Empowering Tomorrow's Voices

C EL EB R AT IN G 50 Y E ARS OF PI O N EER I N G C RE AT IV E WRIT ING

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Chapter 1 R If someone asked you to tell them a story, what would you say?

Perhaps you would recount the plot of a favourite book that has always moved you in some way. Maybe you would tell them about something that happened to you.

It is said that everyone has a story to tell. But perhaps it would be more accurate to say that we are all comprised of many stories – the ones we tell others, the ones we are told, the ones we tell ourselves‌

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Chapter 2 R In 2020-21 we invite you to join UEA in celebrating 50 years of pioneering storytelling in a way that will shape international literature for the next 50 years.

With your support, our vision is to help emerging writers from around the globe tell important stories – stories that may change the world. The launch of UEA’s new Global Voices scholarship programme and the International Chair of Creative Writing will realise this vision.

We want to find and raise the next global generation of writers, understand their stories and see the world through their words...

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Chapter 3 R UEA’s creative writing alumni include the 2017 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE, Anne Enright, Tracy Chevalier, Louise Doughty, Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Emma Healey, Tash Aw, John Boyne, and many, many others who have gone on to become the cherished voices of our era.

Our alumni have won, or been shortlisted for, every major literary award in the UK. We have more published authors than any other UK institution. The writers that study with us go on to shape literature and the wider world, for which our programme was recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize.

Like all our graduates, their perspectives were enthusiastically encouraged and rigorously challenged during their time at UEA. They joined us here in Norwich, a UNESCO City of Literature and home to the National Centre for Writing, of which UEA was a founding partner, as part of their journey to become the writers the world knows and loves.

Through the Global Voices scholarships and the International Chairs, our aim is to transform the lives of emerging writers around the world so that they can transform the lives of others…

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Chapter 4 R Will you help us to celebrate 50 years of diverse, awardwinning, global literature at UEA by offering unrivalled opportunities to the next generation of writers?

In this ambitious part of our story, five writers from five regions – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East – will each hold the post of International Chair of Creative Writing for one year.

Each will represent emerging writers, both in their region and globally. They will be successful, high profile writers who can inspire and connect; who have a passion for world literature that transcends boundaries.

Alongside the Chairs we will create 50 international MA scholarships, helping UEA to establish the next generation of global writers.

By helping us change the faces, and voices, of literature for the next 50 years, you will be establishing a richer literary dialogue, stronger global voices, connectivity and empathy…

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Chapter 5 R The full cost of supporting the Global Voices scholarships and the International Chair of Creative Writing is £2.25 million over a five-year period. This will allow us to attract the very best calibre of writers, who will deliver an impressive impact on world literature…

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will fund three months of study for one international scholar. A life-changing contribution that could help launch a new writer’s career. will fund one full international scholarship at UEA, an unrivalled opportunity enabling a scholar to participate in the creative writing course without financial worries.

£450,000 Writing for one year – this includes creation will fund an International Chair of Creative of the global ambassadorial role of Chair, unique creative writing opportunities and 10 international scholarships on our prestigious MA programme.

Thank you for considering the part you will play in celebrating the extraordinary living story that is Creative Writing at UEA.

STORIES CHANGE THE WORLD. AND SO CAN YOU. We are proud to launch the International Chair of Creative Writing and Global Voices scholarships, as part of UEA’s Difference Campaign.

Drawing on 50 years of creative writing at UEA we aim to change the faces, and voices, of global literature for the next 50 years.

Using the power of philanthropy we will help stories to be written that will engage, inspire and remind us of our common humanity.

WILL YOU JOIN US? To discuss your gift please get in touch with UEA’s Development Office: Telephone: +44 (0)1603 592 945 Email: giving@uea.ac.uk

UEA is an exempt charity: HMRC reference number XN423