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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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2026 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. 55 valid entries were received for the Farmgate National Poetry Award for the best original collection in English (or translated into English for the first time) published by a poet living on the island of…
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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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