By Lillian Akampurira Aujo I was recently honoured to be one of the recipients of the African Writers Trust (AWT) and International Writing Program (IWP) Writing and Reading Residency. For someone writing on the continent, such opportunities remain few and rare – especially now that the Covid 19 pandemic has […]
AWT Writing and Reading Residency
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By George Gumikiriza The thrill of uncertainty hits different when adventure is all the journey ahead holds in promise. One traveler might prefer rugged terrain with waterfalls gushing their excitement beneath valleys, another a plush game reserve traipsed by frisky fauna, this one however was an adventure of minds — […]
By Lillian Tibasiima The African Writers Trust(AWT) Writing and Reading Residency helped me realize that I greatly needed to improve my craft. Previously, I would start writing without planning; I would think about the characters and the story as I went along and I would suffer from writer’s block, almost […]
by Ann Agwang April 27th to May 2nd 2021 has been the best week of my life yet. I arrived at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday 27th April to a cosy room, excellent hotel service and a glass of juice for the African Writers Trust (AWT) Writing and Reading Residency at […]
By Eliseus Bamporineza “I have read…” echoed in my world. At the African Writers Trust (AWT) Writing and Reading Residency 2021, I felt empowered by inspiring voices from my fellow writers every time they gave feedback on different stories shared by some of us. It stunned me to hear them […]
By Precious C. Kemigisha Arrival: Rose of SharonThe first thing I noticed as we entered the gate at HotSprings Villa were the flowers adorning the perfectly trimmed hedges. I walked to the Hibiscus tree and simply stared at the pretty red petals and yellow anthers of its Rose of Sharon […]
African Writers Trust (AWT) is thrilled to announce the writers selected to participate in the AWT Writing and Reading Residency under the International Writing Program (IWP), The University of IOWA sponsorship. The selected candidates are: George Gumikiriza Lillian Akampurira Aujo Chisom Mirian Okwara Precious Colette Kemigisha Ann Agwang The AWT […]