The Irish Writers Centre will be open as usual this Saturday 25 November 2023. All scheduled courses and writing groups will take place inside our building at 19 Parnell Square this weekend. Please note, if you are travelling by public transport into Dublin City, there are currently no Luas Red Line services running between Smithfield and The Point. Luas tickets are valid for travel on Dublin Bus during this disruption. Luas information: https://luas.ie/travel-updates/ Dublin Bus information: https://www.dublinbus.ie/   For further information on access to our building, please email: info ..read more

Photo credit: A view of Glendalough taken by our Arts Administrative Assistant Tom Each month we update our Competitions, Submissions & Opportunities webpage, along with our Bursaries & Funding, to ensure that we are connecting our writers with the best upcoming opportunities. Here are a few deadlines we wanted to highlight this November. Submissions:   The Stinging Fly Magazine Deadline: 28th November 2023 The Stinging Fly has been at the forefront of the Irish literary scene since it launched all the way back in 1998. They publish two editions every year with a focus on new ..read more

  Writer: Gloria McNeely Gloria is a writer from Donegal. She graduated from UCD with a joint BA in English and Music, and since then has been heavily involved in the writing and performance scenes in Dublin. She runs dedicated book review accounts on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok under the name @gloriamcneelywriter, encompassing all writing but with a love of horror and darker stories. She published her first short story in late 2020 and will soon be releasing her first novella. Gloria has recently joined the IWC team as our new Arts Administration Intern.   Do you find others are ..read more

The Irish Writers Centre is pleased to announce a new round of support schemes for writers from or based in Northern Ireland, made possible with support from the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The supports for writers from or based in Northern Ireland include: 40 IWC Course Bursaries 20 IWC Memberships 30 IWC Mentoring supports Apply by Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 5:00pm. In keeping with Goal 2 of our 2022–2026 strategy, these schemes will enhance opportunities for people across all communities to participate in creative writing and enhance their writi ..read more

The deadline for Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair, our annual international writing competition, closed on Saturday 30th September and we are thrilled to let you that we received an unprecedented number of manuscripts (the largest number since 2012!). See below our panel of judges for Novel Fair 2024. We are excited to announce that Sharmilla Beezmohun, Eoin McHugh and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne are set to judge Novel Fair this year. Due to the high volume of submissions, we are currently seeking a 4th judge (to be announced soon). The Novel Fair judges will sift through entries from all over ..read more

DEADLINE: 27TH FRIDAY OCTOBER, 2023 AT 5PM The Irish Writers Centre (IWC) is seeking to add a new Treasurer to its Board of Directors to continue leading on the work of the Board in line with the 2022-26 strategy which can be found here. We are looking for those with a passion for the Arts and an interest in the literary landscape in Ireland. This Call seeks individuals with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas, having regard also to gender, diversity, and age balance: Financial reporting; Financial planning and budgeting; Statutory accounts audit; Tax; Fund-raising; an ..read more

We are currently seeking an Independent Financial Administrator to join our team at the Irish Writers Centre. This position is part time (one-day per week) and will be located at the Irish Writers Centre (Parnell Square, Dublin 1).  Independent Financial Administrator at the Irish Writers Centre JOB TITLE: Independent Financial Administrator Contractual position: one day per week (in Parnell Square, Dublin 1) Remuneration: €30 per hour or €210 per day for a 7-hour day Deadline for applications: Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 5pm. The Independent Financial Administra ..read more

Need a change of scenery to focus on your writing? How about some time in a quiet, tranquil place? The Irish Writers Centre and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre are happy to announce that applications are now open for our annual Jack Harte and Lacuna Bursaries.  The Lacuna Bursary is designed to support an emerging writer from an underrepresented background in Irish literature to develop their writing practice. The chosen writer will be awarded a fully resourced week-long writer-in-residence bursary to stay at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig. Find out more information and apply here Th ..read more

      Interviewer: Jo Morton This blog post has been written by our member of staff, Jo Morton, Communications and Marketing Officer, Irish Writers Centre.       This is the fourth interview in a series of conversations with past Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair winners. Our Communications and Marketing Officer, Jo Morton, interviewed secondary school teacher and multi-published author Kevin Curran, who generously shares his experiences of winning the first ever Novel Fair in 2011, his new novel Youth (Lilliput Press 2023), and the long and collaborative road from ..read more

We are thrilled to announce the awardees for the Irish Writers Centre Evolution Programme 2023-2024: Aoife Barry, Paul Carroll, Mia Christina Doring, Ana Kinsella, Marianne McShane, Juliette Saumande, Molly Twomey, Aimée Walsh, Tríona Walsh, and Gwen Wilkinson. The 10 selected Evolution Programme 2023-2024 (EP3) writers will benefit from a suite of tailored supports including career development with professional editorial, practical or creative support by way of a mentor, participation in clinics, performance opportunities at literary events, and self-selected Irish Writers Cent ..read more