Omondi Awarded SLF Working Class Writers Grant

Nancy Omondi has received the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class Writers Grant. The annual $1,000 grant supports working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers. The grant aims to assist writers historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers. Omondi is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer whose work emphasizes atmosphere and emotional restraint. Her stories often feature young narrators in spaces shaped by authority and unspoken expectations. She favors subtle shifts in perception, allowing speculative elements to emerge from the emotional lives of her characters. Omondi explores themes of grief, power, class, and belonging. She is currently working on a novel set in a boarding school.

Nancy Omondi is the recipient of this year’s Working Class Writers Grant , presented by the Speculative Literature Foundation ( SLF ).
The $1,000 grant is given annually to assist working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who “have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which make it hard to access the writing world.”
Nancy Omondi is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer whose work is defined by atmosphere and emotional restraint.

📚 BookAddict’s Take: If you are an emerging speculative fiction writer facing financial barriers, the SLF’s grant could be a game-changer for your writing career.

Source: Locus Magazine |
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