Workshop materials, light entertainment will be made available for participants.įor submissions and for further inquiries, contact the coordinators: Or send by post to Lumina Literary Agency, Blue House, 19 Unilag Road, Yaba, Lagos.
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Please submit only one short story along with a brief (Not more than 20 words) biodata and a recent photo (Portrait).Įmail, send as attachment in PDF format to either of the coordinators Reading sessions and short tours will also be organized to give the authors and their work ample publicity in addition to providing publishing outlets for their work. Royalty is be paid to the authors in the published collections accordingly. In future, after the workshop, further selections would be from the work done at the workshop and these will be published in three collections. The tradition is that a renowned writer, most likely a Nobel Laureate would be one of the facilitators of this workshop.
Sixty of these short stories were selected and their authors invited for a workshop in Lagos on August3rd and 4th, 2012. To kick off its activities, Lumina Literary Agency made a call for unpublished short stories of not more than 2,500 words from African Writers living anywhere in the world. It is interested in adult literary fiction, Children’s fiction, drama and poetry. Lumina Foundation for Integral Human Development promotes the holistic development of the human person, covering all aspects of life: social. PHILANTHROPY: THE FOUNDATION ACTIVELY SUPPORTS THE PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR AS. You will agree with us that the progress of any nation is inter-twined with the quality of the imagination of the people. It is on this premise that Lumina Literary Agency has chosen the finding, editing and publishing of talents as our entry point into the business of imagination and imageries. The resources as we can perceive needs nurturing and careful mentoring. What is visible and quantifiable is the amount of creative resources Nigeria as a country is blessed with. The relationship between creative enterprises and commercial enterprises may not be very visible in a society such as ours. Ensures book signing sessions, readings and literary performances.Works with bookshops, reading clubs and libraries.
Ensures visibility for our writers and their works. Edits manuscripts – works with writers we have signed on for a better, richer book, both in content and packaging. Pitches publishers for the writers we represent. Arranges literary panels, presentations, talks and tours for writers. Schedules and hosts meetings with/for both established and budding writers. Organizes an annual International literary workshop and publishes anthologies of selected works from the workshop. The grant to Old Dominion is part of a 725,000 commitment by Lumina to six public four-year colleges and universities in the commonwealth, the. Organizes Nobel Laureates’ Breakfast Meetings 9 that Old Dominion University has received 105,000 to work on a Lumina Foundation project to increase the enrollment and graduation of underrepresented minorities. Represents Unoma Azuah, Ogochukwu Promise and Francesca Emanuel. Wole Soyinka (Africa’s first Nobel Laureate for Literature) The Lumina Literary Agency is the Agency Department of The Lumina Foundation. Hence, Lumina Literary Agency has arrived to fill the void. Due to the dearth of publishing in Nigeria, while thousands of gifted Nigerians are eager to share their stories, there has been no recourse to the plight of the aspiring Nigerian writer. He earned a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies at Arizona State University and received an honorary doctor of humane letters from Marycrest International University.The Lumina Literary Agency is the latest literary agency in Nigeria poised to aggressively scout for new and undiscovered talents, edit manuscripts, provide publishing outlets and publicity to promote these writers. Matthews is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and earned a master’s degree in bilingual education at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M. He began his career as a first-grade teacher in Taos, N.M. He has been a legislative staff member, faculty member and university trustee, and has worked with higher education institutions in Mexico, Canada, and Japan. Matthews has served in a variety of higher education leadership roles, including Senior Adviser to the President and Vice President of the Education Commission of the States (ECS), Director of Programs and Services for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and Executive Director of the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. Dewayne Matthews is Vice President for Policy and Strategy of Lumina Foundation for Education.
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