writing Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2026 2 Mar13 Mar Arts Office – Waterford City & County Council Oifig Ealaíon Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge Since 1998 the Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award…
Poetry SPEAK YOUR TRUTH PRESENTS THE POETRY LOUNGE AT WGOA 27 SEPT 2025 2PM 26 Sep Speak Your Truth Presents The Poetry Lounge Hosted by Ger Duffy Presented in association with Poetry Ireland Saturday 27th September, 2:00-4:00pm With Luke Morgan, author of Blood Atlas (Introduced by…
Waterford Writers Weekend WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2025 19 Sep27 Oct Waterford City and County Council is pleased to present the programme for the Waterford Writers Weekend 2025. With support from the Arts and Library Services there is a range of…
Poetry WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE 2025 6 Jun5 Mar The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the Waterford Poetry Prize 2025. The Waterford Poetry Prize is open…
Poetry THE POETRY LOUNGE AT WGOA 25/01/25, 2PM 20 Jan Speak Your Truth presents: The Poetry Lounge Hosted by Ger Duffy Saturday 25th January 2- 4pm Gustav Parker Hibbett “High Jump As Icarus Story” Introduced by Ger Duffy MicHael Dooley…
Poetry SPEAK YOUR TRUTH PRESENTS THE POETRY LOUNGE 31/11/2024 20 Nov The sixth and final Poetry Lounge of 2024. We have S C Flynn, with his debut eco collection, The Colour of Extinction- Observer Book of the Month, Ger Reidy with…
Poetry BOOK LAUNCH: SMALL VICTORIES BY FRANK FARRELLY AT WGOA 16/11/2024 2PM 8 Nov6 Jun A new book of poetry is to be launched by Frank Farrelly at the Waterford Gallery of Art on Saturday 16th November, 2pm. All are welcome to attend and hear…
Talk DR. MARIE CASSIDY IN CONVERSATION WITH WLRFM’S DAMIEN TIERNAN, TOWN HALL THEATRE, DUNGARVAN, 25/10/2024 8PM 17 Oct As part of the Waterford Writers Weekend, we are excited to host former Irish State Pathologist Dr. Marie Cassidy in the Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan in conversation with WLRfm’s Damien…
Spoken Word SPEAK YOUR TRUTH PRESENTS THE POETRY LOUNGE SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2-4PM AT WGOA 10 Oct Speak Your Truth presents The Poetry Lounge Hosted by Ger Duffy Saturday 12th October 2 - 4pm Kath Mc Kay, “Moving the Elephant”, Introduced by Billy Fenton Damien…
Literature WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2024 19 Sep4 Nov The Arts & Library Service of Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce the programme for the Waterford Writers Weekend October 24th to 27th 2024. Full details HERE:…
Arts Opportunity… OPEN CALL : CALL FOR ARTISTS 7 Jun8 Jul The Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA) and Waterford Arts Office are seeking proposals from artists to participate in their summer exhibition, ‘Muscles and Mind: Irish Art Olympians’ (26th July –…
Festival Waterford Writers Weekend 2023 4 Sep10 Nov Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce details of the Waterford Writers Weekend 2023 under the curatorship of Eimear Cheasty. There is a broad range of events and…
YOUNG ENSEMBLES SCHEME 2023. Applications open Tuesday, 31 January 2023. The primary purpose of the Young Ensembles Scheme is to support groups of young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four to create…
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…
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 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…
Arts Opportunity… X-POLLINATOR – A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR FEMALE TALENT 30 Sep1 Oct DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY 7TH OCTOBER, 5:00PM Date: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 Duration: Two weekends (2nd - 3rd November and 7th - 8th December 2019) Venue: Dublin Cost: €0 Apply…
Arts Opportunity… ‘TIME TO WRITE’ WITH LANI O’HANLON 17 May22 May Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August 2018, Ardmore, Co. Waterford Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is offering Waterford Writers’ the opportunity to attend the Molly Keane Writers Retreat…
Festival… OPEN SUBMISSION CALLING ALL WRITERS 3 Apr21 Apr Would you like the opportunity to have your piece on the big screen at Garter Lane Arts Centre this Summer? Modwords, a weekend long, city-wide festival, filled with original plays, spoken word,…
Arts Council… MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2018 5 Feb22 Mar Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting entries for the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2018. The late writer lived, until…
Arts Opportunity… IRON MOUNTAIN LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2017 – JOHN MCGAHERN AWARD 21 Jul18 Jul Deadline: 5pm, 31 July 2017 Festival begins Friday 6th & Saturday 7th of October in Carrick on Shannon. Leitrim County Council Arts Office is now accepting applications from emerging writers…
General… BURSARY FOR STORYHOUSE RESIDENTIAL COURSE: WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 24 Nov30 Nov Lisnavagh House, Co. Carlow - Monday 20th - Saturday 25th February 2017 This is an opportunity to join experienced and award winning writers, Sheena Wilkinson and E.R. Murray, for a…
Arts Office Projects SEÁN DUNNE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS & WINNING ENTRIES 2 Apr7 Apr UPDATE: LINKS TO WINNING ENTRIES NOW ADDED This year the Sean Dunne Young Writers winning entrants are: Noel O’ Regan a 28 year old writer from Tralee in County Kerry…
Arts Office Projects… SEÁN DUNNE YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARDS 19 Jan3 Feb The closing date for 2014 entries has passed. __________________________________________________________________________________ Get out your pens and pencils and start writing - You have until Friday at 5.30 pm to get your entries…
General… LITERATURE AT IMAGINE 15 Oct23 Oct Literature Events at the Imagine Arts Festival – 17th to 27th October Claire Keegan Reading in the Book Centre Date & Time: 25 October 2013 18.30 / Free Event Of…
General THE BALLYMALOE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 11 Jun Ballymaloe Cookery School in association with The Moth Arts & Literary magazine has announced the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize with a first place receiving €5,000! The lucky winner will also receive two…
