2024 Awardee: Kirsty Crawford
Having the space and time to work on my novel in an academic environment has been so greatly appreciated. Without the kind support from Dewar Arts Award funding my masters, I would never have been able to do this, and I will forever be thankful to them for their support.
Biography
Kirsty Crawford is a writer from the Isle of Arran, now living in Glasgow. She received a scholarship for the Faber Academy’s Writing a Novel course and was chosen as a Funded Resident at Cove Park for a four-week residency. She holds a first-class honours degree from the University of Glasgow in English Literature. She has been the recipient of awards from Creative Scotland and Arran Society of Glasgow.
How the Award Helped
Kirsty received a Dewar Arts Award to support her postgraduate masters studies in Creative Writing at Queens University Belfast.
Since the Award
Kirsty is currently working on her first novel.
Having the space and time to work on my novel in an academic environment has been so greatly appreciated. Without the kind support from Dewar Arts Award funding my masters, I would never have been able to do this, and I will forever be thankful to them for their support.