The Accra International Book Festival (AIBF) is inviting applications from aspiring authors for the fifth Kwame Nkrumah Creative Writing Workshop.
The Kwame Nkrumah Creative Writing Workshop is open to persons who are interested in writing thrillers, satire, memoirs, Y/A (young adult), poetry, creative non-fiction, literary fiction and children’s literature, among others.
This year’s creative writing course will take place at the African University College of Communications (AUCC), from December 8 to 10, 2022.
The training would be held for only 15 selected writers.
The applications deadline for the 2022 Kwame Nkrumah Creative Writing Workshop is November 4, the Accra International Book Festival has said in a statement.
All interested persons are to email their application letters, their resume and two sample write-ups to info@myaccrabookfest.com, no later than the date specified.
The free course will be taught by acclaimed novelists and literary agents in the publishing industry both local and international.
According to the Afro-Book Festival, a Workshop Committee has been set up to screen the various applications and select only 15 successful applicants for the fellowship this December 2022.
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