Sprinng 2025 Writing Fellowship Competition for Young Africans

The Sprinng Writing Fellowship (SWF) is a FREE and 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 4 genres of literature: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Book Reviews. 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 medium of communication between the mentors and mentees throughout this program will be via email, phone calls, WhatsApp, and text messages. 

• Table of Content
• About Sprinng
• Writing Fellowship Competition
• Aim and Benefits of Writing Fellowship Competition
• Requirements for Writing Fellowship Competition Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Writing Fellowship Competition
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Sprinng

The Sprinng journey began in 2016 when Kanyinsola Olorunnisola and I reflected on the limitations we faced in our journey to success as African writers. Despite being in our early stages, we took on a great challenge with the focus on developing a community of writers and engaging them through several initiatives. For many years, writers in Nigeria and beyond have expressed the need for programmatic structures that engage creatives in literature. Repeatedly, we have discussed the limitations of social institutions to their craft, such as the lack of an MFA program in Nigeria dedicated to Cr... continue reading

Writing Fellowship Competition

Application Deadline	15 Apr 2025
Country to study	Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Sprinng
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Writing Fellowship Competition

In addition, all mentees will be provided weekly airtime and access to 1-year MasterClass membership as part of the program.

Requirements for Writing Fellowship Competition Qualification

The Sprinng Writing Fellowship is only open to Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and South African writers (residing within these countries) and between the ages 18 and 25, who have not published a book before (eBook/hardcopy).

Interview date, Process and Venue for Writing Fellowship Competition

Fellowship Timeline?

• January 15 – April 15: Application opens and closes 
• May 18: Finalists will be notified
• June 1 – July 15: Fellowship Period

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Application Deadline

April 15, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Sprinng on docs.google.com to apply

Further questions or concerns, please email [email protected], and we will respond within 48 hours.

For more details, visit Sprinng website