Deadline: |
12:00 (midnight) GMT +1 on Monday, June 2, 2020.
Location: |
American Language Center Casablanca, Morocco.
(Fully Funded)
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The Olive Writers Summer Camp 2020
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The Summer Camp is co-sponsored by the American Language Center – Casablanca and the US. Embassy Rabat through the US. Department of State’s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, with the support of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Progam and the Jazz 3/4 association.
Participants will attend daily creative writing workshops (offered in Arabic or English), attend lectures by renowned writers, learn about literary translation and the publishing industry, revise and refine a creative project of their own, and become part of a dynamic community of fellow writers.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Writing
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Arabic and English.
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MOROCCO and International students in Morocco are eligible to apply.
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Summer Camp Dates: August 28—September 3, 2020.
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- Passionate writers who are interested in developing their creative writing skills.
- Anyone between 16-23.
- You must be able to participate in the full week program.
- International students in Morocco are eligible to apply.
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(Fully Funded)
– This is a fully-funded opportunity: Tuition, room, and board are provided free of charge to all accepted participants.
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First Step: Click here to access and fill in the application form.
Second Step: E-mail your supplementary application materials (a writing sample, a writing assignment, a statement of purpose, a photograph, and an optional letter of recommendation) to [email protected] no later than June 2, 2020.
The application materials:
– Writing sample — 2-3 pages (1,000 words maximum) of original creative prose and/or poetry, written in either Arabic or English.
– Writing assignment — 1-2 pages in response to the following writing prompt:
In an essay for Financial Times, Arundhati Roy referred to the pandemic as “a portal.” She wrote:
“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.
We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.”
Write a piece of fiction or non-fiction inspired by this quote in which you imagine the world of tomorrow.
(To read the full essay, click here).
– Statement of purpose — In 300 words, describe in English or in Arabic why creative writing is important in your life. Please also discuss the difficulties or challenges you have faced in your writing, as well as what you hope to learn at the program.
– A photo of yourself
– Optional — One Letter of Recommendation.
Notes:
- Both the subject line of your email and the file name of your MS Word document should be formatted as follows: “Participant’s Full Name-Participant’s City-TOW 2020 Application“
- Please note that the writing sample (2-3 pages) and the writing assignment (1-2 pages) are two separate things.
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