Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 2026

The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship is a UK-funded program for early-career academics and researchers who aim to publish their first academic book. It offers editorial guidance, mentorship, financial support, and publishing resources to help fellows develop manuscript-ready work across humanities and social sciences disciplines.

Editorial guidance and one-year editorial mentorship; £1,000 financial support; £250 worth of Bloomsbury Academic books; publishing resources; access to academic conferences, online writing courses, literary events, and one-to-one support from publishing professionals.

Early-career academics and researchers who are UK-based and from Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse (BAED) backgrounds.

Submit a 200-word synopsis, a provisional table of contents and word count, a 1,000-1,500 word sample extract, and create an account on writersandartists.co.uk.