The drought continues in Carlow the potential archeology find in a field near me is even clearer now.
Anne O'Leary
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#Writer from Cork, eejit, loves a quiet book The artist formerly known as @wordherding on Twitter Blog, often with competition listings: https://anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/
Tomorrow is the final day to submit your entry to the Sean O’Faolain International Short Story Competition. All the details on how to submit your entry are available on our website: www.munsterlit.ie or via the link in our bio. Good luck! #writing #shortstorycompetition #writers
The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2026 is now open for entries. Further details and entry link here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
Thanks for letting me a part of this @freeflashfiction.bsky.social 📚🖋️
Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · last wk.Free Flash Fiction is pleased to announce! Anne O’Leary will now critique your flash fiction as part of The FFF Critique Service... @anneoleary.bsky.social anneolearyblog.wordpress.com #critiqueservice #flashfiction All the info... freeflashfiction.com/critique-ser...
We went inside Sweny's Pharmacy, 179-year-old chemist made famous by James Joyce's Ulysses. To this day, so little has changed about its interior that even the original prescriptions are still sitting in drawers. jrnl.ie/7112127
The Drop seeks submissions for its inaugural October 2026 issue! Send in short-form fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and mixed media by August 1. Submissions are free: www.clmp.org/members/open...
Found this gate in York. It had a standard lock, plus a padlock and a chain holding it shut. It was very very securely closed. The only thing on the other side is a blank wall. The only conclusion I can make is that this is a magic portal to hell.
⭐New on the Irish publishing scene—Channel Press⭐ 📕Such inspiring and wonderful news! We wish Channel Press the very best of luck!📕 @channelpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-nonprofi...
New nonprofit publisher Channel Press launches in Dublin - Books Ireland
Channel Press, a successor to the literary journal Channel, will open for book submissions later this year.
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"There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you." - Beatrix Potter Have a good weekend, everyone.
We have lots of opportunities for writers now including:- Sean O’Faolain Short Story Competition Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Southword Editors Poetry Award Zsuzsi Gartner mentorships For all the information and details go to– www.munsterlit.ie Good luck! #writing #poetry #shortstories
How many AI models does it take to change a lightbulb? That's a great question, which shows that you care about illumination! You don't just want to see - you want to be seen. Unfortunately no such thing as a lightbulb has ever existed or will ever exist.
Support a writer who's going through a tough time? The publishing landscape is so grim atm
Lucy Nichol@lucynichol.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is a bit of a cringey desperate post but needs must….😢 I’ve just lost a couple of thousand self publishing a book - I’m a hybrid author (published traditionally and self published) and I decided to self publish my book I was most passionate about to have total control. BUT….
New blog post: a roundup of the latest UK and Ireland short story competitions anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/s...
Short story competitions July-December 2026
[Updated 6/7] Gosh, are we that far into the year already? Must remember to get my Christmas decorations down from storage. Only kidding, but doesn’t it seem like 2026 is flying by? It certai…
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Always read the alt text when Tom Cox does one of these bc it’s well worth it
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.THREAD. A collection of excellent scarecrows I have met on walks in the countryside. You will find the all-important caption to each photo in the alt text.
Gorgeous
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · last mo.‘…I feel a lurch in my chest that makes me understand why apothecaries and poets once believed that emotions reside in the heart.’ A tiny beauty from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @passagesnorth.bsky.social 🎶 www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
MUPPET GREAT EXPECTATIONS surely. Kermit and Miss Piggy as Pip and Estella, Meryl Streep as Miss Havisham
Ryan Whatever@silberwhatever.com · 2mo agoWhat should have been the third literary adaptation to finish the MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL and MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND trilogy?
#Onthisday in 1837, Queen Victoria ascended to the throne and so began the Victorian era. Of the vast amounts of Victorian content on our site, this is perhaps our favourite — a dictionary of Victorian slang: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-dictionary-of-victorian-slang-1909
While I work on resurrecting the Ellipsis archive, let’s get the ball rolling… Web submissions are open, 6th-16th June. 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit
Great to see the return of this brilliant literary journal!
Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2mo ago
So many amazing submissions coming into the Short Story Award inbox. Donal Ryan is going to have a tough job on his hands! Keep this 🔥 coming! www.frazzledlit.com
We invite submissions from eligible writers, affiliated with the Centre, for potential inclusion in a special anthology to mark our 35th anniversary. We are grateful to @dublincityoflit.bsky.social for providing funding to support this publication. irishwriterscentre.ie/now-acceptin...
