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Creative Non-fiction workshop starting 16 July, four weeks only €120
How to Improve Our Memoir or Personal Essays by Learning and Practicing the Core Elements of Creative Non Fiction: a Craft Workshop with David McLoghlin This is an online course through Zoom for those writers who are beginning or revising a project, whether memoir or personal essays. Each two-hour class will be equally divided between…
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Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Open
The Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition is now open for entries. Page limit: 16 – 24Closing date: 31st August (midnight)Entry fee: €25 per manuscript The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. At least one of these winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo…
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2025 Fool for Poetry chapbooks in our bookshop
The winning chapbooks of the most recent Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition, Superposition by Lauren O’Donovan and Drought / Diagnosis by Liza Katz Duncan are available now.
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Victoria Kennefick wins Farmgate Café National Poetry Award
With sponsorship from one of Cork’s most loved restaurants, the Farmgate Café, this award is €2000 for the best full-length poetry collection in English published in 2024 by a poet residing in Ireland. Judges this year were were Dean Browne, Mary O’Donnell and Maurice Riordan. Limited places are available for a cosy reception at the…
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Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Open
The Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, which includes a first prize of €2,000, is now open for entries. Word limit: 3,000Closing date: 31st July (midnight)Entry fee: €19 per storyJudge: Laura Jean McKay The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. More details at our competition page.
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Farmgate Café National Poetry Award Shortlist
The Farmgate Café National Poetry Award was established in 2019 with sponsorship from one of Cork’s most loved restaurants, The Farmgate Café. The award will be €2000 for the best full-length poetry collection in English (including translations from other languages) published in 2024, by a poet residing in Ireland. In a year where a debut…
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Change in festival lineup
The Cork International Poetry Festival reading of Romalyn Ante & Mary O’Malley at 8.30pm 17th May has been changed. Unfortunately, Romalyn Ante is unable to attend as previously advertised. However, we are happy to say that Theresa Muñoz will now be reading alongside Mary O’Malley. https://www.corkpoetryfest.net/saturday.html Theresa Muñoz was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives in…
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Prebooked Poetry Introductions Readers
friday 16th May, 2.30pm, Cork City Library | Free The Prebooked Poetry Introductions as part of the 2025 Cork International Poetry Festival involves six individuals who have yet to publish a short chapbook or full-length collection of poems. Each poet, chosen through open submission, will read in a ten-minute reading slot. Colm Brennan is poet…
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Aneas: Glaoch idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine
Cuirfidh an iris bhliantúil litríochta Gaeilge Aneas fáilte roimh ábhar don ó scríbhneoirí na Gaeilge idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine. Dánta agus gearrscéalta amháin atáthar ag glacadh leo faoi láthair. Ní mór don ábhar a bheith neamhfhoilsithe. Cuirfear fáilte roimh ábhar ó scríbhneoirí bunaithe agus guthanna nua araon. Díolfar €40 ar gach dán agus €200 ar gach…
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Laura Jean McKay: 2025 Frank O’Connor Fellow & judge of the Ó Faoláin Competition
Laura Jean McKay has been appointed as this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow, which includes a three-month residency in Cork and the delivery of workshops and mentorships. She will also be the judge of the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, which opens for submissions on 1st May. The opportunity to apply…