Niall Culligan, a second-year student on the BA with Creative Writing programme who won the English Department’s Peel Prize for his essay writing in first year, has been awarded second place in the H.H. Stewart Prize of the National University of Ireland for his entire first-year portfolio of work for English.

Cathy Hogan, a final-year student, has won the Best Screenplay Award at the Graham Greene International Festival 2011. This is Cathy’s second Greene award – she was awarded the prize for Best Fiction in 2010. The awards are adjudicated annually by the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, Berkhamsted,Hertfordshire.

Móna Wise, a third-year student, has recently enjoyed major success in her award of a Bord Bía fellowship to a food-writers’ workshop in Germany during the Summer. Móna worked on food-writing for her ‘Exploring Nonfiction’ module in first year and is currently writing a full-length food book for her third-year Independent Project. As a result of her experience on the workshop Mona now contributes to Galway Now magazine as a food-writer.