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Stephen O'Reilly

@stephen-oreilly.bsky.social

Writes. Living in Craughwell Co. Galway 👉 https://linktr.ee/steveo7653

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Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social · 3d ago

📚CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS📚John McGahern Book Prize 📚 We are seeking submissions to the John McGahern Book Prize for best debut work of fiction by an Irish writer published in 2026. DEADLINE: Friday 11 December 2026 More information and submission form at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...

John McGahern Book Prize | The John McGahern Annual Book prize | Institute of Irish Studies | University of Liverpool

The John McGahern Annual Book prize of £5,000 is for the best debut work of fiction - either novel or collection of short stories - by an Irish writer or writer resident in Ireland for more than 5 yea...

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Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine@handle.invalid · 2mo ago

The Allingham Festival Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions 2026 Competition deadline: 27th September 2026 The Allingham Festival 2026 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are now open!...

The Allingham Festival Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions 2026

Competition deadline: 27th September 2026 The Allingham Festival 2026 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are now open! First Prize in both Flash Fiction and Poetry is €300. Winners will be invited to read their winning entries at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday November the 7th 2026 as part of the Allingham Arts Festival programme of events. Allingham Festival Competitions Rules…

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Theresa Ryder@theresaryder.bsky.social · 3mo ago

10 days to the deadline of the Letterkenny #Literary #Festival ⏱️⏰ No fee to enter, great prizes and a platform to read your work if you make the shortlist. Nothing to lose #poets of #ireland 🤩 Details in link @poetryireland.bsky.social

Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival Poetry Competition | Poetry Ireland

Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival is delighted to announce its 2026 Poetry Competition is open for submissions.

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Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine@handle.invalid · 3mo ago

The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027 Application deadline: 30th September 2026 The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027 will take place near Glengariff, West Cork, from Monday 25th January 2027 until Saturday 30th January 2027....

The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027

Application deadline: 30th September 2026 The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027 will take place near Glengariff, West Cork, from Monday 25th January 2027 until Saturday 30th January 2027. The opportunity is for emerging writers of fiction and non-fiction aged 21 and over living in Ireland and the UK. There are three places in West Cork (two available in the cottage and one in the detached out building).

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Kit de Waal@kitdewaal.com · 4mo ago

An MA in Creative Writing is beyond many these days for many reasons but how to find out what to study to become a better writer? Join @andrewwille.bsky.social and me on 7th September and we will give you all the ingredients of a DIY MA. Link here. Please share.

Build Your Own Creative Writing MA - Andrew Wille Writing Studio - creative writing & book development

A practical guide to training yourself as a writerZoom seminar with Kit de Waal and Andrew WilleTuesday 8 September 2026, 7-8.15pm London, £25 Book The MA and the MFA are long-established pathways …

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Salvador Ryan@salvadorryan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Museum of Childhood in Ireland @museumofchildhood.bsky.social recently invited me to contribute a blog post on my four-year stint as Editor of The Moneygall News (1984-88). Was delighted to do so! You can read it here: museumofchildhood.ie/portrait-of-... #Moneygall #Childhood #1980s

Portrait of a Child-Editor in 1980s’ Moneygall – The Museum of Childhood Ireland

Many young boys in the 1980s enjoyed doing newspaper rounds. I did too, but with a slight twist—I decided to do the newspaper as well!

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Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine@handle.invalid · 7mo ago

The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2026 Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane.  Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in…

The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2026

Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane.  Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J.

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Abridged@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

One of the Abridged personnel is creating a little Irish literary magazine archive. Give him a like or Follow or whatever it's called! Also you'll see interesting old Irish (and some other) poetry and literary mags! Ta!

Zine Scene Magazine Archive@oldzinescene.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Afternoon. The first two copies of The Northern Review, from mid-1960s Belfast has been added to the Archive. It was a really impressive, if an expensive magazine. Plus some ephemera. Read them at oldzinescene.com/collections/... for free. If anyone has a copy of the third issue, give me a shout!

Irish in Britain@irishinbritain.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Exhibition on Irish nurses opens this week! Free entry, Whittington Hospital, Archway 3-18 Dec Features Photos by Fiona Freund + 1st-hand testimonies gathered by Professor Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin & Neha Doshi, authors of Irish Nurses in the NHS https://ow.ly/ZmBj50XxByV

How Irish nurses helped NHS keep running for seven decades

An exhibition opens next month at the Whittington Hospital in Archway with stories of the Irish nurses taken on to help in the new National Health…

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