writing Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2023 10 May Since 1998 the Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane. Molly lived in Ardmore, Co.…
Arts Office Projects… WINNER OF THE MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD ANNOUNCED FOR 2022 28 Sep Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2022 is Bernadette Furlong, Caim, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford…
Creative Waterford… LANI O’HANLON WINS TRÓCAIRE POETRY IRELAND POETRY COMPETITION 2022 25 Aug9 Nov Huge congratulations to our own Lani O’ Hanlon who has just been announced as the winner in the Adult Published category of the Trócaire Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition 2022 with…
Poetry… EKPHRASIS PROJECT 2022 29 Jul11 Aug Waterford Gallery of Art, 6 august 2022 at 11am The Waxed Lemon - in association with The Waterford Gallery of Art and Summer in the City - announce the continuation…
Poetry… THE GALLERY PRESS ANNOUNCES AUTUMN ONLINE POETRY WORKSHOPS 28 Jul This Autumn (2022) The Gallery Press is offering three online poetry workshops by Gallery authors Thomas McCarthy, Peter Sirr and Grace Wilentz. Two levels of applicants are invited - Aspiring…
Arts Opportunity… TEENAGE BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION 28 Jul28 Jul Closing date for entries is 31st August 2022. Teenagers! Have you read a fantastic book this summer? Why not write a short review and be in with the chance to…
Arts Opportunity… ENTER THE 2022 ALLINGHAM POETRY AND FLASH FICTION COMPETITION 19 May Deadline: 16th Sept 2022 The 2022 Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competition is open for entries! Writers worldwide are invited to enter flash fiction pieces up to 700 words, and…
Arts Opportunity… MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2022 DEADLINE – 22ND JUNE 4 May23 Jun Deadline: 22nd June 2022 at 12 noon. Since 1998 the Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late…
Poetry… SPOKES POETRY AND OPEN MIC 6 Jan Phil Grimes, Friday 4th February 2022 at 8PM With special guest poet Mark Roper. Spokes Poetry and Open Mic will be held upstairs in Phil Grimes pub Waterford with the…
Festival… THE LIT FESTIVAL 2021 28 Oct22 Nov Waterford, Nov 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th 2021 The Lit Festival of Reading and Writing for Young People is back for 2021 with both in-person and online events! Workshop and…
Festival… WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2021 29 Sep26 Oct Waterford City, Thursday October 21st to Sunday 24th 2021 Thursday 21st Oct: Waterford Writers Weekend Schools Event 9:00 am. Online event. Click here for info. Explore Haiku poetry and celebrate…
Imagine Arts Festival… A TALK WITH WRITER AND PODCASTER SOPHIE WHITE 22 Sep26 Oct The Waterford Gallery of Art, October 23rd 2021 at 3pm The writer and podcaster Sophie White speaks about her bestselling essay collection, Corpsing: My Body and Other Horror Shows. Sophie's…
Art… WINNER OF THE MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2021 ANNOUNCED 17 Sep23 Sep The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council, is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2021 is Patrick Holloway, Carrigaline, Co. Cork.…
Arts Opportunity… X-POLLINATOR: ELEVATOR 28 Aug X-Pollinator: ELEVATOR, a brand new development programme that seeks to identify and support up to twenty emerging and diverse female and non-binary writers and directors, has recently launched. As there…
Art… CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE KAVANAGH FELLOWSHIP 2021 17 Aug The Trustees of the Estate of Katherine Kavanagh intend to offer the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship, of up to €8,000, again in 2021. The Fellowship is specifically for Irish…
Art… POET LAUREATE FOR DUNGARVAN ANNOUNCED 17 Aug17 Aug Fógraíonn Éigse Éireann, Poetry Ireland Ríon-Éigeas do Dhún Garbhán, Co Phort Láirge mar chuid de thionscnamh Bhaile na hÉigse Poetry Ireland has today, 17th August 2021, announced the names of…
Arts on line… THE WAXED LEMON SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES 17 Aug Continuing the series of The Waxed Lemon Summer Workshops, the following literature and writing workshops will take place over the next few weeks: “How to Submit your Writing to Literary…
Literature… ‘OUTLASTING’ – LITERATURE PROJECT LAUNCH FOR WATERFORD 20 May4 Jun The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new literature project by writer Sylvia Cullen, originally from Lismore, Co. Waterford. Centred…
Arts Council… POETRY DAY WATERFORD! 28 Apr30 Apr Thank you to everyone who attended and/or participated in Poetry Day Waterford: Here are the links, we have so far, for events that happened: Poetry Day Waterford Launch 100 Years…
Book… BOOK RELEASE – NEVER OUTGROW: SMALL BOREENS BY MARTINE O’DONOVAN 11 Dec This is a collection of poetry and short stories exploring love and loss. The nourishment of grandparents. The healing power of nature in all of her guises and the resilience…
