Strong recent success for UL Creative Writing MA Graduates.
This month has seen remarkable success for UL Creative Writing MA graduates. Liam Horan's beautiful nonfiction book on Mayo's 2026 GAA success reached number 4 in the Irish Times Bestsellers' List.
Emma Beard and Neil Tully were shortlisted at the AN POST Irish Book Awards, for Poem of the Year and Debut Novel of the Year, respectively. John O'Donovan's short story 'Like Clean Windows Kill the Birds' was shortlisted for the RTE Francis McManus Award.
An excerpt from the MA dissertation of Anne McCabe was broadcast on RTE Radio 1's 'Sunday Miscellany'. Vivienne McKechnie's truly outstanding collection of poems, 'Shades of Red' continued to receive rave reviews, and Vivienne was announced as 2027 editor of The Stony Thursday Book. In addition, our friend and fantastic colleague Dr Donal Ryan was nominated for AN POST Novel of the Year. Congratulations, all!
