Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) is the world’s foremost, entirely one-of-a-kind international literary study and cultural organization, founded in 1998 and currently operating on three continents: North America (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Europe (Vilnius, Lithuania), and Africa (Nairobi-Lamu, Kenya). After ten years Read More
About the Program: In December 2017, SLS Kenya will relaunch in a slightly different format. We will be offering two workshops/residencies in Kenya: the first in the Loita Hills territory of the Maasai land, in the Southern Rift Valley, Read More
Summer Literary Seminars, one of the world’s preeminent international literary programs, is excited to announce our first program Read More
Interested in our 2016 Kwani?-SLS program in Kenya? Here’s your chance to win free tuition with a tweet!
June 27th 12:00 AM – July 3rd 11:59 PM
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Announcing the winners of this year’s SLS Fiction and Poetry Contest!
Thank you to all who participated; we have received close to 500 submissions, with lots of strong work from every
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