Morland Writing Scholarships 2020: Shortlist announced
The shortlist of the 2020 Morland Writing Scholarships has been announced. 19 writers out of 992 entries made it to the list.
The Morland Writing Scholarships is sponsored by the Miles Morland Foundation. Its aim is to help African writers in publishing their works, for which they offer a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of twelve months.
The 2020 edition opened and closed submissions on 1st July 2020 and 18th September 2020 respectively. 992 submissions were received from 30 different countries.
Miles Morland commented, “Trying to select four Scholars out of 992 entries, all of whom are published writers, is a nightmare. Anyone who gets on the shortlist can be proud of their achievement. Once again the entries showed that uniquely African combination of energy and originality. It is so pleasing to see so many different countries represented in the overall entries and in the short list.”
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See shortlisted writers and their respective countries below:
- Gothataone Moeng, Botswana
- Howard Meh-Buh, Cameroon
- Aba Asibon, Ghana
- Kobina Ankomah-Graham, Ghana
- Wairimu Muriithi, Kenya
- Ivy Nyayieka, Kenya
- Okwiri Oduor, Kenya
- Sarah Uheida, Libya
- Wesley Macheso, Malawi
- Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Nigeria
- Pearl Osibu, Nigeria
- Temitope Owolabi, Nigeria
- Rémy Ngamije, Rwanda
- Lynsey Chutel, South Africa
- Fred Khumalo, South Africa
- Megan Ross, South Africa
- Reem Gaafar, Sudan
- Ernest Bazanye, Uganda
- Bwanga Kapumpa, Zambia
On 23rd November, the judges with Muthoni Garland in the chair, assisted by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf and Chuma Nwokolo, will meet to select the 2020 Scholars. Their names will be announced soon afterwards.
2019 scholars are: Gloria Mwaniga Odari – Kenya, Hawa Jande Golakai – Liberia, Nnamdi Oguike – Nigeria and Parselelo ole Kantai – Kenya.
