Uganda (Fully Funded).

Application Deadline: 15th July 2017.

Apply Now for the 7th Regional Residency for African Women Writers!

FEMRITE is delighted to announce the call for submissions for the 7th Regional Residency for African Women Writers which will be co-hosted with Karavan, a Swedish literary magazine, with support from the Swedish Institute.

The 10-day writing residency will take place, in Kampala, in February 2018. The 10 selected writers will re-work their submitted manuscripts, participate in peer reviewing of work(s)-in-progress, receive feedback from mentors, participate in a public reading, share information on writing, and work with selected schools to start reading and writing projects.

Eligibility Requirements:

Any African woman writer who lives on the continent, is working on a novel or memoir manuscript, writes in English and hasn’t published more than one book, can apply.

Benefits:

The residency will cover your return air ticket, accommodation, and meals for the period of the residency.

What you need to submit:

An extract from a novel or memoir manuscript that you would like to re-work during the residency (Maximum 5000 words)
A short story for publication in the residency anthology (minimum 3000 words)
Biography (150 words or less)
A passport-size photo
Send the documents as .docx attachments. (Use Times New Roman font, size 12, 1.5 spacing.)

Do not include illustrations.

Deadline for submission is 15th July 2017.

FEMRITE will notify successful applicants by 30th August 2017.

For submissions or further inquiries, please send an email to [email protected] and copy to [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 7th FEMRITE Regional Residency 2017 for African Women Writers

Application Deadline: May 31st 2015

When: July 27 to August 5, 2015.
Where: Uganda

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in collaboration with FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association, invites African women writers and journalists to apply for the Writing for Social Change Workshop 2015. This 10-day writing workshop, will be taking place in Uganda from July 27 to August 5, 2015.

The workshop will be facilitated by veteran BBC journalist and media expert Elizabeth Ohene from Ghana and award-winning writer Yewande Omotoso, from Nigeria/South Africa/Barbados.

This workshop is targeted at women writers, journalists and activists who wish to step-up their involvement in highlighting issues around women’s rights and social justice.

Participants will be expected to read widely from assigned selected texts, and to complete daily writing exercises. After the workshop, the participants are expected to use the knowledge acquired to write widely about social justice issues in and beyond their communities.

This workshop is part of AWDF’s efforts to amplify African women’s voices and is aimed at creating a network that will enable participants to place their articles and stories in a range of local, regional and international media.

Priority will be given to interested women journalists who wish to actively engage in women’s activism – AWDF are expecting at least 50% of the writers selected for this workshop to be full-time journalists.

AWDF will also include women from AWDF’s existing grantee organisations, and within our partner networks.

Benefits:

Full accommodation, meals and a partial travel grant will be provided to all successful applicants.
All applicants will be expected to be present for the ten-day duration of the workshop.
A Memorandum of Understanding will be signed by successful applicants to enable smooth running of the workshop.

Application Guidelines

To apply send an e-mail to; [email protected].
E-mail subject should read ‘Application for Social Justice Workshop 2015’
The body of the e-mail should contain the following:
a) Your Name
b. Your Email Address
c. A short bio (maximum 200 words)
d. A sample article about women’s rights or social justice -between 500 and 1000 words. The sample maybe unpublished or published on any media. This can be sent as an attachment or as part of the email body especially if it has images.
AWDF will not be responsible in case of any plagiarism.

Selection:

Only those accepted to the workshop will be notified by June 5, 2015.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AWDF 2015 ‘Writing for Social Change Workshop for African Women

7th FEMRITE Regional Residency 2017 for African Women Writers – Kampala, Uganda ( Fully Funded)

African Women’s Development Fund 2015 ‘Writing for Social Change Workshop for African Women, Uganda (Fully Funded).