Miles Morland Foundation offers writing
scholarship for writers every year. Up to three scholarships are awarded
to African applicants or both of whose parents were born in Africa. The
Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one
year. The scholarship is intended to enable writers to write a new work
(fiction or non-fiction writing). The writing must be in English.
Applicants have to submit the brief description of their writing of (ideally
200 – 500 words). Application should be submitted via email by October 31st
2013.
scholarship for writers every year. Up to three scholarships are awarded
to African applicants or both of whose parents were born in Africa. The
Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one
year. The scholarship is intended to enable writers to write a new work
(fiction or non-fiction writing). The writing must be in English.
Applicants have to submit the brief description of their writing of (ideally
200 – 500 words). Application should be submitted via email by October 31st
2013.
Study Subject(s): The
scholarship is provided for fiction or non-fiction writing but not poetry,
plays or screenplays.
Course Level: The scholarship is intended to enable writers to
write a new work not complete a work in progress. A “new work” is one which you
have not yet begun writing.
Scholarship Provider: Miles Morland Foundation
Scholarship can be taken at: Africa
scholarship is provided for fiction or non-fiction writing but not poetry,
plays or screenplays.
Course Level: The scholarship is intended to enable writers to
write a new work not complete a work in progress. A “new work” is one which you
have not yet begun writing.
Scholarship Provider: Miles Morland Foundation
Scholarship can be taken at: Africa
Eligibility: To qualify
for the Scholarship a candidate must submit a piece of published work, or an
excerpt from a piece of published work, of between two and seven thousand words
to be evaluated by a panel set up by the MMF which will include MMF trustees
and past participants in the Caine Prize.
-The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or both of
whose parents were born in Africa.
for the Scholarship a candidate must submit a piece of published work, or an
excerpt from a piece of published work, of between two and seven thousand words
to be evaluated by a panel set up by the MMF which will include MMF trustees
and past participants in the Caine Prize.
-The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or both of
whose parents were born in Africa.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following
Countries: The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has
been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.
Countries: The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has
been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.
Scholarship Description: It can be difficult for writers in the early stages of their career to
write and to earn a living outside writing at the same time. To help fill this
need the MMF has established up to three Morland Writing Scholarships every
year. The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or
both of whose parents were born in Africa. In return for this the Scholars will
agree that 20% of whatever they subsequently receive from what they write
during the year of the Scholarship will be paid to the MMF which may be used to
support other promising writers and possibilities to expand the Scholarship
scheme in later years.
write and to earn a living outside writing at the same time. To help fill this
need the MMF has established up to three Morland Writing Scholarships every
year. The Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or
both of whose parents were born in Africa. In return for this the Scholars will
agree that 20% of whatever they subsequently receive from what they write
during the year of the Scholarship will be paid to the MMF which may be used to
support other promising writers and possibilities to expand the Scholarship
scheme in later years.
Number of award(s): MMF has established up to three Morland Writing Scholarships every
year.
year.
Duration of award (s): The duration of the scholarship is one year.
What does it cover? The
Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one
year.
Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one
year.
Notification: The
Scholarships will be announced in December 2013 and will run for the whole of
calendar 2014.
Scholarships will be announced in December 2013 and will run for the whole of
calendar 2014.
How to Apply: Excerpts
from your previously published work should be sent as a Word document or a scan
of your book or the magazine in which you were published. In all cases please
provide easily accessible information as to where your work was published.
Scans and Word documents should be emailed to MMF-at-blakman.com.
from your previously published work should be sent as a Word document or a scan
of your book or the magazine in which you were published. In all cases please
provide easily accessible information as to where your work was published.
Scans and Word documents should be emailed to MMF-at-blakman.com.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The closing date for submissions for the first series of Writing
Scholarships will be October 31st 2013.
Scholarships will be October 31st 2013.
