Since inception in October 2017, Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra has dedicated its first day to workshops. Facilitated by experienced literary practitioners from diverse backgrounds, the workshops have helped participants improve their craft and provided various networking and publishing opportunities.
The workshops at Pa Gya! are free to attend and are carefully crafted to meet the needs of participants at all levels in their craft. While some require a certain level of experience, others are also open to persons who are beginning on their writing journey. The workshops run between two and four hours.
This year, the festival features more than twelve workshops which run variously on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We invite you to go through the list of workshops below and apply for any of them. The deadline for applying is 9th October, 2022.
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After a break in August, Poetry Time at Goethe Abansoro returns this September with poets Taru Thompson and Sabukie Osabutey in a reading and conversation with Martin Egblewogbe. This edition of Poetry Time at Goethe Abansoro is slated for Wednesday 14th September 2022, at 7 PM GMT at the Goethe-Institut in Cantonments, Accra. You are cordially invited to this event.
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Writers Project of Ghana is extending the deadline for the 2022 Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize, an annual award for Oral History narrated by a woman over the age of 65 years. This prize was established by the family of Abena Korantemaa, and is sponsored by MAKEDA PR. The competition is open from now until Sunday 18th September, 2022.
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In collaboration with Accord Literary, Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra announces the opening of applications for the Accord Young Adult Fiction Workshop. The workshop focuses on creative writing aimed at young adults between the ages of 8 and 18 years. The workshop will run for three days from the 13th of October to 15th of October 2022 and is open to writers in Ghana who write for the specified age group.
Applications will be received until 11th September 2022.
Read on to find out how to apply.
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