!!!! Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship Scheme 2026
Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship Scheme 2026
Closing date: 2 October 2025
The Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. The scheme provides mid-career and established writers with residency opportunities at a number of partner Irish universities.
It focuses on providing a stimulating environment for the resident writer, and affording 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.
The scheme is available in the following universities:
- Arts Council Writer in Residence at Dublin City University
- Arts Council Irish Language Writer in Residence at Dublin City University
- Arts Council Writer in Residence at Maynooth University
- Arts Council Writer in Residence at University of Galway
- Arts Council Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin
- Arts Council Writer in Residence at University College Cork
- Arts Council Writer in Residence at University College Dublin
Read guidelines and information about Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship Scheme 2026
!!!! Writers in Schools: Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland
Writers in Schools Scheme
Poetry Ireland’s Writers in Schools scheme part-funds visits by writers and storytellers to primary and post-primary schools in the Republic of Ireland (funded by The Arts Council) and Northern Ireland (funded by Arts Council Northern Ireland).
Over the past 22 years, the scheme has given more than 500,000 children the chance to work closely with writers in the classroom. Poetry Ireland believes that the creative energy sparked by these first-hand encounters with writers can trigger an appreciation of the emotional and intellectual power of language that lasts a lifetime.
Writers in Schools single visits are:
- Suitable for primary and post-primary school groups
- Available in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Available with a range of artists including poets, novelists, storytellers, teen fiction writers, children’s writers and screenwriters
- 2 hours with a selected writer, which can be divided into shorter sessions for different class groups (eg two/ three sessions during one visit).
- €100/£85 per visit. This is half the writer’s fee, paid by the school. Poetry Ireland funds the balance plus travel expenses.
B type visits (4 hours/ cost €200/ £170) are reserved for special projects, with more information available upon request.
To apply for the Writers in Schools single visit, please visit: Writers in Schools scheme | Poetry Ireland | Poetry Ireland