WAG

Writers' Association of The Gambia

The Association shall be a voluntary, non-profit-making, non-partisan, non-religious and non-segregationist organization. The registered office of the Association shall be situated in the Greater Banjul Area of The Gambia. The Association shall aim to serve the cause of the advancement of writers in The Gambia and to promote a progressive literary culture among Gambians, Africans and the rest of the world’s peoples. It shall promote, encourage and facilitate creative and other technical writing in The Gambia; promote links between Gambian writers to enhance their collective and individual literary capacities, productivity and interests, nationally and internationally; promote the writing of technical, research and school materials; co-ordinate the publication and dissemination of literary texts by Gambians; establish high standards in the writing, production and publication of texts from Gambian writers residing in The Gambia; foster and enhance the patriotic and constructive role of Gambian and other resident writers in national development; ensure the protection by law of the works and originality of Gambian writers, in particular, and of other writers in The Gambia, in general; monitor the stringent application of copyright safeguards; facilitate documentation and preservation of all published materials by Gambian writers and when possible archiving them; present the Lenrie Peters Memorial Award annually to a deserving author and other incentives to writers; do all things that helps to promote the aims and objectives of the association.

Membership details

Membership is opened to all Gambian writers resident in The Gambia and abroad, who subscribe to and comply with the goals and objectives of the Association. Reputable expatriate writers, who are resident in The Gambia and support the objectives of the Association, can apply for membership as associate members.

Membership fees apply thus:

A non-refundable fee of D100 (One-Hundred Dalasi) or $5 (Five dollars) which is the cost of the application form is to accompany all applications.
A non-refundable annual subscription of D200 (Two-Hundred Dalasi) or $10 (Ten dollars) is payable by each member.

All payments should be made before a member is officially considered thus. The association can only support and defend rights of its members. As soon as the association is launched, only members are kept on the mailing list and duly informed of immediate activities.

Payment methods:

To our local bank, kindly send a message to wagexec@gamwriters.com for details. From abroad, kindly download the details below:

Payment details in the UK

Payment details in the USA

First WAG Workshop - Online newspaper news

WAG organizes workshop on fiction writing

MAM NDEGENE SECKA on 10 May, 2011 03:56:00

The Writers Association of The Gambia (WAG) in collaboration with Pearson, yesterday opened a five day workshop on fiction writing at the Senegambia Beach Hotel. The workshop which is funded by The Gambia National Commission for UNESCO will focus on fiction writing and short stories. Read More...

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Gambian writers urged to push the pen for peace

MARIAM SAINE on 16 May, 2011 06:57:00

Yahya Al-Matarr Jobe, principal programme officer at the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO (UNESCO-NATCOM), has called on Gambian writers to be good ambassadors of peace after successfully acquiring skills and knowledge from a week-long fiction writing workshop. “Having the world’s strongest weapon, the pen, you should struggle for peace and progress of society through your writings,” he said. Mr. Jobe made this call at the close of a five-day workshop on fiction writing organised by the Writers Association of The Gambia (WAG) yesterday at the Senegambia Beach Hotel in Kololi. Read more...

Today Newspaper - Online Edition - The Gambia's Quality Newspaper:

WAG to train members on fiction writing

TODAY on 29 April, 2011 03:56:00 The Writers’ Association of The Gambia has concluded plans to organize a five-day capacity building programme for its members. The workshop which will focus on Fiction Writing is being supported through a grant from The Gambia National Commission for UNESCO. The workshop which will hold between Monday May 9 and Friday May 13, 2011 will be conducted by Pearson education Publishers. According to the organizers, the training programme is expected to have impacts on participants’ future writing. It would also include review of short stories by members.

The Writers’ Association of the Gambia (WAG) has received a grant from the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM) to conduct a workshop on creative writing with emphasis on fiction writing. The workshop was conducted by Pearson Education Publishers UK from Monday May 9 to Friday May 13, 2011 at the Senegambia Beach hotel. Sally Howes, Watermark Publishing, publishing and project management was the lead facilitator of the workshop. Read more...