{"id":588,"date":"2026-05-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5.189.180.62:85\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/become-a-certificated-writer\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:53:48","slug":"become-a-certificated-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/become-a-certificated-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a certificated writer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are proud to host the Fort Portal section for the three-month accredited course in creative writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn how to write great stories, how to edit, publish and market them &#8211; and get into a financial literacy training as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To apply for this <strong>free<\/strong> programme, open to women between 18 and 35 years in the broader Fort Portal region, you have to submit a 500-word writing sample and demonstrate a clear passion for creative writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is brought to Toonda by Bayimba Academy and the Emboozi Teba Nkadde Literature Scholarship. <a href=\"https:\/\/bayimba.org\/academy\/certificate-in-creative-writing-ccw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartkidsuganda.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_1370.jpg\" alt=\"Announcement for the accredited creative writing course hosted at Toonda\" style=\"border-radius:8px\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to host the Fort Portal section of a three-month accredited course in creative writing, free for women aged 18 to 35 across the broader Fort Portal region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toonda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}