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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…
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…
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…
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 16th May 2025, 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…
Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award
1st Prize €1,000 Word Limit: 4,000 wordsClosing date: 30th June (midnight)Entry fee: €20 We are looking for compelling writing, as memoir or as innovative essays or as an admixture of both. Simon Van Booy, Sandra Beasley, Thomas Lynch, Kim Addonizio & Yoko Tawada have all published creative non-fiction in Southword, why not join that illustrious company? Full guidelines here.
Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Results
The winning chapbooks of the Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition are Superposition by Lauren O’Donovan and Drought / Diagnosis by Liza Katz Duncan. We have also highlighted the finalists and highly commended entries below. Their chapbooks will be launched on 17th May at the 2025 Cork International Poetry Festival. 1st Prize Superposition by Lauren O’Donovan Cork, Ireland…
Gregory O’Donoghue Competition Results
The winner of the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Lani O’Hanlon, will read her winning poem Dancing with Thierry Thieu Niang along with a selection of her other work on 17th May at the 2025 Cork International Poetry Festival. Below, we have highlighted the first, second and third prize winners as well as (in alphabetical order) finalists…
Cacti & other poems by Jerm Curtin, new poetry chapbook
The latest in our New Irish Voices series is now available from Southword Editions. Jerm Curtin is originally from Co. Cork but lives in Spain. He received the Patrick Kavanagh Award in 2021, and the Cúirt International Festival of Literature’s New Writing Prize for Poetry in 2020. He also won the Listowel Writers’ Week Single…
Episode 20 of the Southword Poetry Podcast
Episode 20 with Matthew Dickman is now available anywhere you get podcasts. Matthew Dickman grew up in Lents, a working-class area of Portland, Oregon. He earned a BA at the University of Oregon and an MFA at the University of Texas-Austin’s Michener Center. He is the author of the poetry collections Husbandry (2022), Wonderland (2018),…
Submission dates for Southword
Unsolicited submissions of poetry and short fiction (for our 2025 winter issue) are 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…