It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write and to earn a living outside writing at the same time. To help fill this need the MMF aims to each year award three Morland Writing Scholarships for fiction and one Morland Scholarship for non-fiction. 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.

WORTH

Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of £18,000, paid over the course of twelve months.
Scholars writing non-fiction will receive a grant of £27,000, paid over the course of eighteen months.
ELIIBILITY

Must submit a piece of published work, or an excerpt from a piece of published work (written in English), of between two and five thousand words to be evaluated by a panel of readers and judges set up by the MMF.
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.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2015
http://www.milesmorlandfoundation.com/#!mmf-writing-scholarships-2014/cjg9

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