The Ignite Fellowship is currently closed.

Find out about this year’s fellows

The Ignite Fellowship supports established writers who're 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.

Fellows receive:

• A flexible programme to suit the individual needs of the awardee
• A £2,000 cash award, allowing them to focus on their work
• Tailored personal development opportunities which can include mentoring from writers, industry professionals and networking opportunities
• A week-long writing retreat at Moniack Mhor alongside New Writer Awardees
• A showcase event in a bookshop
• Training and support in marketing, promotion and press
• Reasonable travel expenses for all trips to attend programme commitments

The Fellowship was developed in consultation with our Writers Advisory Panel and is run in partnership with the Gaelic Books Council(this will open in a new window). One space on the programme is reserved for a writer working in Gaelic. We also strongly encourage applications from writers working in Scots.

Comhaltachd Ignite

Tha Duais LAS a’ cur taic ri sgrìobhadair stèidhichte a tha a’ tòiseachadh no ag obair air pròiseact 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.

Gheibh neachd-cosnaidh na duaise:

• Prògram sùbailte a fhreagras air feumalachdan fa leth neach-cosnaidh na duaise.
• Duais airgid de £2,000, 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.
• Tachartas ‘taisbeanaidh’ ann am bùth leabhraichean.
• Trèanadh agus taic ann am margaideachd, adhartachadh is meadhanan.
• Cosgaisean siubhail reusanta.

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(this will open in a new window).