Art… OPEN CALL: WATER WORDS, WATER ART 9 Jan In praise of water: Open call for writing and art. You are welcome to respond to the theme ‘In praise of water‘ through writing of any kind. This is also open to visual…
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…
Bursary Bursaries to the Molly Keane Writers Retreat, Ardmore 2024 13 Mar18 Jul The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is offering non – residential bursaries to Waterford writers to attend a weekend writing course at the Molly Keane Writers Retreat, Ardmore,…
writing Spirited Voices Open-Call 2 Jan Spirited Voices welcomes writing that relates to hope creativity or courage. Read more: https://kathryncrowley.eu/open-call-poetry-flash-fiction-memoir-and-prose/ Here is the news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCtweeting/status/1738599611915186246/photo/1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1620685775451963&set=a.217924612394760
Poetry Winner of the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2023 announced 26 Sep Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2023 is Vincent Barton, Blackrock, Co. Dublin with…
writing Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2023 Winner Announcement 21 Sep On Culture Night, this Friday 22nd September 2023 at 7pm, the Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative…
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…
Arts Opportunity… OPEN CALL – WEXFORD WOMEN WRITING UNDERCOVER 4 Jun Deadline - 21st June 2021 The biannual journal of poetry and prose Wexford Women Writing Undercover is coming up again. After great success with the first edition Annunciation, the second…
Book… WHAT GOOD IS LOOKING WELL WHEN YOU’RE ROTTEN ON THE INSIDE 1 Aug5 Jul Garter Lane Arts Centre, Saturday September 8th at 8:00pm - 10:00pm One month before his death, retired civil servant and man of few words Paddy O’Grady had a sudden urge…
events… POETRY DAY IRELAND 2018 LINE-UP 18 Apr25 Apr Poetry Day Ireland, Thursday, April 26th , Various Venues, Nationwide Poetry Day Ireland takes place on Thursday 26 April 2018 and the theme is Poetry Surprises! Whether you share a poem, read a poem, or programme your own event, everyone is…
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,…
Art… #MODWORDS PRESENTS SHORT PLAYS AND PARTY PIECES 21 Feb The Fat Angel, Saturday the 24th of Feb, starting at 2pm. Modwords presents Short Plays and Party Pieces. The Fat Angel have given us their beautiful space to air our new work.…
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…
Arts Opportunity… BIRR WRITERS RESIDENCY WEEK SUBMISSIONS 24 Feb Birr Writers Residency Week now open for submissions. Closing date for application is 3pm on Friday 10th of March 2017. Tin Jug Studio offers professional writers an opportunity to spend…
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 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 THE MAGIC PEN: WRITING FOR EVERYONE 5 Nov Friday, 9th November from 6.30pm - 9.30pm & Saturday, 10th from 10am - 1pm. The time for the writing workshop in the stunning setting of the Tramore Coastguard Station is…
