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West Waterford Arts Group
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A cross-pollinating community of artists meeting in West Waterford with a multi-disciplinary approach to creativity. #waterford #ireland #arts #poetry #visualarts #novelists #photoartists #collage #playwrights #musicians #songwriters #sculpture #speirgorm
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 12d
Next West Waterford Poets meet: 20 Oct, 7:30pm. Writing prompt: reincarnation / rebirth. Extra challenge: write a waterford.
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #speirgorm
Event poster for West Waterford Poetry meet-up - third Monday of every month at 7:30pm in Tudor House, St Mary Street, Dungarvan.
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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 15h
It's always a beautiful thing when a new lit mag enters the world.

Whether it's for one issue or 35 years of publication, what we need is more! Online mags, print journals, zines, whatever. Flood the planet with human art.
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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 18h
The inaugural issue of Broad Ripple Review is live. We are proud to feature work by L.B. Browne, Angela Townsend, Margaret Dunn, Dorit d’Scarlett, and Sofía Carbonell Realme.

Find it at: broadripplereview.com.

Please share!
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 6h
A wonderful new poetry format. Get waterfording!
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 6h
Have you submitted your waterford yet?!? Entries close 15 November. Get waterfording!
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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 18h
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OPEN CALL, 2ND ANNUAL POETRY COMPETITION
THE SECOND ANNUAL WATERFORD COMPETITION Announcing the return of the annual waterford competition. The competition was launched in 2024 to promote and establish a new, unique, poetry format – the &…
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 19h
Poetry By The Barrow: October Open Mic, presented in association with Poetry Ireland!

With featured poet Dom Byrne celebrating all things Autumnal and Halloween as golden October rolls in.

📆Sunday, 19th October
🕧12:30pm
📍Doyles cozy backroom, Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny
🎫Free admission
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 7h
Delighted to see our very own Kevin MacAlan published in Bewildering Stories. Congratulations!
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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 18h
Thrilled to contribute to this literary institution!

www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1109/ma...
Kevin MacAlan welcome
Bewildering Stories welcomes Kevin MacAlan
www.bewilderingstories.com
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 7h
Excellent!
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 18h
Join us as our new Poet in Residence 2025-2027 🖌

We are looking for our third Poet in Residence at Poetry Ireland as we move back home to No. 11 Parnell Square.

For more details on the role and how to apply visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...

Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 13h
Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to join Creative Bandon for this year’s Bandon Banshee Festival with artist Amanda Coogan!

🗓️ 1 Nov, 2pm: Artist Talk @ Bandon Library (Free, no booking)
🗓️ 2 Nov, 10am–5pm: Free Masterclass @ Bandon Town Hall (Free, email to book: [email protected])

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A still from Amanda Coogan’s work The Wren, showing a mysterious figure standing half-hidden amongst trees and flowering brush. The figure is wearing a mask of tights over their head, with holes cut for their eyes, and an elaborate garment with hanging ribbons of many different styles of fabrics.
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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 20h
Look at this for a lineup: John Banville, Claire Keegan, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Paul Muldoon and Stephen Rea. Our Celebration of Derek Mahon event is approaching. 4 November. Tickets: gallerypress.com/product/cele...

#irishpoetryevents #ArtsCouncilSupported
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 13h
The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness.

Submissions close soon on Oct. 15th.

Details at the link below:

buff.ly/Pr73Et8

#writingcommunity
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 10h
Palooka accepts fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, & comics year-round for publication in its journal as well as for chapbook publication. Their newest issue released last month! Check it out & consider submitting today. Fees vary.

#writers #callforsubmissions
Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Literary magazine and indie press Palooka accepts work for its literary magazine and chapbooks year-round.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 9h
Deadline Alert! TOMORROW is the last day to submit your surrealist verse to the Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize. $15 fee. Winner receives $1,000 & publication. Final Judge: Michael McGriff.

#poets #poetrycontest #litmag
Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize
Enter the 2025 Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine.
www.newpages.com
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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 2d
Submissions are now OPEN for new poems until midnight on Sunday 19th October.

atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...
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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 1d
We’re delighted to be bringing you a day of dynamic and thought-provoking events out at @tudublin.bsky.social’s Grangegorman campus, exploring sustainability and sustainable development themes. Full details on all events and bookings at our website ➡️ bit.ly/3KL6OBL @tudublinsustain.bsky.social
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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 1d
Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 1d
Introducing the second half of the excellent performers for our Black History Month collaboration with @poetryireland.bsky.social 🎤

✨Ola Majekodunmi
✨Samuel Yakura
✨Nandi Jola (chair)

24th October, Irish Writers Centre

More info + booking: irishwriterscentre.ie/irish-writer...
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 1d
Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:

buff.ly/xfX41Jp

#writingcommunity
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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 1d
The poetry podcast is back!

Season 10! With @suefinch.bsky.social @citizen-chris.bsky.social Beth Brooke & Giles Watson

Listen on most olatforms including #Spotify #podbeancom & #ApplePodcasts (link below)

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Guest details here
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Eat the Storms Episode 1 Season 10
Podcast Episode · Eat The Storms · 12/10/2025 · 49m
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d
Our latest newsletter detours down Needmore Road—a real sign turned into a prompt for your next story, poem, or piece of art. Plus: book reviews, new lit mags, and 100+ submission calls.

#writers #literarycommunity #writingcommunity
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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 4d
This knockout panel as part of this year's @dublinbookfest:
Gustav Parker Hibbett, Macha's Sam Furlong and Sophie White. In conversation with @mollytwomey.bsky.social

Saturday 08th November @ 11:30 am
@irishwriterscentre
Tickets €8. Booking required.

dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

#DBF25
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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 2d
Open for three more days! 💫
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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 8d
Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

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Submit — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!
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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 1d
*yawns, rolls over*

oh yeah, while we finish reading effervescent subs...

new anth theme just dropped

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motherboard Digital Anthology Submission Manager
Submit to motherboard Digital Anthology (a project of fifth wheel press). Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2d
There's an excellent exhibit in the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social of words and phrases in Irish for fauna, Tails from the Archive. I think Manchán would have appreciated it.
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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 3d
Tomorrow from 3pm
on your preferred podcast platform,
it’s back!

Eat the Storms, the poetry podcast!

With guests @bethbpoet.bsky.social Chris Campbell, Giles Watson & @suefinch.bsky.social

Hosted and produced by Damien B, Donnelly
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 4d
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...
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