Arts Grants… RECIPIENTS OF THE 2020 CHILDREN’S BOOKS IRELAND AND TYRONE GUTHRIE CENTRE BURSARY AWARDS FOR MID-CAREER CHILDREN’S BOOKS ARTISTS ANNOUNCED 22 Jul4 Aug Children’s Books Ireland and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre are pleased to announce Ashling Lindsay, Shona Shirley McDonald, Nicola Pierce, Margaret Anne Suggs and Máire Zepf as recipients of the 2020…
Arts Office Projects… WRITING BURSARIES FOR ADMORE WRITERS RETREAT 10 Jul29 Jul Writing Bursaries available for Ardmore Writers Retreat The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is offering Waterford Writers’ the opportunity to attend the Molly Keane Writers Retreat in Ardmore,…
Arts on line… WATERFORD POET WINS 2020 FISH PUBLISHING POETRY PRIZE 9 Jun10 Jun Waterford Poet Peggy McCarthy has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Fish Publishing Poetry Prize 2020 for her piece - 'Father'. Billy Collins who judged the the contest…
Arts Council… POETRY DAY WATERFORD RECORDINGS ONLINE NOW! 28 Apr29 Jul Poetry Day Waterford was a unique festival of poetry and spoken word with interludes of music. Unique, not just because of the depth and breadth of the programme - but…
General… LIVE READING OF MEMOIR – BEYOND THE BREAKWATER BY CATHERINE FOLEY 20 Mar An Rinn’s Catherine Foley with her sister RoseAnn started filming her reading her book ‘Beyond the Breakwater’ at her home on Monday 16th March 2020, and she is going to…
General… CYBER CRAIC – A DIGITAL IRISH ARTS FESTIVAL 17TH TO 31ST MARCH 2020 20 Mar20 Mar OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, TUNE IN TO THIS WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO ENJOY A DIGITAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART. NEW CONTENT WILL BE ADDED DAILY: Solasnua.org…
General… POSTPONED MODWORDS – FOUR WEEK WRITING WORKSHOP 19 Feb20 Mar Waterford Gallery Of Art - Saturdays, March 28th - April 25th 2020 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm In the lead up to Poetry Day Ireland, Modwords and Waterford Gallery Of Art…
Arts Opportunity… POETRY IRELAND INTRODUCTIONS 2020 OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS 24 Jan13 Feb Deadline - Sunday 9 February 2020 Applications are now open for Poetry Ireland Introductions 2020, which will offer poets in the early stages of their careers, writing in Irish or English, the…
General… WYA – WE ALREADY HAVE A VOICE 11 Nov St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Friday November 15th 2019 at 8:00pm The writers of Waterford Youth Arts are launching their anthology, ‘We Already Have A Voice’ - a collection of poems,…
General… WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS & WRITERS – FICTION 31 Oct7 Oct Waterford Teachers’ Centre, Thursday 14th November 2019 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm Karen Power is a novelist and a member of Artlinks. She is a former recipient of the Waterford City…
events… WORKSHOP – ROOM TO WRITE (WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND) 12 Oct16 Sep The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, Saturday, 26th October at 11:00am – 6:00pm | Sunday, 27th October 2019 at 12:00pm – 3:00pm If you have been inspired by one of the…
General… WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS & WRITERS – NON FICTION 7 Oct Waterford Teachers’ Centre, Thursday, 10th October 2019 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm From Pondering to Publication is an interactive workshop with Dr Kevin Haugh PhD on a journey that explores the…
Art… ARTS PRACTICE GRANT APPLICATIONS CLOSED 29 Sep7 Oct Arts Practice Grant applications are now closed. 07/10/2019 Waterford City & County Council are inviting applications for Arts projects for 2020 . This year the Arts Practice Grants application…
General… TRA TALES – AN EVENING OF POETRY AND STORYTELLING 25 Sep Crokes Pub Tramore, Tuesday October 8th 2019 at 8:00pm Tramore's monthly literary event. Come along and share a poem, a story, or a song. Or just sit back and listen.…
General… ONE DAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS 3 Jun28 May Curraghmore House, Saturday June 15th 2019 at 9:00am – 5:00pm Curraghmore House, Friday July 12th 2019 at 9:00am – 5:00pm Curraghmore House, Sunday August 11th 2019 at 9:00am – 5:00pm…
Book… CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS BY KAREN POWER 21 May Curraghmore House, Saturday 15th June, Friday 12th July, Sunday 15th August, from 9 am to 4:30 pm Irish Time best selling author, Karen Power presents one day creative writing workshops at…
General… GET PUBLISHED! FREE 6 WEEK COURSE WITH BRIAN KENNEDY 17 Apr Central Library, Wednesdays from 8th May to 12th June 2019 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm The Local Studies Department at Central Library is delighted to welcome local author Brian Kennedy who…
