The Arts Council has a long-standing partnership with a
number of Irish universities offering Writer-in-Residence/Fellowship positions
to provide university students of Creative Writing MA and MFA programmes with
an opportunity to work with and learn from a professional author of
distinction, and to enable writers to develop their work while in a position of
relative financial stability.
The Arts Council Writer in Residence was established to
provide a stimulating environment for the resident writer, and afford a degree
of financial support to concentrate on their own practice. Additionally, the
residency brings energy and dynamism to the university, and allows students and
faculty to engage with a practicing writer for a concentrated period.
Applications will be open for the following Writer in
Residence positions from early October:
Writers must apply directly to the University.
The closing date for all positions is 5.30pm on Thursday, 9 November.
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