Deadline: 7 January 2011
Official website: http://www.ebediresort.com/
Applications are invited from writers interested in the Ebedi International Writers' Residency, Iseyin, Oyo State.
The programme administered by a board including writers; Maryam Ali Ali, Uche Peter Umez and Alkasim Abubakar, was established earlier this year. Tokunbo Okediran and Akintayo Abodunrin are also members of the governing board. The residency, located in the idyllic Oyo town of Iseyin, is a well furnished four-bedroom bungalow with a standby generator and water bore-hole facilities. A weekly grant is included in the package for selected writers. Adequate security is also guaranteed at the landscaped compound.
Two sets of writers have so far stayed at the residence. Lola Okusami and Abiodun Adebiyi were the first set while Kenechukwu Obi and Charles Oluyori completed their six-week stay in November, 2010.
Selected writers will be required to stay at the residence for a minimum of four weeks and a maximum of six. They will resume at the residency in Iseyin on January 17, 2011.
Applicants are required to include a CV, samples of works and a one-page description of the work to be undertaken at the residency in their application. Two letters of recommendation are also requested to be sent along with applications.
The residency is open to Nigerian and foreign writers. Writers living outside Nigeria should, however, note that they will be responsible for their flight, if selected. Kindly note that the offer is also open to writers writing in indigenous languages like Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and other African languages.
Literamed Publishers will consider works produced during the programme for publication. Writers will retain the rights to their work.
Selected writers will be expected to contribute to Iseyin's educational development by organising a literary activity; a writing workshop or literary competition among secondary school students in the town during the duration of the program.
All applications must reach the Secretary, Alkasim Abdulkadir, by midnight of January 7, 2011. They should be sent via e-mail to alkasim.abdulkadir@yahoo.com. They can also be sent to Akintayo Abodunrin at akinjaa03@yahoo.co.uk The Ebedi International Residency is an initiative to provide a good environment for writers with ongoing projects to complete their works.