Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship


The Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship, also called the Morland Writing Scholarships or the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship is an annual financial scholarship awarded to four to six African writers to enable them write a fiction or non-fiction book in English language.

Character and value

The grant is between £18,000 and £27,000, given over twelve to eighteen months to each chosen writer. The only requirements are that the writer submit 10,000 words every month and, if they ever get a book contract out of their writing output, donate 20% back to the foundation.
The award was established in 2013 by Miles Morland, a British citizen and philanthropist, through the Miles Morland Foundation, a UK registered charity which makes grants in areas reflecting its founder’s interests.
It is one of the most prestigious writing scholarships on the African continent.
It is currently judged by three writers and publishers: Muthoni Garland, Cassava Republic Press director Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, and Brittle Paper deputy editor Otosirieze Obi-Young.

Recipients

The prizewinners are as follows:

2013