Call for Submissions | Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarships

The Miles Morland Foundation  has opened submissions for  its 2018 Writing Scholarships. 

The awards offer a fiction scholarship of £18,000 to two, three or four writers over the course of twelve months, and a nonfiction scholarship of £27,000 to a single writer over the course of eighteen months. 

Entries must be book proposals for only fiction and creative nonfiction which must not be less than 80,000 words when completed.

The only mandatory requirement during the period of the scholarship is the submission of 10,000 new words on a monthly basis, until the book is completed. ​

GUIDELINES

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 between 400 – 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.

Deadline: 31 September 2018.

Find details here.