How to Apply
Please collate the following into one PDF or doc/docx document:
- A short cover letter (approx. 1 page) including home address and Eircode/postcode.
In your cover letter, please include the following:
- Why would you like to be selected as an Irish Writers Centre/Cúirt Young Writer Delegate?
- How will this opportunity benefit your writing practice? (you may wish to write about the bullet points listed in the programme outline above e.g. mentoring, festival events, etc.)
- Your role representing the IWC and Belfast Book Festival 2024 through your contribution to the official Young Writer Delegates Instagram and post-festival review
- Curriculum Vitae (max. two A4 pages)
- Two differing samples of work (max. 500 words each)
Criteria for Selection
Participants will be chosen on the basis of one or more combinations of the following:
- Eligibility: Participants must be over the age of 18 and resident on the island of the Ireland for a period of no less than one year. Applicants must not have availed of the Young Writer Delegates Programme in the last three years (of any iteration/festival) in order to be eligible.
- Intent: The cover letter expressing the applicant’s intent and reason for taking part is key in informing our decisions. Be sure to tell us about your ideas on how your presence as a delegate will add value to the festival.
- Samples: Your samples will inform part of the decision-making process.
- Geography: We are seeking applications from all over the island, with at least one local writer from the Galway area to be selected.
Please note that incomplete or late applications will not be considered.