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The Genesis Emerging Writers Programme offers mentorship, seminars, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The programme is open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.
Applicants should be working, or planning to work, on a specific project, with the aim of publication, and should be committed to participating fully in all sessions offered by the programme. The Programme runs from 1 June 2024 to 1 April 2025. Grants will be made to successful applications on receipt of bank details. The programme of mentorship is designed to take place online and/or in person, depending on the preference of the selected writer and their mentor. Group sessions are designed to take place online so that the programme is accessible to all.
Applications close at 11.59pm time on 31 May 2024.
To apply, you must fully complete the online form which asks for:
– Your personal/contact details;
– A little about you and your writing project, including a personal statement, why you are applying for the programme, a very brief synopsis of the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme and the genre of your project.
– An uploaded sample of your writing, up to 1200 words or 5 pages of poetry, from the same project or in the same genre. Please make sure your name is not on the document as your writing sample will be judged anonymously. Please check headers/footers etc.
– An uploaded budget for up to £1,500 of funding to support your writing in the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme. Please note we will not approve budget requests for the purchase of laptops, tablets, mobile telephones or other technological equipment. Click here to view an example budget.
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