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Application Deadline: Monday 31st October 2016.

It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write while simultaneously earning a living. To help meet this need the MMF awards annually a small number of Morland Writing Scholarships, with the aim being to allow each Scholar the time to produce the first draft of a completed book. The Scholarships are open to anyone writing in the English language who was born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.

Requirements:

To qualify for the Scholarship a candidate must submit an excerpt from a piece of work of between 2,000 – 5,000 words written in English that has been published and offered for sale,.
This will be evaluated by a panel of readers and judges set up by the MMF.
The work submitted will be judged purely on literary merit.
It is not the purpose of the Scholarships to support academic or scientific research, or works of special interest such as religious or political writings. Submissions or proposals of this nature do not qualify.

Scholarship Requirement

The only condition imposed on the Scholars during the year of their Scholarship is that they must write.
They will be asked to submit by e-mail at least 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book or their Scholarship term has ended.
If the first draft of the book is completed before the year is up, payments will continue while the Scholar edits and refines their work.

Grant

Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of twelve months.
At the discretion of the Foundation, Scholars writing non-fiction may receive a grant of up to £27,000, paid over a period of up to eighteen months.

Proposed Work

The candidates should submit a description of up to 1,000 words of the work they intend to write.
The proposal must be for a full length book of no fewer than 80,000 words.
The MMF does not accept proposals for collaborative writing or short story collections.
The proposal should be for a completely new work, not a work in progress, and must be in English.

Biography

Please also tell WMF in 200 – 300 words something about yourself and your background. People who reach the short-list will be asked for further information about themselves and how they propose to write their book.

Fiction or Non-Fiction

The Foundation welcomes both fiction and non-fiction proposals. We are aware that non-fiction Scholars may need extra time for research, so the Foundation may exercise its discretion to offer non-fiction writers a longer Scholarship period of up to 18 months.

Starting times

The Scholars may elect to start at any time between January and June in the year following the Scholarship Award.
Their payments and the 10,000 word monthly submission requirement will start at the same time.

Accepted works

The Scholarships are meant for full length works of adult fiction or non-fiction. Poetry, plays, film scripts, children’s books, and short story collections do not qualify.

Mentoring

The Foundation will not review or comment on the monthly submissions as they come in. However, each Scholar will be offered the opportunity to be mentored by an established author or publisher.
In most cases the mentorship will begin after the book has been finished and the Scholarship period has ended.
At the discretion of the Foundation, the cost of the mentorship will be borne by the MMF. It is not the intention of the MMF to act as editor or a publisher.
Scholars will need to find their own agents and publishers although the MMF is happy to offer advice.

Have you enclosed all five things on the checklist below? If not, do not send a submission.

1. A submission of between 2,000 to 5,000 words as a Word document of work that has been published and offered for sale.

2. A description of up to 1,000 words about the new book you intend to write.

3. A scan of an official document showing that you, or both of your parents, were born in Africa.

4. A brief bio of between 200 – 300 words.

5.Please tell us how you heard about the Morland Writing Scholarships.

All enquiries and submissions relating to the Morland Scholarships should be directed to [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Miles Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers

Deadline: October 31st 2013

Open: To anyone who has been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.

Worth: The Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one year.

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 Miles Morland Foundation 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.

Grant
The Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one year.

Scholar’s Undertaking
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 possibly to expand the Scholarship scheme in later years.

Qualifications
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 awarded based on these submissions although the Foundation may also wish to question certain candidates or ask for other work.

Proposed Work
The candidates will be expected to submit a brief description of the work they intend to write (ideally 200 – 500 words). It should be a new work, not a work in progress. The proposed work must be in English as must all candidacy submissions. Please also tell us in fewer than 100 words something about yourself and your background.

It is not the intention of the MMF to give editorial or publishing advice to Scholars. They will have to find their own agents and publishers although it is to be hoped that over the years the Morland Scholarships will come to be recognised as an incubator of talent. Works which relate to Africa are likely to be preferred by the judges.

Scholarship Requirement
The only condition imposed on the Scholars during the year of their Scholarship is that they must write. They will be asked to submit by e-mail at least 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book. The Scholarship will terminate if a Scholar fails to submit the required work on time unless prior authorisation has been received.

The Foundation is happy to support fiction or non-fiction but not poetry, plays or screen-plays. The Scholarship is intended for writers who want to write a full-length book of 80,000 words or more.

The closing date for submissions for the first series of Writing Scholarships will be October 31st 2013. The Scholarships will be announced in December 2013 and will run for the whole of calendar 2014. The Trustees reserve the right to vary the terms and requirements of the Scholarships at their discretion.

Please go to FAQs about the Morland Writing Scholarships to answer any further questions.

All enquiries and submissions relating to the Morland Scholarships should be directed to[email protected].

Visit the Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship Official Webpage

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