Melissa Webster

Melissa Webster earned her masters in creative writing at Johns Hopkins Krieger School in 2011, and trained to facilitate workshops with Amherst Writers and Artists in 2022. Over the years her short-form writing has appeared in various publications, journals and anthologies in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the USA. Her (unpublished) debut novel Who We Were, Where We Are was recently longlisted for both the McKitterick Prize and the 2024 Cinnamon Press Literature Award. Her short story Space To Fall, and feature film script, Grey Ghosts, were optioned in 2018 and 2025. Melissa is usually Cape Town based, but is currently enjoying a season in the DC area, with her husband and youngest daughter.