Name of the Event: Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award

Place: Iceland

Mode: In-Person

Last Date of Application: 1 November 2024

Link to Apply:

The Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award offers financial support so that a selection of talented writers with financial needs are able to attend the retreat.

Who can apply?

• Anyone aged 18 or over on April 23, 2025, can apply for an Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award (anyone is welcome to independently register and attend the event without a scholarship). The winning candidate(s) must demonstrate that they do not have the financial means to attend the conference without this award. Candidates do not need to be professional writers but should be serious about the craft and interested in developing their skills and contacts. Their writing interests must fit well with the faculty for the 2025 retreat (i.e. literary fiction, non-fiction, memoir).

• Family members of the judges and those who have already attended the IWR are not eligible to apply.

Note that the maximum length for each writing sample is 1,000 words.

What does it cover?

• Entrants can apply for either full or partial funding. Full funding covers one participant fee, four nights accommodation at the retreat hotel and round-trip flights to Iceland.

• Partial funding covers the participant fee only, and neither accommodation nor round-trip flights.

• The award does not include airport transfers, travel insurance, travel visas, other incidentals or meals not listed in the itinerary.