Pen Avenue Malawi

Pen Avenue will be holding a Writing Excursion on Saturday, 15 April, 2017. The Excursion will take place on Zomba Mountain, from morning to late afternoon. It is expected that from this Excursion, a digital anthology will be produced.  Pen Avenue is, therefore, calling for applications from Malawian writers aged 25 and below for them to attend the Excursion. Interested applicants should apply with the following: A sample of their own writing (in any genre) with the word limit of 2000 words for any form of prose and not more than 2 pages for poetry and not more than 10 pages for a play or its snippet (all in 12pt Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing) An essay of not more than 500 words explaining why they would like to attend the Excursion and what they expect to write from the Excursion  A brief bio of themselves Complete applications should be emailed to penavenue3@gmail.com before 11:59 pm on Friday, 31 March, 2017.  Pen Avenue will provide the following to succ...

Pen Avenue Malawi is pleased to announce the opening of its first ever writing competition for young Malawians currently studying for their first degrees, diplomas or certificates in Universities and Colleges across Malawi. The competition is aimed at identifying and nurturing writing talent in the country. In this first phase, the competition will only accept entries from University and College students based in Malawi. The genre is only fiction, that is, the Short Story. Details of the competition are indicated below: Prizes The best short story will go away with a cash prize of K100,000 and a six month mentorship opportunity with an established writer (to be disclosed in due course) Four other good stories will have its authors afforded a mentorship opportunity in which their works will be critiqued by a team of passionate and committed young writers and critics  Rules for the competition:  Entries (Short stories only) must be on any theme, between 1...