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Forward Prize Nominations
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Submit: Prebooked Poetry Readings at the Cork International Poetry Festival
This is your opportunity to apply for one of six reading slots available at the Prebooked Poetry Introductions reading at 2.30pm on Friday 15th May 2026, in Cork City Library as part of the Cork International Poetry Festival. Each poet will have the opportunity to read in a ten-minute reading slot and receive an honorarium…
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Fiction submission limit reached for Southword
Our Submittable account limit means that we can only receive 1000 submissions per month, and we have reached this limit for Southword short stories. The submission link was automatically closed and we won’t be able to accept any further submissions.
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Gregory O’Donoghue Competition Results
The winner of the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Anthony Lawrence, will read his winning poem Seeing Red along with a selection of his other work on 16th May at the 2026 Cork International Poetry Festival (website will be updated with this year’s programme at the end of February). Below, we have highlighted the first, second and…
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Poetry submission limit reached for Southword
Our Submittable account limit means that we can only receive 1000 submissions per month, and we have reached this limit for Southword poetry. The submission link was automatically closed and we won’t be able to accept any further submissions. Poetry submissions to Southword are now closed. Fiction submissions to Southword will open on 1st February.
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Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Result
This year’s Southword Editor’s Poetry Award has been won by José Buera for the best entry of three poems. The winning poems will be published in issue 50 of Southword (summer 2026) and he will receive €1000. Each entrant for their €24 entry fee will receive a complimentary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword. The judge also…
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Southword Poetry Podcast: Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin
Episode 29 with Eilean Ni Chuilleanáin is now available anywhere you get podcasts Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin was born in Cork City in 1942. She was a founder member of Cyphers, the literary journal (1975). Her first collection, Acts and Monuments, won the Patrick Kavanagh Award. The Gallery Press has published her nine collections of poems including The Sun-fish which…
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Southword Poetry Podcast: Mary O’Malley
Episode 28 with Mary O’Malley is now available anywhere you get podcasts Mary O’Malley was born in Connemara, and educated at University College Galway. She lived in Lisbon for eight years and taught at the Universidade Nova there. She served several years on the council of Poetry Ireland and was on the Committee of the…
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Submit to Southword
Unsolicited submissions of poetry and short fiction (for issue 51, winter 2026) will open as follows: POETRY: 1st ‒ 31st January FICTION: 1st ‒ 28th February Our Submittable account limit means that we can only receive 1000 submissions per month, so if we reach this limit before the end of January (for poetry) or February…
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Southword Poetry Podcast: Aifric Mac Aodha
Episode 27 with Aifric Mac Aodha is now available anywhere you get podcasts Aifric Mac Aodha was born in 1979. Her first collection, Gabháil Syrinx, was published in 2010. She has taught in St Petersburg, New York and Canada and has lectured in old and modern Irish at UCD. She lives in Dublin where she works for…
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