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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Love
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The Anthropocene
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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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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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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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Tales From The Forest
Deadline: 28 Jun 2020 » more details
The Ireland Chair of Poetry Special Commemorative Anthology
Deadline: 6 Jul 2020 » more details
Seashores, Haiku Journal
Deadline: 31 Jul 2020 » more details
Competitions & Awards
The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
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Hennessy New Irish Writing
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Hour of Writes - Weekly Writing Competition
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Local Voices Poetry Competition
Deadline: 26 May 2020 » more details
Maynooth University Library Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry Competition
Deadline: 29 May 2020 » more details
Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31 May 2020 » more details
Wild Atlantic Writing Awards
Deadline: 31 May 2020 » more details
Bridport Prize - Young Writer Award
Deadline: 31 May 2020 » more details
The Montreal International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1 Jun 2020 » more details
Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award 2020
Deadline: 11 Jun 2020 » more details
Trócaire Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition
Deadline: 12 Jun 2020 » more details
First Edition Kate O’Brien Award
Deadline: 13 Jun 2020 » more details
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Deadline: 15 Jun 2020 » more details
Wells Festival of Literature’s Competitions
Deadline: 30 Jun 2020 » more details
Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2020
Deadline: 30 Jun 2020 » more details
Fingal Poetry Prize
Deadline: 30 Jun 2020 » more details
Bring Your Limericks to Limerick Competition
Deadline: 31 Jul 2020 » more details
Dalkey Creates Writing Competitions
Deadline: 2 Aug 2020 » more details
Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition
Deadline: 31 Aug 2020 » more details
The 8th Annual Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition
Deadline: 31 Aug 2020 » more details
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
Deadline: 31 Aug 2020 » more details
The Moth Nature Writing Prize
Deadline: 15 Sep 2020 » more details
8th Ó Bhéal International Five Words Poetry Competition
Deadline: 26 Jan 2021 » more details
Courses
Poetry Kit Online Courses
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Online: Start Writing with Big Smoke Writing Factory
Deadline: 22 Jun 2020 » more details
Back to the Well: Weekend Poetry Workshop with Martin Dyar at the Yeats International Summer School
Deadline: 31 Jul 2020 » more details
Online: Write the Play with Big Smoke Writing Factory
Deadline: 21 Sep 2020 » more details
Funding
Limerick International Mobility Awards 2020
Deadline: 12 Jun 2020 » more details
Kids & Teens
Local Voices Poetry Competition
Deadline: 26 May 2020 » more details
Maynooth University Library Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry Competition
Deadline: 29 May 2020 » more details
Trócaire Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition
Deadline: 12 Jun 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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Donegal - North West Words
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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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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
Birr Writers Residency 2020
Deadline: 28 May 2020 » more details
Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award 2020
Deadline: 11 Jun 2020 » 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
Red Line Book Festival 2020 Writer-in-Residence Scheme
Deadline: 29 Jun 2020 » more details
Residency at Bloomville House
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Schull Writer’s Retreat
Schull, County Cork » 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 Dublin Writers’ Forum
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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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