Announcing the 25-26 Support Schemes Recipients (supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland)

We are very happy to announce the recipients of this year’s support schemes for writers from or based in the North, made possible with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

This year we awarded:

20 Course Bursaries

Each recipient will receive course credit worth €190 towards a course at the Irish Writers Centre:

Cat Brogan

Jane Buckley

Stephen de Búrca

Anna Delargy Hunter

Eamonn Furey

Caroline Hoey

Eamonn Keenan

Brian Kelly

Jimmy Kerr

Jen Herron

Kirsty McConnell

Damian McElgunn

Bernie McQuillan

Maria McQuillan

Cara Mohan-Carr

Saoirse Morrigan

Siobhán Murphy

Saoirse Rafferty

Beckie Stew

Rachel Toner

20 Irish Writers Centre Memberships

Each recipient will receive one-year’s membership to the Irish Writers Centre:

Trish Bennett

Cat Brogan

Stephen de Búrca

Deirdre Cartmill

Rosemary Doherty

Tiffany Eaton

Siobhan Fenton

Eamonn Furey

Caroline Hoey

Katharina Kalinowski

Byddi Lee

Michael McFarland Campbell

Patrick McKenna

Maria McQuillan

Saoirse Morrigan

Annemarie Mullan

Siobhán Murphy

Vikkie Patterson

Sean Sheridan

Rachel Toner

This initiative is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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11 December, 2025

We are very happy to announce the recipients of this year’s support schemes for writers from or based in the North, made possible with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

This year we awarded:

20 Course Bursaries

20 Irish Writers Centre Memberships

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 International Debut Novel Competition

11 December, 2025

Announcing the 25-26 Support Schemes Recipients (supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland)

We are very happy to announce the recipients of this year’s support schemes for writers from or based in the North, made possible with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

This year we awarded:

20 Course Bursaries

20 Irish Writers Centre Memberships

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