After a national callout by the Irish Writers Centre for their National Mentoring Programme (NMP) in December 2025, 41 writers have been awarded places from a total of 542 applicants. Each writer will receive mentoring from an established writer over the course of 2026.
The Roscommon based writer selected as this year’s recipient is Simon Geraghty.
Founded in 1991, the Irish Writers Centre is Ireland’s leading resource and development organisation for writers. Its vision is to support the life of the writer at every stage of their career. As one of the largest writer mentoring programmes in Ireland, NMP has an enormous impact on a writers’ journey by providing essential professional support and this year saw an increase of over 150 applications from around the country. The programme is aimed at both emerging and established writers.
Since 2017, the programme has numerous published authors among its alumni including Amy Barry, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Geraldine Walsh, Molly Twomey, Sam Furlong, Simon Costello, and Tom Roseingrave to name just a few.
