NURTURING WRITERS & WRITING
BURSARY SUPPORT
Young Writers
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
OUR BEGINNINGS
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.
YEAR OF POETRY SEASON 1
The reading and writing of poetry is just one way of relating to the world in all its complexity and diversity – it can help us celebrate and share our sense of identity and belonging.
Get off to a flying start in 2026 by joining poet John Glenday in a sustained, long-term online poetry writing programme designed to stimulate the imagination, examine technique and hone existing skills. Although the three seasons are complementary, they can be booked individually, with each focusing on a different aspect of the writing process.
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!
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.
NOVEMBER RETREAT
A warm welcome and a well-stoked log fire await you at Moniack Mhor. Whether you want to work on your latest manuscript, play, or poems, this time is yours. Immerse yourself in your writing in a supportive environment, away from any distractions.
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