Opportunities for Writers
Competitions, awards, calls for submissions, residencies and open mic opportunties for poets. If you would like to advertise an opportunity for poets on our website, please email media@poetryireland.ie.
Calls for Submissions
Strukturriss
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Rochford Street Review
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The Haibun Journal
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Crossways
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HeadStuff.org Poetry Submissions
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Automatic Pilot Call for Submissions
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Dodging the Rain Submission Call
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A New Ulster
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Hidden Channel Zine
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Antiphon
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Stepaway Magazine
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The Flexible Persona Online Journal
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Poetry Ireland Review
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Drawn to the Light Press
Deadline: 30 Sep 2020 » more details
Mayo County Council Open Call
Deadline: 30 Sep 2020 » more details
Competitions & Awards
The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
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New Irish Writing
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Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
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2020 Troubadour Prize
Deadline: 28 Sep 2020 » more details
Allingham Arts Festival Poetry & Flash Fiction Competitions
Deadline: 28 Sep 2020 » more details
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2020
Deadline: 12 Oct 2020 » more details
2020 Manchester Irish Language Writing Competition
Deadline: 23 Oct 2020 » more details
The Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award 2020
Deadline: 5 Nov 2020 » more details
Anthology Magazine Poetry Prize
Deadline: 30 Nov 2020 » more details
The Moth Poetry Prize
Deadline: 31 Dec 2020 » more details
8th Ó Bhéal International Five Words Poetry Competition
Deadline: 26 Jan 2021 » more details
Courses
Poetry Mentoring with Ciarán O’Driscoll
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Big Smoke Writing Factory
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Poetry Kit Online Courses
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Laureate na nÓg Mentoring Scheme
Deadline: 30 Sep 2020 » more details
Six Week Poetry Appreciation Course with Aosdána poet Ciaran O’Driscoll
Deadline: 14 Oct 2020 » more details
An Fhéile Bheag Filíochta: Ceardlanna Filíochta Ar-líne / Online Poetry Workshops
Deadline: 7 Nov 2020 » more details
Online Self-Publishing Workshop
Deadline: 20 Nov 2020 » more details
Online poetry workshops with Annemarie Ní Churreáin
Deadline: 25 Nov 2020 » more details
Kids & Teens
Laureate na nÓg Mentoring Scheme
Deadline: 30 Sep 2020 » more details
Rhyme Rag
Deadline: 31 Dec 2020 » more details
Open Mic Opportunities
Belfast - Purely Poetry at the Crescent Arts Centre
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Belfast - Yard Sessions Open Mic
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Cork - Hungry Hill Poetry Friday
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Cork - Live Words
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Cork - Ó bhéal Poetry Readings & Open-mic Nights
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Cork - Psoken Wrod
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Derry - The SpeakEasy
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Dublin - Dolcáin’s Cellar
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Dublin - Flying South Open Mic
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Dublin - Lemme Talk
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Dublin - Slam Sunday
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Dublin - Staccato
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Dublin - Takin’ the Mic
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Dublin - The Circle Sessions
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Dublin - The Intercollective
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Dublin - The New Romantics
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Dublin - The Sunflower Sessions
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Galway - Over The Edge Open Readings
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Kerry - ‘Literary Listowel’ Readings
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Kerry - Bank Holiday Poets’ Corner
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Limerick - ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gatherings
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Limerick - The Whitehouse Poets
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Meath - The CO Club
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Online: Not the Time to Be Silent Open Mic
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Sligo - Illuminations
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Sligo - The Word
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Waterford - Spokes Open Mic
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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
Avondale Retreat
Rathdrum, County Wicklow » more details
Greywood Arts
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Kilcoe Writers’ Retreat
Kilcoe, County Cork » more details
Molly Keane Writers’ Retreat
Ardmore, County Wexford » more details
Old Rectory Retreat
Westport, County Mayo » more details
Schull Writer’s Retreat
Schull, County Cork » more details
Silence Awareness Existence
Deadline: 8 Oct 2020 » more details
The Garsdale Retreat
Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK » more details
The Moth Retreat for Artists and Writers
Belturbet, County Cavan » more details
The Schoolhouse Artists Retreat and Studio - Residency Programme
Kiltimagh, County Mayo » more details
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig
Newbliss, County Monaghan » more details
Writers' Groups
Creative Writing Groups at Dublin City Libraries
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DiVerse Poetry Collective, Maynooth
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Lexicon Writing Group, Belfast
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Midleton Writers Group, Cork
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Mountrath Writers Group, Laois
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Muse Writers Group, Down
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Navan Creative Writers, Meath
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Navan Creative Writing Group, Meath
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Oldcastle Writers Group, Meath
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Shalom Writers, Belfast
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SixPens Writing Group & Weekend Writing Retreat, Westport, Co. Mayo
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The Poet’s Place, Belfast
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Tir Chonaill Writers
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Virgin Slate Cork
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Waterford Writers, Co Waterford
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