Deadline: 22-Jun-23
Nominations are now open for the English Language Literature Bursary Award to enable professional writers and picture book artists (working mainly through the English language) to spend more time on their creative work.
The award seeks to provide writers and picture book artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect, create and write. It enables writers and picture book artists to concentrate on their creative work for a period of time, usually by releasing them from their financial commitments.
Definition of literature
For the purposes of this award, literature is defined by the Arts Council as:
- Creative non-fiction
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Children’s fiction and Poetry
- Graphic novels
- Illustrated picture books
Funding Information
Funding will be offered at fixed amounts. You should apply for one of the following amounts:
- €20,000
- €15,000
- €10,000
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- Be resident in the Republic of Ireland. There are certain exceptions where the Arts Council may deem eligible applications made by those based outside the Republic of Ireland. However, before admitting as eligible any such application, the applicant would need to explicitly outline within the application how the outcomes of any such proposal would benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland, and the Arts Council must be satisfied with same.
- Be professional practising artists. Although they might not earn income continuously or exclusively from their arts practice, applicants must identify themselves, and be recognised by their peers, as professional practising artists.
Ineligible
- People not eligible to apply include the following:
- Individuals currently in undergraduate education (including those undertaking foundation courses).
- Individuals seeking support towards fees for postgraduate (including unaccredited)/higher education or study
- Individuals seeking support towards work undertaken as part of a formal course of study
- Individuals seeking support towards the costs of undertaking an internship
- If you are in full-time employment, you must be seeking time away from employment to work on your practice, and how you plan to approach this should be outlined in your application. Otherwise, they cannot accept applications from those employed or contracted on a full-time basis by an arts organisation funded through Arts Council programmes or through direct state subsidy or by a commercial arts entity.
- Aosdána members in receipt of a cnuas.
For more information, visit Arts Council.