Monday morning had been quite busy and the unforgiving Kampala city sunshine didn’t help either. Despite my long morning, I was looking forward to this two-day getaway- better yet, a two-day getaway for something I have been deeply passionate about for as long as I can remember. This would be […]
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Registration deadline: Wednesday, 1st March 2023. The African Writers Trust Informative Seminar on Emerging Trends in Writing & Publishing Practices will take place from 6th to 8th March 2023 at Hotsprings Villas in Kampala, Uganda. Discussions will centre around current practices and trends in the writing and publishing ecosystem, focusing […]
Registration deadline: Sunday, 16th October 2022 The world of publishing can be overwhelming and confusing for many writers. Knowing which publishing path to take can be an uphill task. For many writers who plan to self-publish, or to submit their manuscripts to mainstream publishing houses for consideration, it is not […]
Submission deadline: Sunday, 31st July 2022 at 5 pm GMT African Writers Trust is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the fourth edition of the Manuscript Assessment Programme (MAP). The programme offers quality assessment of book manuscripts by highly experienced editors and readers. The goal of MAP is […]
by Patilda Gabriella Baluka A journey of 1000 miles begins with a step ~ Chinese Proverb The African Writers Trust (AWT) Emerging Writers workshop has been an ecstatic learning experience that has left me in an ebullient mood, I must say. For long, I had always been reluctant with my […]
by Bethany Namukwaya Makumbi Transformation. This is when someone becomes a better version of themselves. The African Writers Trust Emerging Writers workshop did a lot to help me improve my skills in writing and taught me new ones. It helped me achieve what I had been chasing for a long […]
by Gary Layn “Gary, keep writing,” Eric Ngalle, the workshop tutor told me when the workshop concluded. “Your writing is beautiful.” At a time when I was struggling with writer’s block that had gone on for months, it surprised me that all it took was a few words said to […]
The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Arts Cultural Exchange is an Open Call to provide grants to cultural organisations, festivals, artists, and creatives between the countries of SSA* and the UK to create art, build networks, collaborate and develop markets and share artists’ work with audiences. The call for applications is open […]
Patrick Alfter learnt about the 4th edition of the Uganda International Writers Conference (UIWC) purely by coincidence, which he is rather very thankful for. A postgraduate student of English Literature and Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, Mr Alfter was in Uganda a month before the Conference opened […]
I’ve probably written or talked about my writing story more than I can count. And at the core of the story is a sentence. Every time I think about it, exhilaration sparks even if for a brief moment. “if something is for you, you can’t run away from it”. That’s […]