New Irish Writing

Great news! A poem of mine, Kitty, is published in The New Irish Writing Page of today's Irish Independent newspaper. I'm delighted to share the page with Maire Robinson - her story's a great read, with a killer first line, lots of killer lines actually! This is my second time to be published in NIW. Steps of Stairs was nominated in the Emerging Fiction Category in 2009. A pretty nice way to end the year :)

About New Irish Writing
Edited by Ciaran Carty, the New Irish Writing Page appears in Weekend Review of the Irish Independent on the last Saturday of each month and is open to writers who are Irish or who are resident in Ireland.

Entries may be submitted (with a SAE) to: New Irish Writing, The Irish Independent, 27/32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1. You can submit up to six poems, and stories should not exceed 2,200 words. Writers whose work appears in the page will be put forward for the Hennessy Award.

Hope you all have a great new years eve, see you in 2012!

Irish Literary Magazines

Poetry Ireland Review

poems, articles, reviews

Abridged
Poetry/Art
themed issues

Southword
online magazine (pays)
Poems, fiction, reviews

thefirstcut
online magazine
poetry, short stories & flash

The Stinging Fly

Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Images

The SHOp
Poetry

Boyne Berries

Poetry and Prose

Crannog
Back issues available as free pdf downloads.
Poetry and prose.

The Moth
Poetry, short fiction and Art.

Revival

Poetry, short fiction and extracts.

The Poetry Bus
Poetry and Illustration
(includes a CD)

The Galway Review

online - reviews, fiction,

 non-fiction, poetry and essays.

Popshot

For an opportunity to have your poems published AND illustrated...this biannual UK based magazine is currently open for submissions. Here's what they have to say...

Each issue of Popshot contains a collection of poems written to a theme. These selected poems are individually sent out to a collection of illustrators who illustrate the poems according to their interpretation of the piece. These illustrations are then bound together with the poems to create a beautiful volume of literary and artistic goodness.
Guidelines: Poems must be 25 lines or less and written to the theme (Power). Send no more than 3 poems. We look for original, succinct, and thought provoking poetry - the kind that will allow our readers to see the subject in a way that they may not have otherwise considered. Poems with a focus on rhythm, repetition and pattern are preferred but this definitely doesn't mean obscure free verse is overlooked. Please include a paragraph or two about yourself, a short description of the poem, why you came to write it, and what it means to you.
Deadline: January 25th 2012 For more info click HERE

Other up coming deadlines include The Ballymaloe Poetry Prize and the Doire Poetry & Fiction Chapbook Competition, and of course, there's something else... something that doesn't involve writing... nah, it's gone. Can't of been that important:)

Dave Lordan

Dave Lordan is now offering manuscript appraisal, editing, and proofreading services for writers at any stage of their career who are working on a book project and/or cannot commit to regular class attendance. For further details or if you would like honest, constructive and professional feedback on your work (at reasonable rates) contact Dave though dlordan@hotmail.com, 0870921117 or his website

He's also Guest Editor at The Stinging Fly.
'I am delighted to have been appointed guest editor of Ireland’s leading literary magazine The Stinging Fly for the summer 2012 issue. Keep an eye on their blog for details of the kind of submissions I will be seeking. Submission will be taken throughout January. '

Dave will be on Arena (RTE radio one) on Thursday the 30th of December to talk about his work and future plans, and on the 13th of December to review a massive new anthology of weird fiction. Weird fiction, like the sound of that...