Showing posts with label Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize. Show all posts

Ballymaloe Poetry Prize & other things


The Moth Magazine

Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize is organised by  The Moth Magazine and will be accepting entries from June 1st. The cash prizes are 10,000 euro, 2,000 euro and 1,000 euro. yes, that's right. 10,000 euro. Can you imagine? The details are here The summer issue of The Moth will be out soon. I'm delighted to have a poem called 'Petronella' included in this edition. As you can see from the image, its always a stunning production.  And if you are ever stuck for inspiration, I can recommend Magpie Tales for interesting weekly writing prompts.

I'm always interested in how other writers organise their writing time, so if anyone would like to feature in guest post or blog interview on that subject let me know in the comment section. I'm especially interested in 'multi form' writers, it can be challenging enough to prioritise writing in every day life, but how within that do you prioritise your novel, short stories and poetry? Which comes first?

At the moment, my novel comes first but when I hit a certain amount of words I treat myself to some time working on my current short story. I write poetry in a more random and sporadic way (ie when I should be doing other things!) Blogging (as you might have noticed!) comes last, at maybe one post a week. I would love to talk to other writers about how they portion out their brains, and how long they go before they start to feel dizzy :)

The Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize 2012

 

Just in from the Moth Magazine - The Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize 2012 is officially launched! The first prize is €5,000 (!) plus two nights B&B for two (including one evening meal). The second and third prizes are €1,000 and €500 respectively. 

 

The judge this year is Leontia Flynn, winner of a Forward Prize for Best First Collection and a Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. You can enter as many poems as you like. It costs €6 per poem (or €7.50 per poem if you're sending a money order).

You can enter online via the website or send your entries to:

The Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize
c/o The Moth
The Bog Road
Dromard
Cavan
Co. Cavan
Ireland

The closing date is 31 December 2012.Thats plenty of time to get writing, and its international too, open to anyone, anywhere...and the new edition of the Moth looks gorgeous!

The Stinging Fly Summer Issue

 So, I have work in this beauty! "We Can't Have Artists Losing Their Tempers" is a short story featuring Brigid, a 93 year old...