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  KREST ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION RUNNING FROM 1 NOVEMBER 2021 - 21 NOVEMBER 2021 KREST Publishers is excited to announce the annual short story competition in which a talented South African can win the grand prize of R1000, and have their story published on our blog. This year, thanks to our sponsor LOCHAN MEDIA PTY LTD, there will also be a second prize of R500. It’s simple: 1.       Pick a topic from the list below 2.       Write a short story in less than 2000 words. 3.       Submit your story to submissions@krestpublishers.co.za between 1 November 2021 and 21 November 2021, telling us a little about yourself and your topic choice (include contact details). Only one entry per person. READ ON FOR MORE DETAILS WHO CAN ENTER ·         South African residents of any age and from any province. ·         Anyone with a good story, even if you aren’t a professional writer! WHAT TO WRITE Year end is always a volcanic time of the calendar. There's the excitement of the holidays, a

  Dr Zak Patel is a medical professional currently practicing at a correctional services facility, who will soon be releasing a true-life book about the stresses of his time as a junior doctor. Dr Keli Hariparsad is the current CEO of KREST Publishers, who had much of the same experience during her time in the medical world. On World Mental Health Day, the two resilient writers would like to share a note about mental health in the world of medicine: The last time I wrote with the name Dr K. Hariparsad was on the 30th of October 2019, the day I walked out of the hospital I worked at, knowing I would never return after a brush with lapsing mental health.  It's a story I don't speak about often. I carry it with undue embarrassment, unnecessarily denying the world the true tale of the events that spurred my departure from an 8-year-long rendezvous with the medical field. I've let a new story naturally unfold in its place, quilted from the assumptions that people made: that I w