African Liberty is accepting applications for its 2026/2027 Writing Fellowship, a paid programme for African writers interested in journalism and opinion writing on issues of liberty, policy, and ideas.

The fellowship is open to students currently enrolled in, or graduates of, an African institution of higher learning, or Africans pursuing higher education abroad. There is no application or admission fee.

Selected applicants will go through a five-week online training programme running from 25 May to 22 June 2026, after which fellows are inducted into a writing fellowship that runs through 13 July 2027. Compensation is paid monthly, assessed on output. The programme received around 1,900 applications in its last cycle, from which 33 writers were inducted.

Fellows have gone on to be published in Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, the Mail & Guardian, Channels TV, Daily Trust, and other major outlets.

The deadline to apply is 30 April 2026. Applications are free and the entire programme is online.

Apply here or contact the editor-in-chief Ibrahim Anoba at [email protected] with questions.