Dikgele tsa dipolelo khutswe tsa ga Bessie Head

**Dikgele tsa dipolelo khutswe** tse di neng di itsege pele ka leina la dikgele tsa dikgatiso tsa ga Bessie Head, go tswa ka ngwaga wa 2007 go ema ka 2013, ke dietsele tsa bokwadi tse di simolodisitsweng ka ngwaga wa 2007 kwa lefatshing la Botswana. Di tsamaisiwa ke lekgotla la ditso tsa ga Bessie Head (Bessie Head Heritage Trust). Lekgotla le le simolodisitswe ka ngwaga wa 2007, ele tsela ya go rotloetsa botshelo le tiro ya ga mme Bessie Head. Maikaelelo a sekgele se ke go somarela seabe sa ga Bessie Head mo Botswana, le go rotloetsa kgolo ya bokwadi ka puo ya Sekgowa ka go farologana mo Botswana.

Go tswa ka 2007 go ema ka 2013, dikgele di ne di neelwa buka e e gaisetseng, polelo khutswe, poko le dipolelo tsa bana. Dietsele tsa Poko le dipolelo tsa bana di ne di abiwa gangwefela mo dingwageng tse pedi, fa tsa buka le polelo khutswe di ne di abiwa ngwaga le ngwaga.

Go simolola ka ngwaga wa 2015, sekgele se ne sa fetolwa go nna sekgele sa dipolelo khutswe.

## Ditso
Ka ngwaga wa 2012, go ne ga bolelwa gore ga go na go nna le dietsele ngwaga oo, mabaka a a neng a fiwa a ne a akaretsa go ikgogela morago ga ba Pentagon Publishers ba ba neng ba rotloetsa dietsele tse ka madi; le letlhoko la mokgatlho o o neng o ka okamela dipalopalo tsa tse di neng di tsisitswe.  Ba ne ba bolela bare "re ikaelela go tsweledisa dietsele tsa bokwadi mo nakong e khutshwane, keletso ke gore di nne ka 2013."

## Bafenyi
**2007**

* Buka: Khonani Ontebetse ka lokwalo lwa *Born with a Husband*
* Polelo Khutswe: Bontekanye Botumile ka *Witch Doctor*
* Poko: Monty Fanikiso Moswela ka *Meeting in Francistown*

**2008**

* Buka: Phidson Mojokeri ka *Curse of a Dream*
* Polelo Khutswe: Lauri Kubuitsile ka "Solar Heater"
* Poko: Ita Mannathoko ka "Kgalagadi, the Great Thirst"

**2009**

* Buka: Cheryl Selase Ntumy ka *Crossing*
* Polelo Khutswe: Gothataone Moeng for "Putting On Faces"
* Poko: Luda Sekga for "He Was My Oppressor"

**2010**

* Buka: Tshetsana Senau ka *Travelling To The Sun: The Diary Of Ruth*
* Polelo Khutswe: Legodile Seganabeng ka "The Moon Has Eyes"
* Polelo ya bana: Jenny Robson ka "The Right Time"

**2011**

* Buka: Tlotlo Pearl Tsamaase ka *Unlettered Skies of the Sublime*
* Polelo Khutswe: Boikhutso Robert ka “The Zambezi Crocodiles”
* Poko: John Hutcheson ka “The Massacre of Innocents”, “The Man”, “Curse”

**2012**

* Dietsele ga di a nna teng

**2013**

* Buka: Veronica Jane McLean ka *The Hot Chain*
* Polelo Khutswe: Moreetsi Pius Gabang ka “Lesilo mo Maun”
* Polelo ya bana Margaret Baffour-Awuah ka “Two Frogs Go A'Wandering”

**2014**

* Dietsele ga di a nna teng

**2015**

* Mofenyi wa ntlha: Donald Molosi ka polelo ya "The Biggest Continent"
* Mogenyi wa bobedi: Siyanda Mohutsiwa, ka "And Then We Disappeared into Some Guy's Car"
* Mofenyi wa boraro: Vamika Sinha, ka "Love and Other Almosts"

**2016**

* Caiphus Mmino Mangenela ka polelo ya "A Mother Amongst the Stars"

## Metswedi

# "Local Writers Thrown Lifeline". Africa News Service. July 24, 2007
# Staff (21 March 2012). "Bessie Head literature awards for 2012 deferred" *Mmegi*. Retrieved September 28, 2012
# Winners of Bessie Head Literature Awards.
# Gasebalwe Seretse (February 14, 2008). "Bessie Head Writing Competition Back" Mmegi/The Reporter (Africa News Service). Retrieved September 28, 2012.
# Gasebalwe Seretse (July 7, 2009). "Women Dominate Bessie Head Awards" Mmegi/The Reporter (Africa News Service). Retrieved September 28, 2012.
# "Winners Announced for the 2013 Bessie Head Literature Awards".
# Jennifer (January 20, 2016) . "Winners of the 2015 Bessie Head Short Story Awards announced" *Books Live Sunday Times*. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
# James Murua (January 28, 2016). "Donald Molosi on winning Bessie Head Short Story Awards" *Literature Blog by James Murua*. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
# Mary Lederer (September 2016). "2016 Bessie Head Short Story Competition" (PDF) (Press release). Botswana. thuto.org. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

## Dipadi tse dingwe

* Dietsele tsa bokwadi tsa ga Bessie Head
* Bafenyi ba pele