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 […]
Mildred Barya
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The Global South, the interdisciplinary journal of the English Department at the University of Mississippi, focuses on how world literatures and cultures respond to globalization, particularly issues of the environment, poverty, immigration, gender, race, hybridity, cultural formation and transformation, colonialism and postcolonialism, modernity and postmodernity, transatlantic encounters, homes, diasporas, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
27th April to 2nd May, 2021 Kampala, Uganda Overview The African Writers Trust Writing and Reading Residency is a unique, hybrid programme integrating virtual and in-person platforms and experiences. The residency will bring together writers and readers in one space for a variety of literary activities including writing, reading, book […]
When African Writers Trust journey started in 2009, we knew that we wanted to make a difference in the book sector in Africa, particularly in publishing. Over the years, we have focused on implementing holistic, long term programmes aimed at building a viable publishing infrastructure on the continent through training, […]
I remember being asked by a colleague and friend at a meeting “Have you applied to attend the African Writers Trust (AWT) Editorial and Publishing something…Something?” No. I adamantly responded because I barely knew what she was talking about. She plainly told me that I had to apply for […]
To the best of our — African Writers Trust and Shantou University — knowledge, the recent poetry workshop conducted by Mildred Barya of AWT was the first example of representatives from an African cultural organization meeting with representatives from a Chinese cultural organization in Guangdong Province, China. In fact, we’re […]
Jackee Budesta Batanda, as well known in some circles for her journalism as for her prize-winning fiction, posted recently (18 October 2012) on the policing of social media in Uganda, and its potential chilling effects on citizen involvement, participation, and freedom of expression. Her other posts this month include a […]