Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation African Writers' Residency Award

27/02/2017

Le Goethe-Institut et la Sylt Foundation invitent tous les auteurs de littérature africaine contemporaine à postuler pour la bourse littéraire d’une durée de deux mois dénommée „African Writer’s Residency Award“. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est le vendredi 30 juin 2017.
En lire plus: https://www.syltfoundation.com/Residencies-and-Awards/African-Writers-Residency-Award-AWRA-/

27/02/2017

Le Goethe-Institut et la Sylt Foundation invitent tous les auteurs de littérature africaine contemporaine à postuler pour la bourse littéraire d’une durée de deux mois dénommée „African Writer’s Residency Award“. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est le vendredi 30 juin 2017.
En lire plus: https://www.syltfoundation.com/Residencies-and-Awards/African-Writers-Residency-Award-AWRA-/

17/08/2016

Congratulations to Nigerian writer Abubakar Adam Ibrahim has been selected as the 2016 winner of the Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award (AWRA). To find out more about the winner, the jury members and the residency, please see http://www.syltfoundation.com/Latest-news/Winner-of-the-2016-Goethe-Institut-Sylt-Foundation-African-Writer-s-Residency-Award-announced-/

Nigerian writer Abubakar Adam Ibrahim has been selected as the 2016 winner of the Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award (AWRA).

05/07/2016

We thank all the many writers who applied for the new AWRA award. The winner will be selected in mid July.

12/05/2016

dear friends of the AWRA award. We had technical problems with our server and some applications to the e-mail [email protected] did not go through. We would like to ask all those you sent applications already or tried unsuccessfully to do so to resend them! We apologize for the inconvenience!

16/04/2016

We are looking forward to many applications this year! Please apply all those African writers who want to spend two months on an island while focusing on their work!

We are very delighted to have a new partner for our award from this year on. Thanks so much to the Goethe-Institut for the collaboration: The Sylt Foundation calls all writers of contemporary African literature to apply for the two months African Writer´s Award, offered as part of the Sylt Foundatio…

06/04/2016

The Sylt Foundation is very very happy to have a new partner for the AWRA Award 2016! Thanks so much to the Goethe-Institut for this collaboration to enable this wonderful award for African writers!

06/04/2016

The call for application for the new AWRA Award 2016 will be published on 15th april. Watch out on fb and on our website: www.syltfoundation.com

09/06/2015

Congratulations!! Ugandan writer and poet Mildred Barya has been selected as the 2015 winner of the Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award.
http://www.syltfoundation.com/Residencies-and-Awards/African-Writers-Residency-Award-AWRA-/Winner-of-the-2015-Sylt-Foundation-African-Writer-s-Residency-Award-announced-/

30/05/2015

Thank you to everyone who entered the Sylt Foundation African Writers' Residency Award.
Applications have closed yesterday and we received strong applications out of 10 African countries.!
The winner of the 3rd AWRA Award will be chosen in mid June.

29/05/2015

Today, 29th May, 6 pm South African time is the deadline for our 3rd African Writers´Award!! Apply today and you may win a two-months-residency on the island of Sylt in Germany. Go for it!!!
http://www.syltfoundation.com/Residencies-and-Awards/African-Writers-Residency-Award-AWRA-/Apply-now-African-Writer-s-Residency-Award-AWRA-2015/

11/05/2015

Join us in Frankfurt/Main when Nii Parkes shares his work and talks with us about the African Writers´Award and his time on Sylt!!

Nii Parkes, the winner of the 2nd Syltfoundation's African Writer´s Residency Award in 2014, will be reading in Frankfurt/Main. He is invited by litprom, moderation: Dr. Thomas Brückner