; skype: teri.roberts - email

Anastacia Sampson (East London, Eastern Cape) Nutritional Medicine Practitioner. Specializes in /health-related editorial. email - Web

Lee Cahill (Cahill Communications, Kensington, Gauteng). Contact details: tel. +27 (0)11 614-0690; email - Portfolio

Gareth Pike (Hout Bay, Western Cape) is a versatile senior writer with over 13 years’ experience as a copywriter, corporate editor, brand strategist and print journalist. He has worked for top Durban and Cape Town ad agencies, a corporate company in the UK, publishing houses and SMME’s as a freelancing entrepreneur. Gareth also writes Web content. He has interviewed authors for Sunday Times, edited cookbooks, ghost, written letters for high profile government figures and specialised in internal and B2B corporate communications. Within advertising, he has put together TTL campaigns for blue-chip international brands, led several copy teams, specialised heavily in retail (a decade's experience), brochure writing/editing, and delved into new media. Contact details: t. +27 (0)82 828 2566 - Web - email.

Chantelle Gradidge (Pretoria East). Writer/Editor/Freelance Journalist; Member of National Press Club. Contact details: +27 (0)72 506-4022 or +27 (0)87 807-8110; fax. +27 (0)86 6114-4549. Web - email

Lene Ecroignard - email

Charlene Yared-West (Journalist, Writer, Editor). Contact details: Portfolio Blog - email - tel. +27 (0)21 762-4457; c. +27 (0)82 223-0549.

Noelle Liszkay (Cape Town, Western Cape) - email

Anrica Mills (Centurion, Gauteng) - email

Chris Kyparissis (Johannesburg, Gauteng) Movie Critic/Copywriter/Book Reviewer - email

Robert Squire - email

Nicole Klokow (Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape) - Feature articles (general, lifestyle, local interest), media releases and other communication. Contact details: +27 (0)72 377-4231 - email.

Tom Tuohy (Birmingham, UK) Writer/Teacher/Editor - email

Rene Bosman (Pretoria, Gauteng) Specializes in Science/Travel/Advertorials - email

De Waal Venter (Johannesburg, Gauteng) Course in Poetry Writer/Editor - email - blog

Melanie Lawrence (Johannesburg, Gauteng) specialises in writing profiles, social and cultural subjects - email

Candice Dorling (Johannesburg, Gauteng) Fictional short-story writer and novelist - email

Andrea Badenhorst (Johannesburg, Gauteng) Write Scene

Maretha Botes (journalist, language practitioner, copy editor and freelance photographer), and specializes in feature articles on wealth and success, parenting and health.- email

Annabel Eaton (journalist/communications executive) specializes in Financial/Industrial?Property - email

Nosipho Kota (Port Elizabeth) - email

Florien Deysel (Centurion, Gauteng) - blog - email

Tami Struwig (Writer, Editor, Researcher) - email - Web

Charmaine Botha-Potgierer (Virginia, Free State) edits and writes articles, poems, short stories, reports, academic assignments - email

Annabel Eaton (Cape Town, Western Cape) - email

Janet Botes (Artist, Illustrator & Writer specialising in Arts Journalism). Contact details: Web - email - +27 (0)72 331-5057; fax. +27 (0)86 513-6359

Vanessa Finaughty (Cape Town, Western Cape) is a published author - email - portfolio

Wendy Craig (Bergvliet, Cape Town) Published author. Areas of interest include art, craft, travel and interior décor. email

Lyndol Lyons (Cape Town) Freelance writer. Expertise in Magazine (Beauty/Fashion, etc), Advertorials & Travel. email

Jenna Mervis (Cape Town) specializes in feature writing (a range of genres from environmental issues to art and design), script writing (AV and film) as well as copy editing, proofing, rewriting and writing. Member of SAFREA. Contact details: t. +27 (0)21 790-5554; c. +27 (0)82 412- 2772; f. +27 (0)86 567-5554; Web - email

Adam Wakefield (Cape Town) writes for a leading regional rugby title in the Western Cape and has done work for a leading sports weekly in Switzerland. He can write on a range of topics: politics, sports, music, media and travel. - Web - email

Jessica Farley (London, UK) Specialisation: blogging, business plan writing, copywriting, CV writing, forum posting, news and article writing, Press release writing, Web content writing. Regular travel between London and Johannesburg - email

Mariaan Greyvenstein (Johannesburg) Specialisation: web content and unique poems for special occasions. email

Beverley Nowikow (Pretoria) Specialisation: writing articles on African Safari's, conservation, wild life, reptiles, holistic health, esoteric related subjects including South African witchdoctors - email

Antoinette Combrink (Cape Town) All round writer and editor; specialisation in enviromental issues, children, education, nutrition and parent advice. Email

Nikki Ridley (Plettenberg Bay) Specialisation: creative ghostwriting , non-fiction, children's fiction, tourist/travel-related journalism and news journalism - email

