The Republic Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship 2025 – YOA

Deadline: August 3, 2025

Applications are open for the Republic Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship 2025. This six-month fellowship programme is designed in the direction of the commissioning, writing and curation of tales rooted in Blackness and the African expertise.

This fellowship will assist 5 early- to mid-profession editors, writers, researchers and/or journalists based mostly within the totally different areas of Africa—West, East, Southern, North and Central. Fellows will obtain mentorship, stipend and editorial assist to fee authentic writing, produce authentic written content material and curate native conversations round probably the most pressing themes shaping the African expertise.

Each fellow will suggest a theme from one in every of The Republic’s eight focus areas—together with Art x Culture, Science x Technology, and Politics x Security—and might be anticipated to develop a definite editorial id and perspective for his or her regional division. Over the course of six months, fellows are required to fee two authentic essays monthly, produce one story of their very own every month and host one public engagement occasion of their African metropolis on the finish of the fellowship time period.

Benefits

• Fellows will obtain a month-to-month stipend of $500, in addition to editorial steering, workshop entry and structured suggestions from The Republic’s editorial crew.
• They can even take part in workshops, talent-constructing periods and a ultimate digital symposium to showcase their work and launch a rising pan-African editorial community.

Eligibility

• Open to editors, journalists, curators or different storytelling practitioners who’re based mostly in Africa;
• Have no less than three years {of professional} expertise;
• The fellowship is distant, and dependable web entry is required.

Application

The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Lagos time on Sunday, August 3, 2025. Selected fellows might be notified by September 2025.

Applicants should submit a 3-web page proposal outlining their editorial focus and plan for the fellowship; a CV; a 500-phrase assertion of curiosity; two samples of printed work; and the contact particulars for 2 skilled referees.

For extra info, go to Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship.