Hay Festival is inviting applications for Hay Festival Writers at Work 2025, its professional development opportunity for Welsh writers, in partnership with Literature Wales, funded by Arts Council of Wales.
This opportunity for professional development for Welsh writers will take place during Hay Festival (22 May – 1 June) from Friday 23 May to Sunday 1 June 2025. The fully programmed 10 days will allow selected writers to attend masterclasses, workshops, and to network with Welsh, UK based and international writers, publishers, press and agents.
We invite applications from writers of fiction (all genres), non-fiction, and poetry in English and Welsh. Eligible applicants are Welsh writers (born, schooled, or currently living in Wales) who show a clear commitment to professional development.
Participants may be writers in the early phases of their writing career, more experienced writers who need - or would welcome - support to reach the next level of their career, or writers who feel they have achieved all they can in one genre or language and desire a step change. There is no age limit, beyond the minimum age of 18, and there are 10 places available.
Writers at Work is free to attend. A Writers at Work Bursary will cover accommodation, travel from within Wales or the UK and subsistence on site.
Find out more here
Deadline: 2.00pm, Friday 28 February 2025