article • July 10, 2025

The Mo Issa Writing Workshops 2025

The Mo Issa Writing Workshops 2025

Writers Project of Ghana announces the opening of applications for the 2025 edition of the Mo Issa Writing Workshops. Organised by Writers Project of Ghana and sponsored by The Authenticity Project, the Mo Issa Writing Workshops are an annual writing workshop series to help new writers improve their skill.

This year's workshops are open to writers who are currently working on their stories, with a focus on fiction and non-fiction. The deadline for receiving applications is Saturday, 15th August 2025 and the workshop sessions will start on Saturday 31st August 2025.

Workshop sessions will run until 28th September, 2025, and will be held online and in-person, where possible. The workshops are organised around weekly one-on-one sessions with the facilitators on weekdays and a teaching and discussion session on Saturday afternoon (Ghana time).

Writers working on fiction and nonfiction are encouraged to apply. The workshop sessions will involve the assessment of individual scripts and cover (a) Creative concepts and content (b) Structure, language, setting, dialogue (c) Editing and (d) Rewriting the manuscript.

Only six places are available for this year's workshops. Interested persons are encouraged to apply early.

GUIDELINES:

  • Send an application by email to info@writersprojectghana.com with the subject "Mo Issa Writing Workshops".
  • In the body of the email, add a short self introduction.
  • Attach a sample of your writing (fiction, and not more than 3,000 words) as a Word or PDF document.

    • The submitted works will be the primary material used during the workshops.