African Liberty Writing Fellowship 2026

The fellowship helps young African writers strengthen public policy and opinion writing through guided learning, feedback, and publication opportunities.

African Liberty lists this opportunity for Young writers and commentators, Governance, Policy & Society, Africa. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

Applicants should be emerging African writers, commentators, or public thinkers who meet the official age, writing, and participation requirements.

Applicants should review African Liberty's call page for the required writing sample and application materials.

Policy writing, liberty, governance, markets, civic ideas, and evidence-informed public commentary.

Mentorship, editorial development, publication opportunities, and network-building for selected fellows.

The fellowship provides training, mentorship, publication support, and platform exposure according to the official call.

Application deadline: Application deadline: May 31, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Apply through the official African Liberty fellowship page by 31 May 2026.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.