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Award
Miles Morland Writing Scholarship
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-22
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- The Miles Morland Foundation
- Deadline
- 22 September 2026 (estimated)
- Where
- Africa
- Compensation
- £18,000 over 12 months
- Disciplines
- writing
About this opportunity
The Miles Morland Foundation offers writing scholarships to African writers to enable them to complete a book. Scholars receive a monthly grant for 12-18 months and are required to submit 10,000 new words each month. The scholarship supports the writing of full-length fiction or non-fiction books.
Who can apply
- Must have been born in Africa, or both parents born in Africa.
- Must submit a published excerpt of 2,000-5,000 words and a 400-1,000 word proposal for a full-length book.
- Poetry, plays, film scripts, children's books, and short story collections do not qualify.