From the beginning of February to the end of May every year, the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study hosts a group of exceptional creative writers and scholars from different disciplines as Writing Fellows. Each Writing Fellow focuses on her/his individual project while benefiting from interacting with other Writing Fellows and from the community of scholars and writers from the universities in Johannesburg and Gauteng in general.

Requirements

• Fellowships are open to any field of expertise, including novelists writing in indigenous languages.
• Previous fellows have included academics, novelists, scientists, poets, playwrights, independent researchers and journalists.

Click here to Apply for Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) 2024 Writing Fellowships for Exceptional African Creative writers and Scholars (Funded)