2015 Writivism
Creative Writing Workshops: Call for Applications
The Writivism
2015 workshops will be held on various dates in January 2015 in five different
African cities. The three-day non-residential workshops are planned for Lagos,
Gaborone, Kampala, Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg. Applicants will attend
workshops in the cities closest to their residence.
The Lagos
workshop will be facilitated by Dami Ajayi, Kampala: Dilman
Dila, Johannesburg: Yewande Omotoso, Gaborone: Donald
Molosi and Dar es Salaam:Zukiswa Wanner and Ayeta
Anne Wangusa alongside other writers.
The workshops
will include daily two-hour master classes on fiction writing, group sessions
of critiquing of draft stories and private time for participants to re-write
their stories. Participants who produce high quality work in the workshops and
show commitment to their writing shall be assigned mentors at the end of the
workshop. They shall work on two flash fiction stories to be published in
newspapers and online and a short story for submission to the Writivism African
Short Story Prize under the guidance of the mentors. They shall also be
required to review assigned work by the mentors and also apply to various
writing opportunities on recommendation by the mentor.
The workshops
aim at identifying emerging African writers.
Application
Guidelines
Applicants must be resident on the African continent;
Applicants must not have published a book before;
All applications must be made online here;
Deadline for submission is 31st October 2014 midnight, East
African time;
The list of successful applicants shall be announced on the 21st, November 2014 at the Ake Books and Arts Festival;
Workshop is non-residential and participants are responsible for the transport to and from the venue and in some cases meals during the workshop; and participants in past Writivism workshops can apply if they have since not published a book.
For more
information, keep checking this blog and the official Writivism website.
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