Farafina Trust will be holding a creative
writing workshop in Lagos, organized by
award-winning writer and creative
director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda
Adichie, from June 16 to June 26, 2015.
The workshop is sponsored by Nigerian
Breweries Plc. Guest writers who will co-
teach the workshop alongside Adichie are
the Caine Prize Winning Kenyan writer
Binyavanga Wainaina, National Librarian
of Norway Aslak Sira Myhre, and others.
The workshop will take the form of a
class. Participants will be assigned a wide
range of reading exercises, as well as
daily writing exercises. The aim of the
workshop is to improve the craft of
Nigerian writers and to encourage
published and unpublished writers by
bringing different perspectives to the art
of storytelling. Participation is limited
only to those who apply and are accepted.
To apply, send an e-mail to
Udonandu2015@gmail.com . Your e-mail
subject should read ‘Workshop
Application.’ The body of the e-mail
should contain the following:
1. Your name
2. Your address
3. A few sentences about yourself
4. A writing sample of between 200 and
800 words. The sample must be either
fiction or non-fiction.
All material must be pasted or written in
the body of the e-mail. Please DO NOT
include any attachments in your e-mail.
Applications with attachments will be
automatically disqualified.
Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2015.
Only those accepted to the workshop will
be notified by June 2, 2015.
Accommodation in Lagos will be provided
for all accepted applicants who are able
to attend for the ten-day duration of the
workshop. A literary evening of readings,
open to the public, will be held at the end
of the workshop.
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