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  • Southword 45 out now

    Southword 45 out now

    €10.00 Southword Editions, 2023, 140 pagesISBN: 978-1-915573-06-3 Southword 45 includes short stories from Mary Morrissy and Madeline Beach Carey, poems from David Harsent and Heather Treseler, and essays from our Southword Literary Essay Competition, including from our overall winner Eleanor Ariadne Shaw. Subscribe and order back issues here.

  • Aneas 4 out now

    Aneas 4 out now

    €10.00 Southword Editions, 2023, 75 leathanachISBN: 978-1-915573-07-0 Iris nua bhliantúil atá tiomnaithe go hiomlán don gcuid is fearr de litríocht chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge í Aneas, iris a léiríonn go bhfuil neart, ealaín, pléasúr agus tathag fós ag baint le litríocht na teanga sinseartha sa tír seo. Laistigh dá clúdach geobhair filíocht, gearrscéalta agus léirmheasanna doimhne ó na…

  • 2023 Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Result

    2023 Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Result

    The inaugural Southword Editor’s Poetry Award has been won by Simon Costello for the best entry of three poems. The winning poems will be published in Southword 46 (summer 2024) and he will receive €1000. Each entrant for their €20 entry fee will receive a complementary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword. Winner Simon Costello Simon Costello’s…

  • 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Results

    2023 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Results

    The first prize winner of the 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, Tom Harvey, will read his winning story on 14th October 2023 at the Cork International Short Story Festival. The first prize, second prize, and shortlisted stories will be published in issue 46 of Southword in summer 2024. Alexander MacLeod, the 2023…

  • Short Fiction Workshop with Alexander MacLeod 17 Oct – 7 Nov

    Short Fiction Workshop with Alexander MacLeod 17 Oct – 7 Nov

    4-week workshop on Tuesdays 17th & 24th October7 – 9 PM (GMT/UTC +1)31st October & 7th November7 – 9 PM (GMT/UTC +0) €150 Registration12 places availableinfo@munsterlit.ie to book Full prospectus here

  • Culture Night: Munster Literature Centre Readings

    Culture Night: Munster Literature Centre Readings

    This Culture Night (22nd September) join the Munster Literature Centre on Nano Nagle Bridge from 19:00 – 20:15 for a series of readings from four poets: Neo Gilson, Gerry Murphy, Afric McGlinchey and Mary Noonan.

  • Frank O’Connor Fellow Mentees Selected

    Frank O’Connor Fellow Mentees Selected

    Mentorships with this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow, Alexander MacLeod, applied for through open submission, have been awarded to four writers living in Munster. Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow: Alexander MacLeod Alexander MacLeod’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Guardian, and The Globe and Mail. His first collection of short stories, Light…

  • Cork International Short Story Festival programme (11-14 Oct)

    Cork International Short Story Festival programme (11-14 Oct)

    The 2023 Cork International Short Story Festival programme is now live on our festival website. Taking place from 11th – 14th October in Cork City Library and the Cork Arts Theatre, tickets are available now.

  • O’Donoghue Poetry Competition Open

    O’Donoghue Poetry Competition Open

    The Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition is now open for entries. Line limit: 40Closing date: 30th NovemberEntry fee: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five The competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality,…

  • Outsiders, Always by Mary O’Donnell, new poetry chapbook from Southword Editions

    Outsiders, Always by Mary O’Donnell, new poetry chapbook from Southword Editions

    Outsiders, Always by Mary O’Donnell is available now! Buy for €6 here.