Hay Festival Global has announced the participants of a creative development programme for emerging Welsh talent.

Writers at Work 2024 offers its writers the chance to engage in events at Hay Festival, as well as attend workshops with publishers, agents, and established international artists.

The programme, which offers a fully-programmed ten days of creative development opportunities, is supported by Literature Wales and funded by Arts Council of Wales. Open to writers working in English and Welsh across genres – fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry - this year’s 10 successful applicants are: Dylan Huw, Hammad Rind, Isabel Adonis, JL George, Joshua Jones, Katie Munnik, Megan Angharad Hunter, Rachel Dawson, Taylor Edmonds and Zoë Brigley. Writers at Work is run by writer Tiffany Murray, whose latest book, My Family and Other Rock Stars, is published in May. Participants to date have achieved a spread of award wins and shortlistings, including the International Dylan Thomas Prize, Wales Book of the Year, The New Welsh Writing Award, the Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Wales Media Award, Welsh Rising Star Award, and Creative Wales Award. Established in 2016 to nurture Welsh talent writing in both languages, Writers at Work was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2024 will mark its sixth year.   Hay Festival CEO Julie Finch said: “Hay Festival Global is a convener of writers, readers and – crucially – creative opportunities. As one of Wales’ largest cultural institutions we are proud of our Welsh roots and take our responsibility to the cultural landscape of Wales seriously. We are delighted to showcase our Writers at Work 2024.” Literature Wales Artistic Director Leusa Llewelyn added: “Congratulations to the ten writers selected to take part in the highly coveted Writers at Work opportunity this year. It was a privilege to read so many high-quality applications from Welsh writers, and to be introduced to a wide variety of voices and themes.

“The creative energy amongst the applications was palpable, and they were all full of ambition and eagerness to further their professional careers.”

Hay Festival 2024 takes place between May 23 and June 2 in Hay-on-Wye.