Elissa Hunter-Dorans

Elissa Hunter-Dorans is an Edinburgh-based writer and artist from the Highlands, writing in Gaelic and English. She was the Scottish Poetry Library’s first Next Generation Young Makar for Gaelic poetry, and she has performed at the Dandelion Festival, StAnza, and the Edinburgh Fringe. She is the Gaelic editor for The Poets' Republic by Drunk Muse Press, and the Gaelic judge of the 2025 Wigtown Poetry Prizes. She has a fascination with religious and folk visual culture, and is currently studying History of Art.