Academi

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The Academi is the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors.The Academi runs events, courses, competitions (including the Cardiff International Poetry Competition, with the support of Cardiff Council and offering a First Prize of £5000), conferences, tours by authors, lectures, international exchanges, events for schools, readings, literary performances and festivals. Academi is responsible for Services to Writers and offers financial bursaries, critical advice and mentoring as well as running the annual Wales Book of the Year Award. Academi is also responsible for the National Poet of Wales project and the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales.

Academi has three funding schemes which can offer support towards literature workshops, lectures, readings, conferences, stomps, poems & pints nights and indeed any event concerned with the practice, promotion, appreciation or development of creative writing.

Contact Academi:
post@academi.org
029 2047 2266
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