NURTURING WRITERS & WRITING
BURSARY SUPPORT
Young Writers
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
OUR BEGINNINGS
Moniack Mhor is Scotland’s National Writing Centre. Based in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, we run courses in a range of genres tutored by some of the finest authors in the UK and beyond. With workshops and one to one tutorials, our courses provide an atmosphere to fully immerse yourself in your writing. The centre also offers writing retreats providing time and space, free from distractions, where you will find yourself part of a nurturing writing community. Other support offered by Moniack Mhor includes awards, bursaries, professional residencies to develop works in progress and a programme for young writers.
ONLINE: ND APPROACHES
Neurodivergent approaches to repetition: a masterclass in two parts, with Debris Stevenson and Hannah Silva
These masterclasses focus on the neurodivergent tendency to loop, to glitch, to tic, to stim, to have an internal monologue or polylogue, to delight in repetition. We will approach the patterns of our minds as outlets, engines and hubs of creativity. This theme in two parts explores the topic from each artist’s perspective. Choose one or attend both. Join us if the topic calls to you, no writing experience or diagnosis required! 18th March, 2pm - 4pm
COURSE: ANIMAL POETRY
Join Gwyneth Lewis and Pascale Petit in writing as deeply as you dare into imagination’s bestiaries, during group workshops and bespoke individual sessions with award-winning poets who are pioneers of their own creaturely wilds.
MARCH RETREAT
Put those extra hours of sunlight to excellent use and work on your ideas as spring comes to the Highlands. Mon 24th March - Sat 29th March
Thig cruinn còmhla ri Pàdraig MacAoidh agus Eoin P. Ó Murchú is iad a’ leughadh is a’ deasbad na h-obrach cho-obrachail ùr aca ann an Gaeilge is Gàidhlig.
Bí in éineacht le Pàdraig MacAoidh agus Eoin P. Ó Murchú agus iad ag léamh agus ag plé a gcomhshaothair nua i nGaeilge agus i nGàidhlig.
Join Pàdraig MacAoidh and Eoin P. Ó Murchú as they read and discuss their new collaborative work in Gaeilge and Gàidhlig.
WORKSHOP: NATURE POETRY
Join poet and nature-lover Nalini Paul in this two-hour online poetry workshop. You will engage in a range of inspiring writing exercises to get the ideas flowing, look at examples of nature poetry and find new ways of unlocking the ideas that might lie trapped within your mind, just waiting to spring onto the page (or screen).
WORK WITH US
Are you creative, aged 16-30, and living in Scotland? Work with us to shape our new Youth Led Fund for isolated young people, with Creative Scotland
TUTORED RETREAT: CLIMATE
Signals in the Noise: A tutored retreat for those engaged on work in progress responding to the climate emergency, in any genre, who would value a concentrated period of time in which to write, to engage with feedback, and to enjoy focused, supportive conversations with tutors and fellow writers.