The Sprinng Writing Fellowship (SWF) 2024 is an intensive 6-week online mentorship program for developing Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and South African writers with great potential and willingness to learn.
This fellowship focuses on 6 genres of literature: Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Book Review, Play/Drama, and Blogging. During the 6 weeks, mentees will be in contact with their mentors, sending them their works and getting reviews and commentaries. Mentors and mentees will aim to work on at least 1 piece of writing in their select genre per week. The Sprinng Writing Fellowship is only open to writers (18-25) who have not published a book before (eBook/hardcopy).
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The medium of communication between the mentors and mentees throughout this program will be via email, phone calls, WhatsApp, and text messages. In addition, all mentees will be provided weekly airtime during the program.
​Fellowship Eligibility
- Must be a Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, or South African citizen
- Must reside in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, or South AfricaÂ
- Must be between the ages of 18 to 25
- Have not published a book before (eBook/chapbook/hardcopy)
Fellowship Timeline​
January 15 – April 15: Application opens and closesÂ
April: Mentors will be announced
May 18: Finalists will be notified
May 21: Mentees and mentors will be paired
The Fellowship
June 1 – July 15: Fellowship Period
The mentorship program is normally designed to take place over 5 weeks (June 1 – July 7). However, a grace period of one week (July 7 – July 14) has been added for any mentor who is interested in extending the program beyond 5 weeks.
July 15 – 20: Programme rounds up
August: Mentees’ profiles and program reports will be released
December:Â Publication of mentees anthology
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