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The Hope Prize Mentorship Program
• The Hope Prize Mentorship Program
The Hope Prize Mentorship Program
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Hope Prize Mentorship Program is a six-month virtual mentorship from July to December offered to a single writer from that year’s shortlist. The program aims to support one emerging Zambian writer by pairing them with an experienced professional in their genre. The mentorship will be mentor-led, including one-on-one virtual check-ins, writing and submission advice, and craft discussions. There is no separate application process; all runner-ups to that year’s Ubwali Hope Prize will be considered.
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2024 Mentor & Protégé
• 2024 Mentor & Protégé
2024 MENTOR
ADEDAYO AGARAU is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and a Cave Canem Fellow. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine: A Journal of African Literature and Art. Fordham University Press will release his debut collection, "The Years of Blood," in the fall of 2025.
2024 PROTÉGÉ
ANNA ZGAMBO was born at Lusaka’s Kalingalinga Clinic in November 1989. She holds an English degree from the University of Pretoria, wrote a literary dissertation at the University of Zambia, and studies creative writing at Open Window University in Kabulonga. She is a ZEPH author, Ngoma Awards finalist, Zed Rasta Awards Winner and 2024 Idembeka Creative Writing Fellow. Thorn Bird Literary Agency represents her. She lives in Mtendere. She was shortlisted for the inaugural Ubwali Hope Prize for Three Poems.