Opportunities for Writers
Competitions, awards, calls for submissions, residencies and open mic opportunities for poets. If you would like to advertise an opportunity for poets on our website, please email media@poetryireland.ie.
Calls for Submissions
Luain Press
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Poetry Ireland Review
Submission window is open regularly throughout the year » more details
The London Magazine
Deadline:Ongoing » more details
Eat the Storms Podcast
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Working-Class Writing Archive
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Beir Bua
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Two Meter Review
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Seashores Haiku Journal
Deadline: January & July » more details
Rochford Street Review
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
The Haibun Journal
Deadline:January & July » more details
Dodging the Rain
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
A New Ulster
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
New Irish Writing
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Antiphon
(accepts submissions on an on-going basis throughout the year) » more details
Stepaway Magazine
(accepts submissions on an on-going basis throughout the year) » more details
The Flexible Persona Online Journal
(accepting submissions on an on-going basis throughout the year) » more details
RTÉ Short Story Competition
Deadline: 23 May 2025 » more details
Poetry Book Society
Deadline: 31 May 2025 » more details
The Stony Thursday Book
Deadline: 2 Jun 2025 » more details
Literature Today June 2025 Issue
Deadline: 18 Jun 2025 » more details
Heroines Anthology - Volume 6
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
Competitions & Awards
Birr Writers’ Residency Award 2025
Deadline: 19 May 2025 » more details
Heroines Anthology - Volume 6
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
Drumshanbo Poetry Film Competition
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
The 2025 Poetry London Prize
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
Anthology Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31 Jul 2025 » more details
Anthology Poetry Competition
Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 » more details
Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
Deadline: 31 Dec 2025 » more details
Courses
Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2025/26
Deadline: 6 Jun 2025 » more details
Open Mic Opportunities
Belfast: Purely Poetry at the Crescent Arts Centre
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Clare: Open Mic at Banner Books
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Cork: DeBarra’s Spoken Word
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Cork: Ó bhéal Poetry Readings & Open-mic Nights
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Dublin: Bilingual Takin’ the Mic
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Dublin: Dolcáin’s Cellar
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Dublin: Staccato
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Dublin: The Circle Sessions
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Dublin: The Intercollective
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Dublin: The Sunflower Sessions
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Galway: The Oil Slick
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Kerry: ‘Literary Listowel’ Readings
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Limerick: First Wednesday Series
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Online: Lime Square Poets
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Sligo: Illuminations
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Sligo: The Word
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Residencies
Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat
Bantry, County Cork » more details
Arvon Centre
Shropshire/West Yorkshire/Devon, UK » more details
Bere Island Creative Writing
Bantry Bay, Cork » more details
Birr Writers’ Residency Award 2025
Deadline: 19 May 2025 » more details
Circle of Misse
Loire Valley, France » more details
Connemara Writers’ Retreat
Renvyle, County Galway » more details
Greywood Arts
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Half Door Writers’ Retreat
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Heroines Anthology - Volume 6
Deadline: 30 Jun 2025 » more details
Ireland Writing Retreat
Donegal » more details
La Muse Artists and Writers Retreat
Labastide-Esparbairenque, France » more details
Molly Keane Writers’ Retreat
Ardmore, County Wexford » more details
Old Rectory Retreat
Westport, County Mayo » more details
Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2025/26
Deadline: 6 Jun 2025 » more details
The Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Poetry Exchange
Deadline: 23 May 2025 » more details
The Garsdale Retreat
Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK » more details
The Long Barn
Castlehaven Harbour, West Cork » more details
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig
Newbliss, County Monaghan » more details
Writers' Groups
Clare Poetry Collective
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Creative Writing Groups at Dublin City Libraries
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Cruinniú na bhFilí (ar líne)
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Dublin: Frustrated Writers’ Group
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Limerick: Writepace
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Meath: Creative Writing Group (Bullsarse Writers)
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Meath: Navan Creative Writers
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Ranelagh: Writers’ Group
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Shut Up and Write!
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Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers
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Tir Chonaill Writers
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Westport, Co. Mayo: SixPens Writing Group & Weekend Writing Retreat
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Write Club from Fighting Words
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Writing Groups at the Irish Writers Centre
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