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
Good Day Cork
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The London Magazine
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Irish Pages: “War in Europe” Issue Call for Submissions
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Eat the Storms podcast
Deadline: Ongoing » more details
Working-Class Writing Archive
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Beir Bua
Deadline: Ongoing (Check Details) » more details
Two Meter Review
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bath magg
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seashores, haiku journal
Deadline: January & July » more details
Rochford Street Review
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The Haibun Journal
Deadline:January & July » more details
Dodging the Rain Submission Call
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A New Ulster
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New Irish Writing
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Antiphon
(accepts submissions on an on-going basis throughout the year) » more details
Stepaway Magazine
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The Flexible Persona Online Journal
(accepting submissions on an on-going basis throughout the year) » more details
Poetry Ireland Review
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Cheltenham Poetry Festival International Poetry Prize 2024
Deadline: 20 Oct 2024 » more details
National Poetry Competition with The Poetry Society
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024 » more details
Translink and Ulster University’s Poetry in Motion Campaign
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024 » more details
Banshee Press: Submissions Open for issue 19 (spring/summer 2025)
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024 » more details
The Orphic Review Submissions Open
Deadline: 31 Dec 2024 » more details
The Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition 2025
Deadline: 6 Jan 2025 » more details
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Deadline: 1 Apr 2025 » more details
Competitions & Awards
New Irish Writing
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Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
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Cheltenham Poetry Festival International Poetry Prize 2024
Deadline: 20 Oct 2024 » more details
International Dark Poets Prize competition
Deadline: 25 Oct 2024 » more details
National Poetry Competition 2024
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024 » more details
Courses
Writers Group Ranelagh
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SEMINAR (online) | Songlines: Engaging people with dementia through poetry & song
Wed 22 November, 1-2pm » more details
Forms and Features Workshop presented by Hua Xi
Fri 17 November, 11am-1pm
The Quad, DCU St. St. Patrick's Campus » more details
The Quad, DCU St. St. Patrick's Campus » more details
Re-Introductions: Poetry and Performance Masterclass with Jessica Traynor
Sat 25 November, 10.30am,
Civic Trust House, Cork » more details
Civic Trust House, Cork » more details
Life Stories: Literature as Biography, Autobiography & Beyond
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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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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 - Fingal Poetry Festival’s monthly slam
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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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Sligo - Illuminations
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Sligo - The Word
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The Living Poetic
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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
Bere Island Creative Writing
Bantry Bay, Cork » 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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Ireland Writing Retreat
Donegal » more details
Kilcoe Writers’ Retreat
Kilcoe, County Cork » 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
Schull Writer’s Retreat
Schull, County Cork » 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
Creative Writing Groups at Dublin City Libraries
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Cruinniú na bhFilí (ar líne)
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DiVerse Poetry Collective, Maynooth
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Kevin St Writers Group, Dublin
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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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Shut Up and Write!
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SixPens Writing Group & Weekend Writing Retreat, Westport, Co. Mayo
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Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers
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Tir Chonaill Writers
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Waterford Writers, Co Waterford
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Write Club from Fighting Words
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Writepace Limerick
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Writers Group Ranelagh
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Writing Groups at the Irish Writers Centre
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