International Literary Seminars

International Literary Seminars is a unique and intensive series of literary workshops in Kenya.

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P.S.: If you are interested in joining us, please apply ASAP! https://t.co/8r4CwjZ5s7

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More than $3000 of the $12000 goal has been raised for our friend and first-prize 2024 ILS East African Fiction Contest winner Gloriah Amondi to attend the Master’s in Creative Writing program at Concordia University! Please continue to donate and share: https://t.co/daG3BrNJnd

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Your donation is much appreciated, even a small amount helps. https://t.co/APMjP3PgBB 3/3

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Our friend and first-prize 2024 winner of the ILS East African Fiction Contest, Gloriah Amondi, has a unique opportunity to attend the Master’s in Creative Writing program at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. However, to get a Canadian visa, she must meet a minimal 1/3

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financial requirement, an astronomical amount for her with relatively short notice, and we want to help her reach her goal through a GoFundMe fundraiser so she can pursue her dream of being a storyteller. 2/3

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The Maasailand Writer and Artist Retreat runs May 16-28, with 12 people. Contact Professor Mikhail Iossel about the retreat at [email protected].

Photo by Mikhail Iossel.

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George Saunders highly recommends the International Literary Seminars in his March 28 Substack, with a special treat from ILS Creative Director Mikhail Iossel reading Isaac Babel’s “Guy de Maupassant” in Russian: https://t.co/eN2Kiy6O44 🧵

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East African participants in the workshops, and exposure to an international literary community benefits the East African participants as well.

In Nairobi and Lamu, the ILS program runs July 7-22, with 26 workshop participants. For more information and to apply go here: 🧵

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friends, outside of writing and talking about writing during the ILS Program: July 7-22. Apply here, or encourage someone else to apply: https://t.co/moDHNb4uuy 5/5

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This is how it could go, friends:

You arrive in the dead of night and wake to the city of Nairobi singing. The picture in your hotel room shows a vase of flowers, the image extending onto the frame.

You think you know how to navigate people-filled sidewalks and streets, 1/5

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from the warm Indian Ocean spray.

From the boat, you connect the stars to constellations, to the stories behind the constellations, to the stories you’ve shared and created with your new friends during the International Literary Seminars.

This is how it could go, 4/5

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outside of writing and talking about writing during the ILS Program: July 7-22. Apply here, or encourage someone else to apply: https://t.co/8r4CwjZ5s7 5/5

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the warm Indian Ocean spray.

From the boat, you connect the stars to constellations, to the stories behind the constellations, to the stories you’ve shared and created with your new friends during the International Literary Seminars.

This is how it could go, friends, 4/5

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where you can write while experiencing the local culture and wildlife:
Maasailand Writer and Artist Retreat, May 16-28.
12 people, 13 days.

More information and photos can be found here. Only a few spots remain! Contact Professor Mikhail Iossel at [email protected]. 5/5

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We love you procrastinators, but you're running out of time to join us for the International Literary Seminars in Kenya this July! Send us your best writing for a chance to secure your spot. You could be one of 26 participants working on fiction with Dawn Raffel or on poetry 1/5

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and the Gods, featuring former 2022 ILSers Kyra Simone and Radhiyah Ayobami. Save the date for the launch party on April 28 at Torn Page for those of you in New York.

Or, if you want to get to Kenya even sooner (this May!), join for an unofficial retreat in the Maasai Mara, 4/5