Penguin Random House’s Post

Applications for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards are NOW OPEN! 📝 📙 Penguin Random House is partnering with We Need Diverse Books for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards—with a new Chinua Achebe Award for Freedom of Expression. This award will honor the influential Nigerian author whose works forever changed the global literary landscape.  Applications are open NOW! Seniors at U.S. public high schools, apply today to win $10,000 in #scholarship funds. The application and scholarship details can be found at the website below: bit.ly/CWA2026

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This is great! But why is it only open to US students?

A Chinua Achebe award/scholarship only for American students? *sigh*

I don’t get. A scholarship named after a Nigerian but is only opened to people based in the US?

Is this open for writers of India?

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Wow this is so amazing to see! 👏🏽

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I remember reading Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" in High School, it's such a devastatingly important exploration of colonialism and its consequences. This scholarship is a great way to help young writers while honoring him.

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Please add my book

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Really very good opportunity for young readers 👍 #bookreaders #bookswagon

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