Submissions Now Open for 2025 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award and Travel Award

20th February 2025

The Ireland Chair of Poetry is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2025 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award and the 2025 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award!

About the 2025 Student Award: 

Now in its sixth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Master’s degrees in Creative Writing or Poetry. This award is open to Masters students studying for Master’s degrees in Creative Writing or Poetry in Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, or University College Dublin.

A minimum of one award will be made per participating university, with a further three awards available, provided sufficient merit is shown, and distributed at the discretion of the judging panel. Each award is valued at €1,000.

Please ensure you have read the submission guidelines before submitting your application.

The guidelines and application form can be found on the Ireland Chair of Poetry website here: http://irelandchairofpoetry.org/ireland-chair-of-poetry-opens-call-for-poetry-student-awards-2025/

The deadline for submission of applications is 5pm on Wednesday 12th March 2025.

All applications and queries can be made via email to irelandchairofpoetry@gmail.com

About the 2025 Travel Award: 

The Travel Award was established to assist poets in their creative development and specifically to help realise a project requiring travel within or outside Ireland and offers an award of £2,000 to do this.

The Trust hopes that this award will offer a poet an opportunity to step outside his or her everyday space and work on a project that will benefit their professional development.

The guidelines and application form can be found on the Ireland Chair of Poetry website here: http://irelandchairofpoetry.org/ireland-chair-of-poetry-opens-call-for-travel-award-2025/

The deadline for submission of applications is 5pm on Wednesday 12th March 2025.

All applications and queries can be made via email to irelandchairofpoetry@gmail.com