Deadline: April 30, 2025 | Grant: $500 + Digital Residency
The Literary Laddership Fellowship is again for its fourth version, providing a transformative alternative for rising African authors to develop their craft, join with fellow writers, and advance their artistic tasks.
Based in 2022 by award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa, this digital fellowship helps writers by means of mentorship, group, and sources.
Advantages of the Literary Laddership Fellowship
- $500 grant per fellow
- 3-month digital residency
- Entry to a group of observe
- Assist to work on a novella– or novel-length manuscript
- Publicity and potential future publication alternatives
Eligibility Necessities of the Literary Laddership Fellowship
- Have to be an rising creator of African descent
- Primarily based primarily on the African continent
- Writing have to be in English
- Aged 18 and above
- Should suggest a manuscript of a minimum of 17,500 phrases (novella) or 40,000+ (novel)
Utility Pointers
Submit through e mail to fellowship@suyidavies.com.
Your software should embody the next supplies:
- Cowl Letter (within the e mail physique)
- Briefly describe the way you meet the eligibility standards
- Writing Pattern
- Max 3,000 phrases complete throughout two totally different works
- Most well-liked: excerpts from longer tasks (novels or novellas)
- File format: .doc, .docx, or .pdf
- Do NOT embody figuring out data within the file
- Venture Description & Fellowship Plan (2 pages max, single-spaced)
- Why you deserve this fellowship
- What you’ll work on through the fellowship
- How the funds might be used to assist the undertaking
Observe: All figuring out data ought to seem solely within the e mail physique, not inside connected paperwork.
Essential Dates
- Purposes open: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: April 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM WAT
- Winners introduced: By Could 26, 2025
Response Time
- Fellows might be contacted inside 30–90 days of the deadline
For Extra Information:
Go to the submission web page or e mail: fellowship@suyidavies.com
That is your likelihood to degree up your literary journey. Submit your greatest work and take the subsequent step in your writing profession.
