Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson is a final year creative writing student at University College Dublin. During his time at UCD, he has written for both The University Observer and The College Tribune. In 2020, he was awarded second prize in the NUI Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart Literary Scholarship in English, an award which has been offered by NUI since 1888. His poem ‘One Day Only’ appeared in the second issue of the UCD literary magazine The New Word Order. While on international exchange at Boston College, he had a short story published in Boston College’s literary magazine, Stylus. Mark was selected as one of the four Irish Writers Centre Young Writer Delegates for the 2022 West Cork Literary Festival.