Tracy Swain-Roberts (Cape Town) Specialisation: copy writing, logo development, Web design. Email

C.D. Anderton (Gauteng) Specialisation: music, film, art, political journalism. Email

Ulanda Chan (Cape Town) Specialisation: fashion / lifestyle writing. Website - Email

Daniel Connor (Durban) Freelance copywriter with experience in the creative field, ATL, BTL and corporate video script work. "My clients are not limited to Durban. I successfully service clients in JHB and Cape Town via email, phone and Skype briefing. Conceptual work is as much my passion as body copy. I enjoy taking relevant information and finding a creative angle to present it. Daniel is a Mensa member, which places him in the top 2 percent of the population for IQ - a clear indication that he enjoys creative problem solving. Contact details: +27 (0)82 565-8437; Skype: danielconnor1 - Email

Steve Mallach (Johannesburg) Specialisation: Copywriting ATL and BTL, Public relations, Newsletters, Media relations, Website and SEO writing. Scriptwriting (corporate), Editing and Proofing; 16 years experience. Contact details: +27(0)71 236-8625 - Email

Anthony Pucillo (USA) Specialisation: proofing, editing, analyzing screenplays for screenwriters; Film and TV samples available on request. Email

Trisha Naicker (Johannesburg) All round copy writer/editor. Email

Emily Pettit-Coetzee (Cape Town, Western Cape) "I have 8 years experience as a features writer online and in magazines, copy writer and sub editor. I've specialised in a broad range of subjects, from health and fitness to fashion to investigative pieces." Writer: Features, websites, press releases, newsletters. Sub-editor, production management. Contact details: +27 (0)72 902-7066. email

Andrea Abbott lives in Durban KZN: "I am a writer of children's fiction (chiefly in the Animal Ark series published by Hodder in the UK and Scholastic in the USA). I also write travel and environmental features/articles. I have a B.A Hons in Linguistics and am Chairman of the oldest urban Conservancy in South Africa." email

Diane Kisela (Cape Town) All-round copywriter; editor/proofreader; Media production liaison; proficient in English/French. Contact details: +27 (0)79 654-8704; fax. +27 (0)86 692-2533. Skype: charlee1982; email.

Darryl Linington (Johannesburg). Areas of Speciality: Journalism, Review Writer, Creative Writing, Short Stories, Kids Stories, Copywritng for adverts, Lyrics writer for Bands.Contacts details: +27 (0)78 558-9015; email.

Graeme van Rensburg (London) Specialisation: comedic type scriptwriting and creative writing. email

Helene Cilliers (Pretoria). Editor, Writer, Photographer, Layout & Design. "I specialize in special features, surveys, interniews and human interest." C ontact details: +27 (0)82 268-7780; email

Candice Spammer (Wynberg, Western Cape) is an experienced in SEO, proficient in article writing, copywriting, blogging, resume writing, travel/marketing consulting, data entry, and various other related services. Web - email.

Jayme Wium (Durban, KwaZulu Natal). email

Richard Farrell (Port Shepstone, Kwazulu-Natal) Generic writer comfortable in a broad range of styles. email

Andrea van Wyk is a freelance writer, sub-editor/proofreader in Gauteng specialising in arts & entertainment - particularly reviews - as well as features such as travel and leisure; she is also proficient in translation (from English into Afrikaans and Afrikaans into English); writing reviews for film, art, theatre. Contact details: +27 (0)72 612 0637; email

Musimuni Dowelani ( Pretoria, Gauteng) writes articles, speeches, poetry, and short stories. email

Allyson Koekhoven has been involved in business to business writing and editing for the past 28 years. She runs her own business - Write Here - producing copy for press releases, feature articles, website and brochure copy for industrial and non industrial businesses. Allyson has a strong background in publishing, having edited eight business to business titles, launched to B2B titles and her own magazine - Whizz Kidz, for people with ADD. She has undertaken a number of proofreading projects over the years and has appraised and edited manuscripts for a Johannesburg-based writing school. Contact details: 082 561 0876; Fax: (039) 313-5420; email

Anton Dinkelmann (Cape Town) is an all-round proofreader and editor proficient in English and Afrikaans. With over 20 years experience in Information and Communication Technology across many platforms and within SME and corporate environments, his specialist areas are in technical documentation - technical proposals and specifications, impact analyses, user manuals, technical descriptions and many others. email

Niall Maritz writes short stories, poems and plays. email

Saul Rosenberg (Johannesburg) is a features writer. "I have written for a range of audiences (academic, scientific and popular)and I have had work published in a range of publications (magazines, newspapers and journals) on a range of topics. My general areas of experience include Sustainability and Applied Ecology; Environmental Issues; Arts, Culture and Entertainment; and Socio-Cultural Issues. email

