City Lit’s Malorie Blackman Scholarships for Unheard Voices provide three annual awards worth up to £1000 each, to fund one year’s study within the Creative Writing department at City Lit.
The awards seek to support and encourage the creative and professional development of ‘unheard voices’ writing with the final award winners selected by acclaimed writer, City Lit fellow and Patron of the School of Humanities & Sciences, Malorie Blackman OBE.
The award worth up to £1000 for each successful applicant is to be spent on creative writing courses within the year from August 31st 2021 to August 31st 2022, and can be used against a single course, or group of courses appropriate to the award recipient’s creative and learning aims.
Selection criteria:
The award is open to current or former students who have studied or are studying on beginner or intermediate level City Lit Creative Writing courses and who demonstrate talent and potential in their writing
The award welcomes applications from ‘Unheard Voices’, and in particular to students from under-represented groups. This includes (but is not exclusive to) those with disabilities, people from minority backgrounds and communities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, and BAME writers.
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Deadline: 23:59 on 31st January 2021