Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos,organized by award winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from August 6 to August 16 2013.
The
workshop is sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc. Guest writers,
including the Caine Prize-winning Kenyan writer, Binyavanga Wainaina will co-teach the workshop alongside Adichie.
The workshop will take the form of a class. Participants will be
assigned a wide range of reading exercises, as well as daily writing
exercises. The aim of the workshop is to improve the craft of Nigerian
writers and to encourage published and unpublished writers by bringing
different perspectives to the art of storytelling. Participation is
limited only to those who apply and are accepted.
All material must be pasted or written in the body of the e-mail.
Please Do NOT include any attachments in your e-mail. Applications with
attachments will be automatically disqualified. Deadline for submission is JUNE 12, 2013. Only those accepted to the workshop will be notified by JULY 22, 2013. Accommodation in Lagos will be provided
for all accepted applicants who are able to attend for the ten-day
duration of the workshop. A literary evening of readings, open to the
public, will be held at the end of the workshop on August 16, 2013.
To apply, send an e-mail to Udonandu2013@gmail.com
Your e-mail subject should read ‘Workshop Application.’
The body of the e-mail should contain the following:
1. Your Name
2. Your address
3. A few sentences about yourself
4. A writing sample of between 200 and 800 words.
The sample must be either fiction or non-fiction.
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