The trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry are delighted to announce Molly Twomey as the recipient of the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary. Molly was nominated by the Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paul Muldoon and the nomination was confirmed by the trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust. The Ireland Chair of […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to announce Dane Holt as the recipient of the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. Dane will receive an award of £2,000 to facilitate his journey to Paris, France. Commenting on this year’s Travel Award the adjudication panel, comprised of the Trustees together with the current […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Student Award. Now in its fourth year, the Student Award is an initiative encouraging the writing of poetry within the three universities that support the Trust. The Trust has awarded the following students: Rhiannon McGavin Shakeema Edwards Simon Goligher Emma […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. The Travel Award was established in order 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 […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award. Now in its fourth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry. This award is open to Masters students […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to announce Jane Clarke as the recipient of the 2022 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. Jane will receive an award of £2,000 to facilitate her journey to the Lake District. Commenting on her award Jane had this to say: ‘I’m delighted and honoured to accept the […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Student Award. Now in its third year, the Student Award is an initiative encouraging the writing of poetry within the three universities that support the Trust. The Trust has awarded the following students: Eoghan Totten (QUB)Elizabeth Oxley (TCD)Kate Lawlor (UCD)Viviana […]

The trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry are delighted to announce Jessica McKinney as the recipient of the 2021 Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary. Jessica was nominated by Ireland Professor of Poetry Frank Ormsby and the nomination was unanimously confirmed by the trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust. The Ireland Chair of […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2022 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award. Now in its fourth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry. This award is open to Masters students […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2022 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. The Travel Award was established in order 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 […]