Doolin Writers Festival - Poetry, Fiction and Flash Fiction

Entries are now being accepted for Short Stories, Poetry and Flash Fiction and the closing date is December 01st 2017. This year Doireann Ní Ghríofa will judge the poetry competition, Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen from Tramp Press will judge the Short Story and the Flash Fiction Category.
Meanwhile Hotel Doolin has confirmed the weekend of the 2nd-4^th February for the 6^th Annual Doolin Writers’ Weekend. County The 2018 programme will feature some of the best of Irish Writers such as Patrick DeWitt, Sean O’Reilly, Sally Rooney, Ann-Marie Ní Chuireann, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, John Cummins, Sinead Gleeson, Rob Doyle, EM Reapy, June Caldwell, Doire Press, Kimberley Campanello, Abby Olivera, Raven, James Martyn Joyce, Tramp Press and many more to be announced. Weekend tickets from €99.

Full details here.

Cúirt New Writing Prize - Open for entries in short fiction and poetry

The Cúirt New Writing Prize, in memory of Lena McGuire, is now open for submissions. The categories are poetry and short stories.

There is a €500 cash prize for the winner of each category and the opportunity to read at the Cúirt/Over the Edge Showcase event next April at Cúirt 2018.

This year, poet Jane Clarke will judge poetry and one of the founders of Tramp Press, Lisa Coen will judge short stories.

The youth strand of the prize ‘Young Cúirt’ is for ages 12‐17. The winner will receive €100 cash prize and will read at the Cúirt Labs next April.

The Cúirt New Writing Prize is kindly sponsored by Tigh Neachtain in memory of Lena McGuire.

Submission Guidelines (all categories)

Poetry entries must consist of 3 poems under 50 lines each, and short stories may be up to 2000 words. Entries in both English and Irish are welcome.

Writers submitting work should not have had a collection published in the category in which they enter. This does not include the publication of single poems, stories or chapbooks.

Submissions should be sent via email to info@cuirt.ie

An entry fee of €10 is applicable for each separate entry. Payment can be made via the Paypal button.

In addition to your work we ask that you include the following contact details: Name, email address, phone number, and the name of the Paypal account holder.

The closing date for submissions is Thursday 25 January 2018 at 5pm.

See here to enter

The Matador Review - open for submissions

The Matador Review is accepting submissions until 30th November.

We publish four issues annually: the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter issues. We invite all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations accompanied by the original text) as well as many forms of visual art. All work must be electronically submitted to editors@matadorreview.com with "Submission: Name, Title" in the subject line (for example, "Submission: Jane Smith, 5 Poems").

Read the submission guidelines here