In many parts of the world, local writers (fiction and non-fiction), don’t have access to the cultural infrastructures necessary to develop their writing. Untold supports these writers to develop their writing; share their stories with wider communities in their own languages and reach new global audiences in translation.

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Untold’s Paranda Network project works with Afghan women in Afghanistan and those in the diaspora. For these writers, the future is uncertain and frightening.  For women writers in Afghanistan – their gender, their talent, their voice – is under threat.

 

“In the worst days of my country's history, Untold gave me hope and the spirit to write. No matter where I reach in my writing career, I will be thankful for Untold,”

Zainab, writer, Paranda Network project.

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Some of the writers in the Paranda Network have fled their country. Others have remained. Untold continues to work with these writers. Their safety is paramount, which is why their visibility online is limited, but keeping in touch with each other through what may lie ahead will provide support, encouragement, and an outlet for creativity, and, of course, trauma.

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Support these Afghan women to keep writing and stay connected to each other. 

All donations help – however small – and can contribute to supporting the activities below: 

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• £30 could provide internet data for a writer for three months, enabling her to communicate with not only her editor, but the outside world. 

• £175 could pay for a literary translator to translate a short story by an Afghan writer in the Paranda Network.

• £375 could provide 10-12 writers with enough internet data for a three month editorial process. 

• £750 could enable us to translate a writer's story, and provide them with individual feedback from our editorial team - helping them to develop their craft, and the potential of their fiction writing. 

• £2,500 could allow us to facilitate a three-month editorial process with a writer - translating and editing their work, holding one-to-one remote editorial sessions with our team, and developing their story for potential publication. 

• £3,500 could allow us to connect a writer from our community with an established, international mentor writer for a three-month mentorship. This would help them share experience and gain support, whilst also introducing them to international writing communities. Or enable us to facilitate online workshops and support for our network of writers, connecting women from across Afghanistan to share in their writing process. 

• £15,000 could allow us to facilitate a three-month editorial process with a cohort of 10 writers - translating and editing their work, holding one-to-one remote editorial sessions with our team, and developing their stories for potential publication.

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Untold is a Community Interest Company (company number 12654173). Prospero World (UK registered charity number 1163952) receives charitable donations in support of our work through its fiscal sponsorship programme, and to receive tax efficient donations from UK donors on our behalf.