Arlen House, Dublin are proud to announce the publication of Connie Roberts's debut volume  Little Witness .  Connie Roberts , ...

Entries for the Moth Short Story Prize, judged by Donal Ryan, close on 30 June. The word limit is 6,000 (no minimum length) and the st...

The iYeats Poetry Competition is an annual, online, international poetry competition which has won a prestigious reputation for the...

Entries are invited for the Wild Atlantic Words open poetry competition 2015, for poems on any theme related to coastal landscape or mari...

A very successful Boyne Writers Group Poetry Day reading at Maguire's, Hill of Tara on 7 May. A great turn out, great readers, young and...

Poetry Day Ireland takes place on 7 May 2015 and will celebrate poetry’s vital place in our culture by making poetry both inescapable and...

Some news from Prole Books who publish the always interesting prose and poetry journal,  Prole.  The latest issue Prole 16 is now available ...

I'm delighted to have a poem included in the current issue of the online magazine, The Pickled Body . The editors are well-known Iris...

International author and editor Frank Joussen from Germany is looking for short stories (500 - 3,500 words approx.) or very creatively...

At the 2014 summer school, the Yeats Society Poetry Competition in memory of the late Seamus Heaney was announced. The Judge: Paula Meeh...

Boyne Berries 17 was launched last evening in the Castle Arch Hotel. A large crowd included contributors who had travelled from as far away ...

Boyne Berries 17 will be launched on this Thursday 26 March at 8.00 pm in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim by Adrienne Leavy. Adrienne Leavy wa...

I'm delighted to have an article and two poems included in this new E-journal published by Adrienne Leavy as part of her Reading Ireland...

The winning and shortlisted entries in the 2015 Poets Meet Politics competition were read at the Sarah Walker Gallery , The Pier, Ca...

Poetry Ireland is presenting Poetry Day Ireland on Thursday 7 May 2015. We’re on a mission to make poetry both inescapable and irresistible,...

Windows Publications in association with Cavan Crystal announce the 23rd  National Student Poetry Competition 2015 adjudicated by Heather Br...

This year's winners of the Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition had their winning manuscripts published in lavish form and launched duri...

Doolin Writers' Weekend takes place at Hotel Doolin from the 27th - 29th March 2015. There will be readings from Donal Ryan, Christine...

Cross-stream: ways of writing is a series of talks from a diverse group of outstanding contemporary poets discussing the compositional proce...

Poetry Ireland and Trócaire are proud to announce the launch of their fourth joint poetry competition. Applications are now invited f...