Miles Morland Foundation 2021 Morland African Writing Scholarship

The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers. The Scholarships are open to anyone writing in the English language who was born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.

• Table of Content
• About Miles Morland Foundation
• Morland African Writing Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Morland African Writing Scholarship
• Requirements for Morland African Writing Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Miles Morland Foundation

Miles Morland set up the foundation which bears his name in 2013, after a career investing in Africa via two companies he created, Blakeney Management and DPI (Development Partners International). Based in London, the Miles Morland Foundation (MMF) is a UK registered charity which makes grants in areas reflecting its founder’s interests. The Foundation’s main aim is to support entities in Africa which allow Africans to get their voices better heard. It is particularly interested in supporting African writing and African literature.... continue reading

Morland African Writing Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Morland African Writing Scholarship

Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of twelve months. At the discretion of the Foundation, Scholars writing non-fiction may receive a grant of up to £27,000, paid over a period  of up to eighteen months.

Requirements for Morland African Writing Scholarship Qualification

The only condition imposed on the Scholars during the year of their Scholarship is that they must write. They will be asked to submit by e-mail at least 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book or their Scholarship term has ended. If the first draft of the book is completed before the year is up, payments will continue while the Scholar edits and refines their work. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

To qualify for the Scholarship a candidate must submit an excerpt from a piece of work of between 2,000 – 5,000 words written in English that has been published and offered for sale,. This will be evaluated by a panel of readers and judges set up by the MMF. The work submitted will be judged purely on literary merit. It is not the purpose of the Scholarships to support academic or scientific research, or works of special interest such as religious or political writings. Submissions or proposals of this nature do not qualify.

They should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] Please do not submit anything in hard copy or by terrestrial post.

For more details, visit MMF website.