tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post2576018267300925999..comments2023-09-26T09:08:59.079+01:00Comments on WOMEN RULE WRITER: NO ARTS CO DOSH FOR ME - BOO HOOGroup 8http://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-55440637033486576512009-03-20T11:11:00.000+00:002009-03-20T11:11:00.000+00:00Nuala, don't blame you for feeling grumpy. I suspe...Nuala, don't blame you for feeling grumpy. I suspect that as the recession deepens, Ireland will be rebranding itself once again as the isle of music and letters, rather than hi-tech european hub. Shame the government doesn't have the foresight to put some more money in this direction :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840475795135915167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-75458383069898152582009-03-20T09:28:00.000+00:002009-03-20T09:28:00.000+00:00Btw, 68 applicants out of 390 have been offered fu...Btw, 68 applicants out of 390 have been offered funding.<BR/>Last time they got 373 applics and made 76 awards.<BR/>So, more applied and less got money.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-77621757932876172252009-03-20T09:20:00.000+00:002009-03-20T09:20:00.000+00:00Thanks T - hee hee! I appreciate your incension.EW...Thanks T - hee hee! I appreciate your incension.<BR/><BR/>EW - I just don't know. But as I was shortlisted, they've asked me to contact them re 'upcoming funding opportunities'. Dunno what that means.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-22031509153744554662009-03-19T22:11:00.000+00:002009-03-19T22:11:00.000+00:00Oh jeez tell me about it. It seems easier to get f...Oh jeez tell me about it. It seems easier to get funding if you can point at something the funding bought, like artists supplies or hire of a theatre or recording equipment. not when you just want time to create. Did they tell you you were shortlisted? Interesting. Any indication what you need to do to get it next time around? I agree, those grant forms are the pits.Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-14846203701642287132009-03-19T20:39:00.000+00:002009-03-19T20:39:00.000+00:00Oy, so sorry to hear that, that's really crappy. Y...Oy, so sorry to hear that, that's really crappy. You are the only writer in the Irish Times "Ten to Watch" and you don't make the cut? Who the hell deserves it more? <BR/><BR/>Incensed in Jerusalem.Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-68095856630091726552009-03-19T19:31:00.000+00:002009-03-19T19:31:00.000+00:00Thanks, Nik. I'm not feeling as bad about it now. ...Thanks, Nik. I'm not feeling as bad about it now. Trying to focus on the positive!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-43186092031811120632009-03-19T17:23:00.000+00:002009-03-19T17:23:00.000+00:00Ick. Sympathies.Ick. Sympathies.Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-84147718993288674252009-03-19T16:19:00.000+00:002009-03-19T16:19:00.000+00:00Hi CThey do 1 yr and 3 yr bursaries. I did apply d...Hi C<BR/>They do 1 yr and 3 yr bursaries. I did apply directly to them, as I have done pretty much twice a year since around 2003. It's getting disheartening. The form filling is no joke.<BR/><BR/>Local funding is farcical - the co co here offer 'artists award'. I've had a few but they need you to spend the money before you get it, and it's for a 'product'. i.e. a book. I just need money to live on, not to spend on a book that is already being funded by a publisher. (Essentially doing the publisher's fundraising work for them is what that amounts to. Or, less charitably, paying to be published.)Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-34407244665541262022009-03-19T15:33:00.000+00:002009-03-19T15:33:00.000+00:00I received a few quid last year but thought it wou...I received a few quid last year but thought it would be out of the question to apply again. Do they do a rolling funding thing? Are there other options open to you Like local funding? Can't you apply direct to the arts council as well as through your local authority?Colm Keeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415603898882232950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-4877165587411512682009-03-19T11:56:00.000+00:002009-03-19T11:56:00.000+00:00Ah, Caro, don't get me started. I'll be posting a ...Ah, Caro, don't get me started. I'll be posting a link soon to an article I wrote on this very topic. Stay tooned!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-68830486026594874722009-03-19T11:07:00.000+00:002009-03-19T11:07:00.000+00:00Sorry to hear about that. You'd have to marvel at...Sorry to hear about that. You'd have to marvel at the logic of allowing best-selling chick-lit authors to earn up to 250,000 per annum tax free when the tax that they should be paying on that money could go to supporting less commercial writers.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316053852167258598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-46245611953598102622009-03-19T09:37:00.000+00:002009-03-19T09:37:00.000+00:00Thanks Pat and Sarah. I was really hoping for it t...Thanks Pat and Sarah. I was really hoping for it this time. I'm feeling grumpy about it after receving the letter this morning. Bah humbug.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-18412772241247520632009-03-19T09:29:00.000+00:002009-03-19T09:29:00.000+00:00That's a rotten shame, Nuala.That's a rotten shame, Nuala.Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-19757011650637515932009-03-19T09:16:00.000+00:002009-03-19T09:16:00.000+00:00My commiserations Nuala.My commiserations Nuala.Anti-Laureatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.com