Applications are currently being accepted for the Arewa Creative Writing and Advocacy Fellowship (ACWAF) 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Arewa Creative Writing and Advocacy Fellowship (ACWAF) is an initiative by the Poetic Wednesdays Initiative, supported by the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF). For Cohort 1, this version is open solely to rising writers, storytellers, and spoken phrase artists from Northern Nigeria. The fellowship is a 6-8 week hybrid program designed to equip members with expertise in artistic nonfiction, civic storytelling, coverage framing, editorial ethics, truth-checking, and multimedia narrative strategies to advocate on governance, democracy, elections, voter rights, and youth rights. The bodily side can be held in Kano State.
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