Reminder: Fidelity Bank Writing Workshop

Need to sharpen your writing skills?

Applications are open for the 4th Edition of the annual Fidelity Bank Creative Writing Workshop. The workshop is a component of Fidelity’s corporate Social Responsibility, through which the bank continues to push for a better society. Participants are expected to read and discuss a wide range of fiction as well as complete short writing exercises. Entries open on Monday 18 April 2011 to Wednesday 11 May 2011. Participation in the workshop is limited to those who apply and are accepted. A public symposium featuring readings and panel discussions will be held on the last day of the workshop.

To apply, send an e-mail to: Creative.writing@fidelitybankplc.com

Your e-mail should bear the title – “Workshop Application”

The body of the e-mail should contain the following:

1. Your name

2. Your address

3. A few sentences about yourself (not more than 50 words)

4. A writing sample of between 200 – 1000 words

Please note that the workshop is purely meant for fiction writers. Any entry that does not fall into this category will be automatically rejected. Acceptance will be based on quality of the entry. The entry must be pasted or written in the body of the e-mail. Do NOT send any attachments. Applications with attachments will be automatically disqualified. If accepted, you will be notified by June 10, 2011.

Fidelity Bank's Writers' Workshop

This year’s edition of our International Creative Writing Workshop is the 3rd in a series of efforts to redirect the energy of Nigerian youths to those values that once made Nigeria great. The workshop is also an important component of Fidelity’s Corporate Social Responsibility CSR through which the bank continues to push for a better society.

Participants will be expected to read and discuss a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, as well as complete short writing exercises.

Participation in the forthcoming workshop is limited to those who apply and are accepted. A public symposium featuring readings and panel discussions will be held on the last day of the workshop.

To apply, send an e-mail to - creative.writing@fidelitybankplc.com

 Your e-mail subject should bear the title – Workshop Application.

The body of the e-mail should contain the following – 

1. Your name.

2. Your address.

3. A few sentences about yourself.

4. A writing sample of between 200 and 800 words.

Please indicate whether your sample is fiction or non-fiction. Acceptance will be based on the quality of the writing sample.

All writing material must be pasted or written in the body of the e-mail.

Do NOT send any attachments.

Applications with attachments will be automatically disqualified.

Deadline for submission is June 20, 2010. If accepted, you will be notified by July 4, 2010

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