Archived Announcements
- 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date: 31st July (midnight)Entry fee: €19 per storyJudge: Camilla Grudova The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer.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 Competition
Camilla 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 - Aneas 2024: Glaoch idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine
Cuirfidh an iris bhliantúil litríochta Gaeilge Aneas fáilte roimh ábhar don gcúigiú eagrán ó scríbhneoirí na Gaeilge idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine 2024. 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… Read more: Aneas 2024: Glaoch idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine - Songwriting Workshop with John Spillane (8 – 29 April)
Four-week workshop on Monday evenings Time: 7 – 9 p.m. (four weeks: 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th April)Venue: via ZoomClass size: Maximum of twelveCost: €120 or €100 (concession to unwaged) This is an online workshop, open to anyone in the world. You will need to have access to a laptop / tablet / phone / computer which has… Read more: Songwriting Workshop with John Spillane (8 – 29 April) - Hiring Operations Officer at the Munster Literature Centre
The Munster Literature Centre is seeking a motivated individual to fill the role of Operations Officer, which encompasses social media, book-keeping and data processing. Founded in 1993, the Munster Literature Centre is deemed a ‘strategic organisation’ by the Arts Council of Ireland. We produce literary festivals, publish half a dozen titles per annum, offer workshops,… Read more: Hiring Operations Officer at the Munster Literature Centre - Submittable update for February (Southword submissions and other opportunities)
Regrettably we have reached the submission limit our subscription with Submittable will allow us. The only we way we could continue for the month of February would be to change our subscription agreement irrevocably and be faced with needing to charge for submissions to cover the extra costs associated with the new plan forever. We… Read more: Submittable update for February (Southword submissions and other opportunities) - Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Results
The joint winners of the 2023 Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition are Partridge Boswell and Gwen Sayers. We have also highlighted the finalists and highly commended entries below. Their chapbooks will be launched at the 2024 Cork International Poetry Festival (18th May). Joint Winners Levis Corner House by Partridge Boswell VT, USA Author of the Grolier Poetry… Read more: Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Results - The Farmgate Café National Poetry Award
Submissions by publishers only Entries to arrive by 30th January by post The award will be €2000 for the best full-length poetry collection published in the previous year by a poet residing in Ireland. All entered books must be in English. Translations will be accepted as long as the translated poet resides in Ireland. An… Read more: The Farmgate Café National Poetry Award - 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
€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… Read more: Aneas 4 out now - 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… Read more: 2023 Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Result - 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… Read more: 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Results - 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
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
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… Read more: Frank O’Connor Fellow Mentees Selected