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 comms@poetryireland.ie
Calls for Submissions
Visions International
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Eat the Storms podcast
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Working-Class Writing Archive
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Wexford Community Writing Project
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Beir Bua
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Two Meter Review
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bath magg
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seashores, haiku journal
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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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Dodging the Rain Submission Call
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A New Ulster
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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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The Moth Poetry Prize 2022
Deadline: 31 Dec 2022 » more details
Submission Call - Drawn to the Light Press Issue 8
Deadline: 31 Dec 2022 » more details
Competitions & Awards
New Irish Writing
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Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
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The Moth Poetry Prize 2022
Deadline: 31 Dec 2022 » more details
The 2022 Charles Causley International Poetry Competition
Deadline: 1 Jan 2023 » more details
Little Fires of Brigid Poetry Competition
Deadline: 8 Jan 2023 » more details
The 10th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry Competition
Deadline: 31 Jan 2023 » more details
Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature & Arts – Poetry and Short Story Competitions
Deadline: 24 Feb 2023 The 2023 Poetry and Short Story Competitions for the Maria Edgeworth Festival now open for entries. » more details
Cathal Bui Poetry Competition 2023
Deadline: 17 Mar 2023 Free entry » more details
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2023
Deadline: 31 May 2023 The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature is for an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under forty years of age. » more details
Courses
The Creative Writing Breakfast Club
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Writing Prompts by Post
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WriteWell
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Big Smoke Writing Factory
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Poetry Kit Online Courses
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Funding
Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship
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Open Mic Opportunities
Belfast - Purely Poetry at the Crescent Arts Centre
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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 - 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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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: Lime Square Poets
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Online: Not the Time to Be Silent Open Mic
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Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2022
Deadline: 15 Dec 2022 » more details
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
BACK TO BASICS - Thematic residency program in Finland
Deadline: 11 Jan 2023 Spring / Summer 2023 » more details
Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency Programme 2022-23
Deadline: 12 Jan 2023 Call For Applications » more details
Greywood Arts
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Half Door Writers’ Retreat
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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
The Garsdale Retreat
Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK » more details
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig
Newbliss, County Monaghan » more details
Writers' Groups
Airfield Writers
Deadline: 31 Dec 2022 New Members Wanted » more details
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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