British Council in collaboration with the African Storybook Initiative invites writers and illustrators to participate in a residential workshop for the production of mother-tongue based multilingual storybooks. The workshop is a component of the broader Story Making West Africa project which aims to promote the arts, education and mother-tongue based multilingual education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Story Making West Africa workshop pilots an initiative to create stories in indigenous languages and is an opportunity for individual West African writers and illustrators to contribute to the production of these storybooks at any African Storybook reading level, in indigenous languages and English. Up to 20 draft story manuscripts with ten manuscripts selected for publishing. Each manuscript will consist of 12-page stories in at least two languages (an indigenous African language and English). Illustrators draw and colour five sets of illustrations (that is, five story manuscripts). The 5-day workshop will bring together participants in Abuja, Nigeria from 12 to 16 March 2018 from Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana and will be facilitated by trainers from the African Storybook initiative. The workshop will be fully funded by the British Council inclusive of travel, accommodation and a small stipend as per diems. Interested writers and illustrators must be a resident of any West Africa country living and working in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal or Sierra Leone Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria Please complete the online application form with your details and a statement of motivation describing how you meet these criteria: Please complete the online application form with references and links to your portfolio of work (or 8 to 10 illustrations that you completed in the last 3 years), showing examples of your line and colour work. Also fill in a statement of motivation describing how you meet these criteria: – with discussion and support, conceptualise 12 pictures for a 12-page children’s story – draw rough sketches for 12 pictures – finalise sketches after feedback and create line drawings – add colour to line drawings – finalise 12 colour pictures (as png files) Complete the online application meeting the criteria above clicking here 21st February, 2018 Visit the British Council webpage for more information