2025 WRITERS CLUB with The GALPAL Collective  

2025 WRITERS CLUB with The GALPAL Collective  

The GALPAL Collective and National Talent Academy Film & TV, are delighted to open applications for the 2025 edition of the ever popular Writers Club.  

The Writers Club will consist of three writers groups. Each group will have in-person and online meetings to share work with their peers and facilitators weekly. This will include informative sessions regarding the writing process, peer to peer feedback, writing exercises, industry guest-led workshops, provided resources and more.  

Once a month the groups will meet for an in-person (optional) social event in Dublin, where all the groups can mingle and form a wider collective of writers. Also, in November, an alumni event will take place for participants from both years of the Club to network. The Club will then conclude in December 2025. 

The Writers Club will be a space for the writers to develop their skills and a short film projects while receiving feedback from an organically diverse range of people and peers. The club aims to create a cultivation of original storytelling that often doesn't get space to flourish in many development spaces.  

All applicants will be asked to submit a short film project that they would like to develop and work on as part of the Club.  

The GALPAL Collectives ethos is to support storytellers and creatives as they take their first steps into the film industry, with extra emphasis on working with writers from marginalised and underrepresented backgrounds.  

  

About The GALPAL Collective:   

The GALPAL Collective are an arts and media collective, dedicated to the celebration and curation of works by women, queer folk, ethnic minorities and migrants. Set up in 2020, The GALPAL Collective have spearheaded a range of initiatives that serve their mission of community cultivation and support of artists that are oftentimes ignored and underrepresented in the Irish creative sectors. The collective engages with other arts and media organisations having worked with Screen Ireland, the Irish Film Institute, GORM, Rua Red Arts Centre, South Dublin County Council, Diageo, Local Enterprises Office and more. 

Dates/Duration: The club will be active from late September- mid December 2025.  

Who Can Apply:  

Applicants must:

  • Live on the island of Ireland 
  • Be over 18 years old 
  • Have a short film project (script or just an idea) in development.
  • Not have been a participant in previous Writers Clubs (past participants will have the opportunity to join the alumni event in November).
  • Access to join sessions online (from any size devices) 

Please only apply if you are willing to engage in the scheme fully to the best of your ability and availability, as a large part of the Writers Club is peer to peer support and collaboration.  

Once applicants meet the above requirements, all new and emerging writers, who are working or wish to work in live action film and TV are welcome to apply. 

We are keen to hear from writers from marginalised and underrepresented backgrounds such as those from a lower socio-economic background, women, FLINTA and queer folk, members of the traveller community, migrants and others from ethnic minority backgrounds. 

The NTA Film & TV will meet the access requirements of the selected applicants, while adjusting the programme accordingly, and cover the associated costs. 

  

How To Apply:   

Interested applicants must apply by completing the linked form link  HERE 

In this form you will be asked to supply a download (Google Drive or Dropbox preferred) link with the following materials: 

  • Media CV or work biography detailing relevant experience. 
    • (Up to 2 pages or a filmed or audio-recorded statement of up to 3 minutes.)
  • A personal statement 
    • (a written, filmed or audio-recorded statement) which tells us a little more about your background, expands on any other related experience and that speaks to how this development opportunity could help your career and/or professional development. 
  • A sample of your creative writing 
    • (this can be work of any format - including but not limited to, short film & TV scripts, theatre plays, personal essay) 
  • A synopsis and logline (or pitch deck) of the idea of the short film project you would like to workshop as part of the club. 

Please title each folder/document with your Full Name and documentation type. (e.g ‘SamKing.CV’ ) 

Applicants may apply as an individual or as a co-writing team but applicants may apply only once. 

If you are applying as a team, the above is necessary for each member of the team. 

Deadline to apply: Sep 5th at 12PM Noon   

 

How The Writers’ Club Will Work:  

Starting in September, the Writers Club will be split into sub-groups, meeting online weekly. From here there will be one in-person meeting, each month. These sessions will focus on a specialised event (including workshop, industry talks and guest speakers) and mixer for all the separate groups to meet up in Tallaght, Dublin, D24 KV8N

Set times and date will be agreed on at the start of the scheme (e.g online every Wednesday from 6-9pm and in person the first Saturday of each month)  

  

Selection Process: 

The applications will be assessed by a panel which includes representatives of the National Talent Academy for Film & Television, The GALPAL Collectives, and independent external assessors.  

 

Further Information: 

For any questions, please email filmandtv@nationaltalentacademies.ie   

The NTA Film & TV reserves the right to make amendments to this initiative subject to funding, production landscape, and health and safety requirements at the time of delivery. 

The National Talent Academy for Film and TV Drama is an initiative of Screen Ireland managed by Ardán