The arts council received 390 applications for this award and has offered a total of 68 awards in response, 18 of which were in the category English language literature. 29 (or it might have been 20) for visual arts, a handful for Dance, Film, Theatre, Opera, Traditional Arts, 1 for circus.
Here are the literary bursaries for round 1 2009, a mix of well known and not so well known (and unknown to me) names.
Kevin Barry, Dublin City Council, €15,000
Mary Branley, Sligo County Council, €3,200
Declan Burke, Wicklow County Council, €10,000
Monica Corish, Sligo County Council, €5,000
Danny Denton, Cork County Council, €3,200
Katie Donovan, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, €6,000
Christine Dwyer Hickey, South Dublin County Council, €15,000
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Wicklow County Council, €15,000
Andrew Fox, Fingal County Council, €10,000
Caroline Lynch, Galway City Council, €10,000
John Maher, Laois County Council, €10,000
Cormac McCarthy, France, €15,000 (Don't think this is the US author) Writes as Cormac James per Fin
Belinda McKeon, USA, €10,000
Helena Mulkerns, Wexford County Council, €9,000
Pete Mullineaux, Galway County Council, €3,600
Dennis O'Driscoll, Kildare County Council, €15,000
Slevin, Ailbhe, Galway City Council, €5,000
Wild, Ian, Cork County Council, €10,000
Whose name isn't there? Mine. But I did get a letter which didn't say it didn't get, if you know what I mean. It said the decision will be made after the September council meeting. I have no idea what that means. Did anyone else get a similar letter?
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i noticed a yank on that list. does that mean anybody can enter? can you give more information on the program? thanks
It's open to Irish residents and Irish citizens. Belinda was living in Co Dublin until recently. She programs the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Poetry Now festival so she's OK in my book
This list is for the last bursary (November-ish last year). Your letter concerns your current application. Decisions in September.
Thanks WRW. I didn't realise it took so long. Any update on your, what did they call it? 'possible grant sources'?
Well, I rang them to see what they had to say and they went through my last applic in detail with me, told me how I'd scored on each point etc. It was worth doing.
I scored 33 out of a possible 40. Folks who scored 35 got money. So at least I know I am doing the application right, iykwim. It just depends if the 3 peers who make the decision in the end, like what they see or not.
Did you see they got more applics than ever this time around??!! Narrowing our chances even further, it seems. Still, I will keep applying, as always!
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