The Rooney Prize for Literature

The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature is for an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under forty years of age. The prize has been awarded annually since 1976, and works of fiction and non-fiction, short-story collections, poetry collections, children’s fiction and plays are all eligible. It administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin.   

The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature is valued at €10,000.