Joan Kalk (Joan Kalk Consulting, Johannesburg) is a technical writer specialising in all aspects of Usability pertaining to software, websites and documentation, Online User Assistance and Help Development and Technical Writing. Services include User Centred Design (UCD) guidance and coaching, Interface Design Guidance, Develop and Write Usability specifications, Application of Technical Writing and Plain Language Principles in writing Overviews, Contextual Topics, Step-by-Step Procedures, Error Messages and Web Content, Technical Writing (training manuals, software manuals, step by Step Procedures). Her work experience encompasses 11 years as a Usability Analyst, 17 years as a Help and User Assistance Developer and 24 years as a Technical Writer. Joan Kalk has a BA degree from Wits, a Post-graduate diploma in Marketing Management from Unisa, and have completed various Usability, Technical Writing and Project Management courses. Contact Details: email - c. +27 (0)83 276-9418

Juanita Apostolis (Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape): Proofreading, editing and coporate writing. Areas of speciality include corporate brochures, website editing, newsletters for corporate and tertiary institutions. She has worked in a corporate environment in internal communications and has practical experience in writing and creating corporate brochures, newsletters, website editing etc. I have written for the university staff newsletter (lighthearted articles) and would prefer to branch out into more entertainment writing for magazines. Contact details: +27 (0)82 213-4650; t. +27 (0)41-367-2542, email

Venessa Dace (Cape Town, Western Cape): "My background is mainly in magazines where I’ve worked as features writer, features editor and managing editor over a span of 10 years. I’m also a qualified copywriter and proficient in breathing life into most things, especially technical writing. I have a broad range of experience ranging from lifestyle, health and environmental journalism to investigative reporting and creative writing." Contact details: Blog - email

Ian Stiff (Pretoria, Gauteng): Senior Researcher: "My background in journalism spans more than 25 years. I have won several awards and have been freelancing since 1994. Although I am competent in many areas of specialisation, I enjoy corporate journalism (especially if there is even the most remote hint of science & technology involved). Having been deputy chief sub for one of the country’s leading dailies, I also am well-versed in layout, page design, proofreading and editing. Email - Website

Ansie Fourie specialises in writing and editing topics relevant to Organisational Psychology. email
 
Dr Elsabe Pepler (Ph.D. Media Studies) is located in Cape Town. Specialist areas: Academic, media literacy and education, communication skills, medical and health communication, generation research and trends, profiles, research,
film and film analysis, branding and brand development, brand stories, the Enneagram, coaching. email

Shireen Singer is a freelance writer working in advertising, writing for all types of clients in all sorts of media. She also has experience writing for an international and a local online music magazine. "I have a passion for ideas, I dream of being one of the world’s greatest writers and I am driven by a serious desire to succeed. And that’s pretty much the short of why you should hire me." Blog - email.

Jeanné Poultney (Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a versatile writer having worked both in the corporate and agency environments. She is a well organised self starter who is tenacious, creative and displays a high level of commitment and professionalism. "I have over 15 years experience in developing and implementing strategic marketing communications strategies. Having worked across various business sectors I've been responsible for publicity generation, editorial copywriting and issuing of news releases." Jeanné has written and edited copy for a wide range of consumer, trade and specialist media and has also taken on a variety of ad-hoc writing projects. Contact details: t. +27 (0)11 704 4386 / Mobile: +27 (0)82 45 828 45 / Fax: +27 (0)86 670 8687 - Email

Anna-Karien Otto (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape) is a journalist and sub-editor at a community newspaper. Email

Dr Craig Peck (B.Med.Sc., B.Ch.D. – Stell. Univ) (Dipl. Psych – UK); Cape Town Western Cape. Specialisation: Academic literature and article writing, proofreading and editing. Tel: +27 (0)79 517 8018 (cell); +27 (0)21 856 0743 (home and fax); email - email.

Vanessa Papas (Johannesburg) has over eight years writing experience. News and feature stories have been published in several leading consumer magazines including Living & Loving, Your Family, People Magazine, Dis-chem magazine. She has more than three years experience in PR having worked for four major commerical radio stations (Highveld Stereo, Talk Radio 702, 94.5K-fm and CapeTalk). Also a qualified photographer with own studio. Rates highly negotiable. Email or phone 082 442 3744.

Liza West (Cape Town, Western Cape) has over six years experience in the publishing industry - having worked as a copy editor, production editor and managing editor for some of SA's top women's magazines. With a keen eye for detail and diverse experience in fashion, the teen market, lifestyle, food, business and online, Liza is now a sought-after freelance copy editor. Email - Blog - mobile: (082) 871 8072

Camilla Wilson (Cape Town, Western Cape) is a Freelance Copywriter, specialising in online copy – SEO copy for websites, newsletters, blogs and all online marketing material for a wide variety of businesses ranging from tourism, estate agent, jewellers, large corporate enterprises, technical etc. Email