Apply for The Tampered Writing Workshop

The Tampered Workshop is a series of virtual creative writing workshops, designed to help Ghanaian and African writers harness their writing and become more capable and confident writers. It will also serve as a platform for writers to create community – learn from one another and from established writers.

The virtual workshop takes place from 7th January to 9th January 2021 and is open to Ghanaians and Africans only.

Facilitators for the poetry workshop are:

Ladan Osman
Koleka Putuma

Facilitators for the fiction workshop are:

Mamle Kabu
Lesley Nneka Arimah

Facilitators for the non-fiction workshop are:

Emmanuel Iduma
Kobina Ankomah-Graham

Each workshop will contain 15 participants. 10 Ghanaians and 5 Africans. You can apply to more than one workshop, but you will be accepted into only one workshop.

To apply for the poetry workshop:
Send one poem as an attachment to tamppoetry@gmail.com
Your attached document should be labeled with your name and country of origin eg. Adwoa Mansa_Ghana
Your subject title must read “Workshop Application”
In the body of your email include your name, address and not more than a 100-word bio.

To apply for the fiction workshop:
Send fiction of not more than a 1000 words, as an attachment to tampfiction@gmail.com
Your attached document should be labeled with your name and country of origin eg. Adwoa Mansa_Ghana
Your subject title must read “Workshop Application”
In the body of your email include your name, address and not more than a 100-word bio.

To apply for the non-fiction workshop:
Send non-fiction of not more than a 1000 words, as an attachment to tampnonfiction@gmail.com
Your attached document should be labeled with your name and country of origin eg. Adwoa Mansa_Ghana
Your subject title must read “Workshop Application”
In the body of your email include your name, address and not more than a 100-word bio.

Deadline for all applications is on the 13th of December, 2020.
Successful applicants will be contacted by 27th December, 2020.

This workshop is made possible through the support of the Prince Claus Fund and British Council.

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