NURTURING WRITERS & WRITING

"Moniack Mhor is a wonderfully inspiring and regenerative space." "Spending time at Moniack Mhor made such a shift in my writing and my confidence as a writer."
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BURSARY SUPPORT

"Moniack Mhor supports writers from all backgrounds and from all walks of life. Our bursary programme provides access for those who may find fees a barrier to joining a residential or online course or retreat, or taking part in mentoring."
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Young Writers

"To have someone take my work seriously and help me try and improve was a real confidence boost"
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RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

"The team at Moniack Mhor, with great care and thoughtfulness, have not only created a magical and functional space for the imagination, but also a refuge for genuine human connections.”
Find out about our Residency and Awards Programme

OUR BEGINNINGS

"Come on a journey to 1993: crofting tales linger but now the smell of paint is fresh in the air, the final pictures are being hung on stone walls and there is frantic unpacking of auction house crockery and cutlery. We welcome our first course, led by Liz Lochead, Roger McGough and the late Aonghas MacNeacail"
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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.

EMERGING WRITER AWARD
EMERGING WRITER AWARD
A warm welcome and a well-stoked log fire await you at Submissions for the 2026 Emerging Writer Award will open from 1st November to 30th November 2025. The award winner will receive a tailor-made package worth up to £2,000 including tuition via open courses, retreat time and/or mentoring at Moniack Mhor. .
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MENTORING MASTERCLASS
MENTORING MASTERCLASS
Mentoring is growing increasingly popular as a support for emerging poets working towards a first collection. But how exactly can a mentoring programme help and how effective is it? Are there opportunities to reimagine it? Join Cáit O’Neill McCullagh and John Glenday for an online discussion and reading where they will examine these issues, discuss their perspectives of the mentoring relationship and share their poetry.
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YOUNG WRITERS CAFÉ
YOUNG WRITERS CAFÉ
Join KICKFLIP author LD Lapinski to find out how comics and graphic novels are created and published. Get to grips with the script to illustration process, and learn how anyone can be a comics creator, no experience required!
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FIRST STAGES
FIRST STAGES
ARE YOU AGED 16 – 25, LIVE IN SCOTLAND AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN WRITING SONGS?
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ONLINE: TRAVEL WRITING
ONLINE: TRAVEL WRITING
"Travel” need not mean physically going far. It can describe an experience of places and people close to home, one in which memory and history also play a part. On this 4-week online course tutored by author Miranda France, you’ll learn how to look at and describe worlds both strange and familiar, shaping what you learn into a story that others will want to read. Through texts and images, interviews, conversation and written exercises, you’ll think about different  approaches to describing nature, cities, cultures and people, both for books and shorter texts.
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YOUTH LED FUND
YOUTH LED FUND
Are you creative, living in Scotland and aged 8-30? Apply now for up to £500 for your creative activity or project
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