Please fill out this digital application form. A large print and dyslexia friendly version can also be downloaded. We suggest preparing and saving a copy of your application on a word processing document.
Please note: if you are applying via the digital form and have not applied for an opportunity with Literature Wales in the last 6 months, you will need to complete a short sign-up form before accessing the Writers at Work application form.
The application will ask for the following:
- Details of publications
- A writer’s biography – including professional experience and career highlights (no more than 200 words).
- A statement outlining your aims and ambitions as a Welsh writer and how a place on the Writers at Work scheme will enhance this (no more than 300 words).
- A short outline of your current project or work-in-progress (no more than 200 words), and how you think this might contribute to Wales’ contemporary literary landscape (no more than 100 words).
Only digital applications are accepted, either via the digital form, or if returning a large print or dyslexia friendly version, by email to writers@hayfestival.org
Applications delivered by post and late applications will not be considered.
To find out more about the application and selection process, and for a more detailed overview of the programme, please read our FAQs.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
The aim of the week is to broaden creativity, output, peer group support and publishing contacts. Your commitment will be for the entire duration of the programme, which runs from morning to evening on some days.
Hay provides accommodation as part of the bursary (please see FAQ below) and selected writers will have to be resident close to Hay-on-Wye from Friday 22 May (arrive in the early afternoon), and leave Hay on the evening of Sunday 31 May 2026. Most workshops begin at 10.00 am each day.
Each writer will be expected to complete a full and detailed evaluation of the week and to write for Hay Festival’s blog during the Festival week.
After reading the FAQs, if you have any questions or require additional information, please contact: writers@hayfestival.org.