Deadline: 28-Jul-22
The Arts Council has introduced a Literature Project Award in recognition of the changing landscape for literary work in Ireland.
The Award is conscious that there are numerous ways in which literature reaches readers and audiences, and that writers are often working in new and innovative ways, often in collaboration with other writers or artists from other disciplines.
With this in mind, the Literature Project Award has been developed to support projects that connect literature with readers and audiences. The Literature Project Award will also support projects that allow writers and illustrators to research, develop and create work in new and innovative ways.
The Literature Project Award will support a wide range of activities, including, but not limited to:
- Traditional publications
- Digital publications
- Digital presentations
- Live literary and storytelling events
- Readings
- Talks
- Recordings
- Podcasts
- Reader-development projects
- Workshops
- Residencies
- Collaborative-writing projects
- Spoken word/live literature
- Experimental-writing projects/practices
- Collaborative research and development
- Innovative presentations
The Literature Project Award supports discrete activities and outcomes rather than a series of events or activities. Literature projects should have a defined beginning and end; ongoing activities can be supported through a number of other Arts Council funding programmes, including Strategic Funding and Arts Grants Funding.
Award Information
You may apply for up to €30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The award is open to professional artists, groups of artists and organisations working in literature. 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.
For more information, visit Arts Council.
For more information, visit https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Literature-Project-Award/