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
Tales From the Forest Magazine: Call for Submissions
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Nourish-Poetry Journal
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HEBE Poetry Magazine
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Opportunity Publishing – Call for Submissions for Poetry Anthology
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Crossways
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HeadStuff.org Poetry Submissions
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Poethead, Index Of Women Poets: Call for Submissions
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Automatic Pilot Call for Submissions
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Dodging the Rain Submission Call
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Flight Writing Submission Call
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400 AND FALLING PRESS
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all the sins
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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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SurVision #3 - Call for Submissions
Deadline: 25 Jun 2018 » more details
Seashores
Deadline: 30 Jun 2018 » more details
Not4U’s Cailleach: Call for Submissions
Deadline: 5 Jul 2018 » more details
The North – Irish Issue
Deadline: 30 Jul 2018 » more details
The Matador Review Fall 2018 Call for Submissions
Deadline: 31 Jul 2018 » more details
Impossible Archetype Journal
Deadline: 1 Aug 2018 » more details
Competitions & Awards
International Welsh Poetry Competition
Deadline: 27 May 2018 » more details
Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Deadline: 13 Jul 2018 » more details
Hennessy New Irish Writing
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Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
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McLellan Poetry Competition 2018
Deadline: 21 Jun 2018 » more details
Poetry Ireland Yeats Summer School Scholarship
Deadline: 22 Jun 2018 » more details
The 2018 University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 30 Jun 2018 » more details
Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition 2018
Deadline: 30 Jun 2018 » more details
iYeats Poetry Competition 2018
Deadline: 30 Jun 2018 » more details
The Kavanagh Poetry Award
Deadline: 27 Jul 2018 » more details
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2018
Deadline: 27 Jul 2018 » more details
Duke University’s Kenan Institute of Ethics Intercultural Writing Competition
Deadline: 29 Jul 2018 » more details
Séan Ó’Faoláin Short Story Competition 2018
Deadline: 31 Jul 2018 » more details
Winchester Poetry Prize 2018
Deadline: 31 Jul 2018 » more details
Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2018
Deadline: 6 Aug 2018 » more details
Red Line Book Festival Poetry Competition 2018
Deadline: 10 Aug 2018 » more details
Waterford Poetry Prize 2018
Deadline: 10 Aug 2018 » more details
Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition
Deadline: 15 Aug 2018 » more details
Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition
Deadline: 15 Aug 2018 » more details
Limerick Literary Festival Poetry Competition
Deadline: 25 Aug 2018 » more details
James Tate Prize for the International Poetry Chapbook Contest 2018
Deadline: 31 Aug 2018 » more details
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
Deadline: 31 Aug 2018 » more details
PBS & Mslexia Women’s Poetry Prize
Deadline: 14 Sep 2018 » more details
PBS & Mslexia Women’s Pamphlet Competition
Deadline: 14 Sep 2018 » more details
Courses
Patrick Kavanagh Centre Annual Poetry Writing Weekend Workshop
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Advanced Fiction Writing
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Beginners & Intermediate Creative Writing Classes Galway Technical Institute
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The Garsdale Retreat
Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK » more details
The Bardic Poetry One-Day Workshop
Trinity College Dublin » more details
May Daytime Creative Writing with Susan Millar DuMars
Galway Arts Centre » more details
Poetry Kit Online Courses
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Poetry Ireland Yeats Summer School Scholarship
Deadline: 22 Jun 2018 » more details
Kavanagh Centre Annual Poetry Workshop
Deadline: 23 Jun 2018 » more details
The Art of Poetry: Summer Poetry Workshop Series
Deadline: 28 Jul 2018 » more details
Summer Fiction Workshop - Munster Literature Centre
Deadline: 25 Aug 2018 » more details
Funding
Poetry Ireland Yeats Summer School Scholarship
Deadline: 22 Jun 2018 » more details
The Matador Review Fall 2018 Call for Submissions
Deadline: 31 Jul 2018 » more details
Open Mic Opportunities
Staccato - Open Mic, Dublin
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The CO Club, Open Mic
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The Word, Sligo
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Shipwrecked - Open Mic at the Bowery, Rathmines
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‘Literary Listowel’ Readings, Kerry
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Illuminations, Sligo
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The Merg Sessions, Dublin
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Purely Poetry at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
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Live Words, Cork
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North West Words, Donegal
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Hungry Hill Poetry Friday, Castletownbere, Cork
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Psoken Wrod, Clonakilty
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Flying South Open Mic, Dublin
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Cave Writings, Dublin
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Red Pill, Belfast
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Slam Sunday, Dublin
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The Circle Sessions, Dublin
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Bank Holiday Poets’ Corner, Tralee
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Takin’ the Mic, Dublin
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The Sunflower Sessions, Dublin
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‘On the Nail’ Literary Gatherings, Limerick
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The Whitehouse Poets, Limerick
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Ó bhéal Poetry Readings & Open-mic Nights, Cork
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Over The Edge Open Readings, Galway
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Residencies
The Garsdale Retreat
Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK » more details
The Moth Retreat for Artists and Writers
Belturbet, County Cavan » more details
Avondale Retreat
Rathdrum, County Wicklow » more details
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust - Artist in Residence
Waterford City, County Waterford » more details
Schull Writer’s Retreat
Schull, County Cork » more details
The Schoolhouse Artists Retreat and Studio - Residency Programme
Kiltimagh, County Mayo » more details
Old Rectory Retreat
Westport, County Mayo » more details
Kilcoe Writers’ Retreat
Kilcoe, County Cork » more details
Molly Keane Writers’ Retreat
Ardmore, County Wexford » more details
Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat
Bantry, County Cork » more details
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig
Newbliss, County Monaghan » more details
Arvon Centre
Shropshire/West Yorkshire/Devon, UK » more details
Writers' Groups
The Dublin Writer’s Forum
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