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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 currently closed.

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 2024'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](this link will open in a new window).

Comhaltachd Las (Gaelic Translation)

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