Residencies, Retreats & Opportunities
National Mentoring Programme 2024
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Deadline:
March 2, 2024 at 5:00pm
Applications for the National Mentoring Programme will only be accepted through Submittable. Only one submission per applicant is allowed.
The National Mentoring Programme is an opportunity for selected writers across the island of Ireland to receive sustained creative and professional mentoring from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choosing.
About the National Mentoring Programme
A minimum of 35 mentoring relationships are on offer every year as part of the National Mentoring Programme. Applications are open annually through-out the month of February. Please note that the deadline for National Mentoring Programme 2023 has passed.
View the 37 writers selected for the National Mentoring Programme 2023 here.
The opportunity is available to writers of:
- Literary fiction
- Creative non-fiction
- Children’s / YA fiction
- Poetry
Writers from all thirty-two counties can apply. Selected mentees get to choose the writer they work with from our growing panel of experienced, professional writers (based on availability).
Each mentor reads up to 10,000 words / 180 lines of poetry of the awarded mentee’s writing in advance of all four meetings, sharing their kind and critical feedback with the mentee, face-to-face at each meeting. Mentors also provide broad professional advice, sharing the benefit of their years of experience.
Many of the mentorships are made possible thanks to the generous support of arts offices, arts centres, libraries and literature organisations across the island of Ireland.
These include:
Carlow County Council, Dublin City Libraries, Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown Arts Office, Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown Libraries, Droichead Arts Centre, Fingal Arts, Galway City Arts Office, Kildare Arts Service, Kilkenny Arts Office, Limerick City & County Arts Office, Longford County Council, Mayo Arts Office, Meath Arts Office, Offaly County Arts Office, Roscommon Arts Centre, Sligo County Council, South Dublin Arts Office, The Source Arts Centre, Westmeath Arts Office, Wexford Arts Office and Wicklow Arts Office.
We are grateful to all the above who fund individual mentorships for writers in their county area. The Arts Council generously supports this programme by ensuring that mentorships are available to writers living in ‘All Other Counties.’
Full details on eligibly and how to apply can be found on the National Mentoring Programme webpage.
