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Milford Bursaries Retrospective

Posted on 26 March 2024 by Jacey Bedford

Here are the thoughts of Milford’s 2023 bursary winners. We’ll be announcing the recipients of the 2024 Mulford Bursaries in the next couple of weeks NEON YANG(they/them)I attended the Milford Workshop in the autumn of 2023, on the generosity of … Continue reading →

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Our Milford Bursary Writers 2023

Posted on 21 March 2023 by Jacey Bedford

The Milford committee is delighted to announce the bursary winners for 2023 are Akotowaa Ofori from Accra, Ghana. and Neon Yang, from Norwich, UK. Both writers will be participaring in the Milford Writers’ Conference in September. Ivana Akotowaa Ofori is … Continue reading →

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Milford Anthology – Cover Reveal

Posted on 14 March 2023 by Jacey Bedford

Eclectic Dreams Includes a previously unpublished Neil Gaiman story. Buy the ebook Buy the paperback Swashbucklers in space and superhero grandmothers. Mountain magic and generation ships. War poets and the music of the abandoned. Inscrutable aliens and deals with the … Continue reading →

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Milford Bursaries: Funded places for SF Writers of Colour

Posted on 10 January 2023 by Jacey Bedford

Go here to find out all about Milford SF conference for writers of science fiction and fantasy. Briefly, it’s a workshopping week with no tutors, just critique by fellow published writers. It’s been running in the UK since 1972, brought … Continue reading →

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Funded places for writers of colour to attend Milford SF in September 2022 – deadline approaching.

Posted on 8 February 2022 by Jacey Bedford

The deadline is 28th February 2022. Please reblog or distribute this information as widely as possible. Milford SF Writers’ Conference is offering two bursaries for self-identifying science fiction/fantasy writers of colour (BAME)  to attend the 2022 Milford SF Writers’ Conference … Continue reading →

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Milford Writers’ Retreat 2020 Booking Now

Posted on 3 September 2019 by Jacey Bedford

Places are booking now for the next Milford Writers’ Retreat. This is limited to 12 writers accommodated in single ensuite rooms. The date will be Saturday 6th to Saturday 13th June 2020, which is a delightful time to spend a … Continue reading →

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Milford funding deadline fast approaching.

Posted on 27 February 2019 by Jacey Bedford

The deadline is 28th February 2019. Milford SF Writers’ Conference is offering two bursaries for self-identifying science fiction/fantasy writers of colour (BAME)  to attend the 2019 Milford SF Writers’ Conference in the UK which takes place from 14th to 21st … Continue reading →

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Rochita Loenen Ruiz Talks About the Milford Bursary for Writers of Colour

Posted on 15 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Each year, finances permitting, Milford invites writers of colour to apply for one of the two available bursary places. In 2017, our first bursary year, our writers were Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Nigeria) and Dolly Garland (UK). In our second year … Continue reading →

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Milford Writers of Colour Bursary Awards

Posted on 10 April 2017 by Jacey Bedford

We are delighted to announce that the two bursary places for the 2017 Milford have been awarded to… <drum roll> Suyi Davies Okungbowa from Lagos, Nigeria, and Dolly Garland from London, UK. We’re looking forward to seeing them both in … Continue reading →

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