LOOSE media in partnership with African Artists’ Foundation recently announced a five month grants initiative to support the launch of a platform for aspiring writers known as Loose Conversations.

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The Loose Conversation initiative is designed to challenge one’s mindset; a storytelling- based strategy to give a voice to conversation society has been afraid to have, challenging the status quo and allowing for new standards of thinking.

Speaking during a press conference, the Managing Director/CEO., LOOSE Media Limited, Valentine Ohu, said: ‘’The ‘everyone has a story’ literary commission is a meaningful reflection of our unique relationships and experiences through the art of storytelling. The grant provides important funding to support aspiring writers, further important conversations and invest in online communities through writing.”

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Ohu noted from March, 2019, the organization will grant one lucky winner $1,000 for five exceptional stories and $1,000 to one writer every month until July 2019. He said the initiative is dedicated to empower writers from all backgrounds to express themselves in unorthodox ways.

‘’The first submission window for this grant will be from March 11th  till March 18. To advance this grant, Loose Media will employ various offline and online promotional tools to support this work and enhance outreach.” he said.