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- Southword Editor’s Poetry Award: 30 Sept deadline
Deadline 30 September. Full guidelines here. - 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40Closing date: 30th NovemberEntry fee: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five The competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer.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,… Read more: O’Donoghue Poetry Competition Open - Frank O’Connor Fellow Mentees Selected
Mentorships with this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow, Camilla Grudova, applied for through open submission, have been awarded to four writers living in Munster. Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow: Camilla Grudova Camilla Grudova lives in Edinburgh. Her critically acclaimed debut collection, The Doll’s Alphabet, was published in 2017. Her first novel, Children of Paradise, was… Read more: Frank O’Connor Fellow Mentees Selected - Episode 15 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now
Episode 15 with Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is now available anywhere you get podcasts. Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh was born in Kerry. She has read at festivals in New York, Paris, Montréal, Berlin and Ballyferriter. In 2012 her poem ‘Deireadh na Feide’ won the O’Neill Poetry Prize. ‘Filleadh ar an gCathair’ was chosen as Ireland’s EU Presidency… Read more: Episode 15 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now - Episode 14 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now
Episode 14 with Martín Espada is now available anywhere you get podcasts. Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His latest book of poems is called Floaters, winner of the 2021 National Book Award and the Massachusetts Book Award, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He has… Read more: Episode 14 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now - 4 mentorships available with Camilla Grudova
Canadian author Camilla Grudova is the 2024 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow. The fellowship is very kindly funded by Cork City Council and is an initiative of the Munster Literature Centre. There is the opportunity for four Munster fiction writers to be mentored by Camilla, tuition fees covered, between September and November of this… Read more: 4 mentorships available with Camilla Grudova - Apply for mentorships in poetry & fiction
Our four mentors this year will each mentor one individual in this round of mentorships. Candidates may apply to a maximum of two mentors, but no successful candidate can receive more than one mentorship. Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions. Complete guidelines and submission details are available at southword.submittable.com. The opportunity to apply… Read more: Apply for mentorships in poetry & fiction - Southword 46 out now
€12.00, Southword Editions, 2024, 156 pages Southword is a literary journal featuring new writing from around the globe. This issue includes the winning short stories of the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition (judged by Alexander MacLeod), the winning poems of the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition (judged by Mary O’Donnell), as well as… Read more: Southword 46 out now - Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Open
The Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Competition is now open for entries. €1000 FOR THE BEST ENTRY OF THREE POEMS Each entrant for their €24 entry fee will receive a complementary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword. Poems will be read and judged anonymously. The winning poet will have their three poems published in Southword. If you are already… Read more: Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Open - Episode 13 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now
Episode 13 with Thomas McCarthy is now available anywhere you get podcasts. Thomas McCarthy was born in Co. Waterford and educated at UCC. His many collections of poetry include Pandemonium (2016) and Prophecy (2019). A former Editor of Poetry Ireland Review, he is a member of Aosdána. His diaries, Poetry, Memory and the Party, were published in 2022 by The Gallery… Read more: Episode 13 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now - Southword Subscribers’ Competition Results 2024
Every year we hold a free-to-enter flash fiction competition and poetry competition exclusively for subscribers to Southword. For each category, all current subscribers are emailed a link and may submit up to three poems and/or three pieces of flash fiction; winners are published in our summer issue and receive the following: 1st Prize €150, 2nd… Read more: Southword Subscribers’ Competition Results 2024 - 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… Read more: Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Open - Farmgate Café National Poetry Award Winner
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 2023 by a poet residing in Ireland. Judges this year were Afric McGlinchey, Patrick Deeley and Molly Twomey. Limited places are available for a cosy reception at the Farmgate… Read more: Farmgate Café National Poetry Award Winner - 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: Camilla Grudova 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. - Camilla Grudova: 2024 Frank O’Connor Fellow & judge of the Ó Faoláin CompetitionCamilla Grudova 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 for… Read more: Camilla Grudova: 2024 Frank O’Connor Fellow & judge of the Ó Faoláin Competition
- Episode 12 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now
Episode 12 with Abigail Parry is now available anywhere you get podcasts. I Think We’re Alone Now was supposed to be a book about intimacy: what it might look like in solitude, in partnership, and in terms of collective responsibility. Instead, the poems are preoccupied with pop music, etymology, surveillance equipment and cervical examination, church architecture… Read more: Episode 12 of the Southword Poetry Podcast out now - New Fool for Poetry Chapbooks out now!
The winning chapbooks of the most recent Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition, Levis Corner House by Partridge Boswell and Ghost Sojourn by Gwen Sayers are available now. They will be launched at the Cork International Poetry Festival on Saturday 18th May. - 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 partnership between the Munster Literature Centre and the Farmgate received the Business to Arts 2019 Best Small Sponsorship Award. The award will be €2000 for the best full-length poetry collection in English (including translations… Read more: Farmgate Café National Poetry Award Shortlist - Gregory O’Donoghue Competition Results
The winner of the 2023 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Katie Griffiths, will read her winning poem Before I stillbirthed the birch along with a selection of her other work on 18th May 2024 at the Cork International Poetry Festival. Below, we have highlighted the first, second and third prize winners as well as (in alphabetical order)… Read more: Gregory O’Donoghue Competition Results - Prebooked Poetry Introductions Readers
friday 17th May, 2.30pm, Cork City Library | Free The Prebooked Poetry Introductions as part of the 2024 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, in many cases availing… Read more: Prebooked Poetry Introductions Readers