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Published: 07 Aug 2019 1,157 views
The African Writers Development Trust and the Writers Guild Kenya is calling on writers of African descent living in Africa, who are citizens of Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo DR, and Nigeria, to apply for the African Writers Residency to hold in November 2019, as part of the PenPen Africa Project.
The PenPen Africa project is funded by Culture at Work Africa and co-funded by the European Union.
The writers to be considered by for the Residency, must be affiliated to an established literary community in their countries, as their applications must be made through and by their respective literary communities.
| Application Deadline | September 7, 2019 |
| Funding Type | Fully Funded |
| Country to study | Nigeria |
| Type | Entrepreneurs |
| Sponsor | AWDT PenPen Africa |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The residency will cover your feeding and living expenses
The deadline for submission is September 7, 2019. Results will be announced on www.writerstrust.org by 1st October, 2019. Successful participants will be contacted via email.
To qualify for the residency, you are required to submit a nonfiction story of not more than 1500 words on the theme – The African Identity. All entries must be the original work of the writer.
All applications must be sent via email to [email protected].
All queries should be directed to Nabilah Usman – [email protected]
For more details, please visit scholarship website