The Morland Scholarship for African Writers 2015

© Aerogramme Writers' Studio
Genre : Calls for papers
Principal country concerned : Column : Literature
Release/publication date : April 2014
Published on : 04/09/2014
Source : Arterial Network Kenya


Applications are now open the Morland Scholarship for Writers for 2015. Three scholarships of £18,000 (US $30,000) each will be awarded to writers who were born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa. The 2014 scholarship attracted over 350 applications. Read more here



About the Scholarship
This scholarship is sponsored by the Miles Morland Foundation. The foundation's focus is culture and education with a particular interest in writing. Other projects supported by the foundation include the Caine Prize for African Writing



The three successful applicants will each receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of the 2015 calendar year. Each of the scholarship recipients will also have the opportunity to be mentored by an established author or publisher.



The scholarship is intended for writers who want to write a full-length book of 80,000 words or more. To this end, the writers will be asked to submit via email 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book. The scholarship will terminate if a writer fails to submit the required work on time without prior authorisation.



Another, somewhat unusual, requirement is that the three writers are expected to donate back to the Miles Morland Foundation 20 per cent of the subsequent earnings from what they write during their scholarship year. This is not a legally binding condition, as it was in 2014, but instead viewed as a 'debt of honour'.



Applications are judged on literary merit. Proposed books can be on any subject though the judges will show preference to works which relate to Africa.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of