Miles Morland Writing Scholarships 2026

The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship supports African writers who want to use the scholarship year to write a new full-length book in English. Both fiction and non-fiction are eligible. The scholarship is intended to give writers the financial freedom to concentrate on producing a new manuscript rather than balancing writing with other work.

- Write in English. - Be born in Africa, or have both parents born in Africa. - Submit 2,000–5,000 words from previously published work. - The submitted work must have been published and offered for sale. - Provide proof of publication and proof of sale. - Provide official proof showing African birth/origin. - Submit a 400–1,000-word description of the new book you intend to write. - Submit a 200–300-word biography. - The proposed book must be a new work, not a work already in progress. - The proposed work must be at least 80,000 words. - The work must be adult fiction or non-fiction. - Poetry, plays, film scripts, children's books and short-story collections are not eligible.