Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: August 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 2026. The function of the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship is to assist early profession lecturers get their e book thought right into a kind which is prepared for publication.

To make sure that the topics lined by these works are extensive-ranging and topical, your manuscript ought to cowl a key theme from throughout the Humanities and Social Sciences, which embody:

• Gender and Sexuality
• Economics and International Development
• Social Welfare, Society and Communities
• Politics, Current Affairs and Government
• Equality and Diversity
• Climate and Environment
• History and Cultural Heritage
• Popular Culture and Media
• Literary Studies

Benefits

The profitable recipient(s) of the Fellowship will obtain a package deal of inventive help all through 2027. This will embody:

• Editorial help and mentorship:
  • A bespoke, one-12 months mentoring programme providing trade-main inventive help and distinctive perception into working with a writer. The programme can be managed by Writers & Artists and Bloomsbury, and can embody milestone editorial conferences all year long. The mentor can be appointed based mostly on the profitable applicant’s area of labor, profession historical past and aspirations.
  • A typical programme consists of 4 milestone conferences between the mentor and the man. Submission deadlines can be agreed forward of every session, with mentees anticipated to submit a pattern of authentic writing (to an agreed phrase rely) prematurely in order that their mentor can put together accordingly. Each one-hour assembly will concentrate on discussing progress, editorial recommendations and subsequent steps. Following every session, the mentor will present a report summarising the dialogue.
  • Where doable, not less than one of many conferences will happen in particular person on the Bloomsbury Publishing workplaces in London.
• Financial help:
  • The Fellowship will provide £1,000 in monetary help to the recipient at first of the fellowship 12 months
• Events and networking alternatives:
  • Registration to a UK-based mostly educational convention attended by Bloomsbury in 2027
  • A complimentary place on Writing Non-Fiction, a 5-week on-line course from Writers & Artists
  • A complimentary place at any related Writers & Artists occasions happening in 2027
  • An invitation to attend all related Bloomsbury Academic writer occasions
  • Invitations to take part in any related Bloomsbury Academic fellowship panels, recordings or occasions
  • The choice of a thirty-minute one-to-one session with a literary agent, who will present proposal suggestions and market perception
• Resources:
  • Full entry to Writers’ & Artists’ on-line listings: a one-12 months subscription to a database of 1000’s of trade contacts
  • £250 of Bloomsbury Academic titles
• Runners-up obtain £250 value of Bloomsbury’s books, have the OPPORTUNITY to attend one Evening Masterclass by way of Writers & Artists and have entry to the W&A Listing Subscription.

Eligibility

To enter the Fellowship, all entrants should:

• Identify as Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse (BAED)
• Be over 18 and residing within the UK throughout the Fellowship 12 months (2027)
• Not have a publishing contract or agent for the proposed work
• Have handed their viva if the proposed work relies on their PhD thesis

Application

To enter:

• Provide a 200-phrase synopsis of the work, together with a press release about the way it goals to coach and encourage inside one of many key thematic matters listed above
• Provide a provisional Table of Contents and projected phrase rely
• Upload a 1,000-1,500 phrase pattern extract of the work. Please notice just one,500 phrases can be reviewed by the judges
• Have an account with writersandartists.co.uk, which is free to create

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship.