The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, University of Oxford invites applications for the inaugural Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme (2025–26). Eight fully funded place are available. Open to applicants worldwide.
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing has long played a central role in inspiring writers and researchers in the field of life-writing, helping them explore and develop their work. Through this new initiative, we aim to encourage and empower talented writers who are underrepresented both in our community and on our bookshelves, supporting them to establish themselves as successful authors.
This nine-month programme, launching in October 2025, is designed to provide skills training, mentorship, and opportunities to support participants in producing high-quality writing, building their confidence, and equipping them to navigate the publishing industry.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
Be aged 18 or older
Be un-agented
Have not published or be under contract at the time of application for a full-length work (previous publication in journals, magazines, or online platforms is not a disqualifier)
Identify as a member of the Global Majority or as an underrepresented writer
Applicants can be based anywhere in the world.
Applicants do not have to be academics and do not have to hold a degree, but must be actively working on, or planning to work on, a life-writing project with a clear aim of publication or production
Find out more
here
Deadline: 12pm, Monday 16 June 2025