Courses

"Interesting, varied, challenging exercises balanced with informative input from wonderfully supportive and encouraging tutors. It felt as if they really cared about our writing and us as writers. I came away creatively inspired and raring to go …"
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Access

"The Moniack Mhor staff got me everything I needed to have a productive and comfortable stay. As a disabled writer I couldn’t ask for more."
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Young Writers

"To have someone take my work seriously and help me try and improve was a real confidence boost"
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Bursaries

"I hesitated applying for a bursary, I wasn’t sure if it was meant for me but it was a simple process that I’d recommend to anyone who may need some financial help. You never know where a course may lead you."
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Support for Writers

"The team at Moniack Mhor, with great care and thoughtfulness, have not only created a magical and functional space for the imagination, but also a refuge for genuine human connections.”
Find out about our residency and awards programme
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.

ONLINE: THE SHORT STORY
ONLINE: THE SHORT STORY
A Moniack in a Month online course. Write a complete short story from scratch with the support of multi-award-winning writer, A.L. Kennedy. Learn about techniques in literary fiction, and how best to present and strengthen your voice and your individual piece as it grows.
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SUPPORT US
SUPPORT US
Please consider supporting the continuation of our work, including during COVID-19, by making a donation or joining our Friends' Scheme. Thank you so much.
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MENTORING
MENTORING
Made to Measure Mentoring, Moniack Mhor’s new programme offers a bespoke approach to mentoring.  Put simply, it supports writers at every level of ability and at every stage of writing. 
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STATEMENT RE COVID-19
STATEMENT RE COVID-19
Read Moniack Mhor's statement about COVID-19
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HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
Join us online as we announce the winner of the 2020 Highland Book Prize. During this final event in the series we will celebrate the four fantastic books shortlisted for the 2020 Highland Book Prize, before we announce the winning book.
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ONLINE: STARTING MEMOIR
ONLINE: STARTING MEMOIR
This Moniack in a Month online course tutored by award-winning writer Kerry Hudson will provide the fundamental building blocks to start your memoir
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