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Ignite Fellowship

An annual award supporting the talents and ambitions of professional writers.

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Applications for The Ignite Fellowship are now open. Send us your application by noon on Wednesday 18 September 2024.

Apply now in English

Apply now in Gaelic

How to apply 

The Ignite Fellowship supports established writers who are embarking on or working through a significant project. You can apply whether the project is in its very earliest stages or already a work in progress. Find out more about this year's Ignite Fellows.

The Fellowship was developed in consultation with our Writers Advisory Panel. There are three awards available in total. We are working in partnership with the Gaelic Books Council to provide one award specifically for a writer working in Gaelic. We also strongly encourage applications from writers working in Scots.

The Fellowship is free to apply to and all travel expenses for programme commitments are covered. Awardees are chosen by a panel of judges. 

Fellows receive: 

All mentoring, training and similar opportunities include an option for remote attendance as needed. We're very happy to discuss anyone's individual access requirements prior to applying.

We work closely with awardees to help them participate in the programme as fully as possible. If applicants have any access needs or barriers they would like to discuss prior to application, please email [email protected].

Comhaltachd Ignite (Gaelic Translation)

Tha Duais Las (Ignite) a’ cur taic ri sgrìobhadair stèidhichte a tha a’ tòiseachadh no ag obair air pròiseact Gàidhlig cudromach. Faodaidh tu tagradh air a shon eadar gu bheil am pròiseact aig na h-ìrean as tràithe no a tha mar-thà na obair a’ dol air adhart. Faigh tuilleadh a-mach mu Chomhaltaichean Ignite na bliadhna seo.

Tha a’ Chomhaltachd saor an-asgaidh airson tagradh, tha cosgaisean siubhail uile an lùib dealasan a’ phrògraim gan còmhdach agus tha luchd-faighinn dhuaisean air an taghadh le pannal de bhritheamhan.

Gheibh neachd-cosnaidh na duaise:

  • Prògram sùbailte a fhreagras air feumalachdan fa leth neach-cosnaidh na duaise.

  • Duais airgid de £2,500, a’ ceadachadh dhaibh cuimseachadh air an obair.

  • Cothroman leasachaidh pearsanta a dh’aon ghnothaich, a dh’fhaodadh a bhith a’ gabhail a-steach meantoradh bho - sgrìobhadair(ean) eile, comhairle bho phroifeiseantaich agus cothrom bruidhinn ri luchd-ealain eile.

  • Seisean sgrìobhaidh fad seachdain ann am Mon Itheig còmhla ri Luchd-cosnaidh Duaisean nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra (le ùmhlachd do shuidheachaidhean làithreach).

  • Trèanadh agus taic ann am margaideachd, adhartachadh is meadhanan (ma thogras an neach).

Bidh sinn ag obair gu dlùth le luchd-faighinn dhuaisean gus an cuideachadh gu com-pàirteachadh sa phrògram cho mòr ’s a ghabhas. Ma bhios feumalachdan ruigsinneachd no bacaidhean sam bith aig tagraichean a bu mhath leotha a chonaltradh ron tagradh, feuch gun cuir sibh post-d gu [email protected]

Ceann-latha: ro mheadhan-latha, Diciadain 18 an t-Sultain 2024

Tha aon chothrom sa phrògram air a ghlèidheadh gu sònraichte do sgrìobhadair ag obair ann an Gàidhlig. Chaidh Duais Las a leasachadh ann an co-chomhairle le ar Pannal Comhairleachaidh Sgrìobhadairean agus tha i air a chur air dòigh ann an com-pàirteachas le Comhairle nan Leabhraichean.

It's so lonely writing in my wee space in the few hours the kids are in school and I'm not teaching or editing; it's impossible to describe what having that [writing retreat] community for five days gave me.

- Meghan Flaherty, previous awardee