Deadline: October 31,
2014
The Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association of South
Africa (ANFASA), announces the next round of the grant scheme to benefit
authors of academic, educational and general non-fiction works
If you are a non-fiction author and currently involved in a
writing project, or will be within the next 12 months, you are eligible to
apply to the ANFASA Grant Scheme for Authors.
The grants are intended to provide a sum of around R20 000
to R25 000 for an author to take leave, for instance, and devote herself or
himself to the writing or the preparation of a manuscript, or to travel in
order to undertake research, or to participate in a relevant training programme
for purposes of completing the manuscript.
The grant is intended for the authors’ research and/or writing
costs only. It does not cover publication costs of the manuscript.
An independent committee will assess the applications and
select the most deserving. There are only two criteria for eligibility:
membership of ANFASA and the desire to complete the writing of a general
non-fiction, educational or academic work for publication in book form.
The committee aims to offer awards to a wide-ranging group
of authors and subjects, and the selection process will respect the need to
treat authors at novice, intermediate and experienced levels equally to bear in
mind authors writing in rural as well as urban locations; and to consider
authors at all educational levels from the untutored to the degree. Eligibility
extends to authors writing in all the official languages. The committee will
give priority to well-detailed proposals with a strong South African theme or
topic that has not been largely explored.
The ultimate objective of the scheme is to develop writing
and knowledge production in South Africa and to encourage the writing and
publishing of high-quality non-fiction works, especially by aspiring authors.
The short-term objective is to provide both established and aspiring authors
with the means to devote themselves to writing.
Go onto www.anfasa.org.za
to download a form or for more information on the grant scheme or send an email
to the ANFASA office info@anfasa.org.za
The closing date for submitting applications is October 31,2014,
and the successful applications will be announced in December.
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