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Award winning magazine for writers at all levels http://www.writing.ie - based in Ireland but for writers everywhere. Featuring book and writing news, tips, technique, competitions, submission opportunities and much more. We want to help! 📚💙
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The Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition 2026

✨Deadline: 1st April 2026

Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Mona Arshi.

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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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'The tension between the political and the personal is at the novel’s heart'

Miss McVey Takes Charge by Sheena Wilkinson

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November 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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'A well-crafted conclusion can provide clarity, closure, or even a deliberate sense of ambiguity—each choice reinforcing the novel’s themes and the author’s intent'

Ending Your Story: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan

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November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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2026 Dublin Literary Award Nominated Titles Announced

'69 titles have been nominated by 80 libraries from 36 countries for the 2026 Award, reflecting the best in fiction from Africa, Europe, Asia, USA, Canada, South America, Australia and New Zealand'

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November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Writing.ie is an online magazine site designed to help you improve your writing & get published.

If you are an author and would like to contribute to Writing.ie do please get in touch!

& it’s also free to add your events!!

Welcome to our community✍️
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November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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'I met bigotry along the way, readers who refused to read because of politics, reviewers who told me to stick to ‘nice stories’. But I ignored them.'

My Journey as an Indie Author by Jane Buckley

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November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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'Being rejected on an idea, character or a story is part of publishing, & of course you are allowed to be annoyed, frustrated & devastated with this news'

Olivia Hope author of The Lonely Only Dinosaur on achieving longevity as a writer

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November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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'We were lucky to be there at a time when Inuit customs and traditions, as well as their language, Inuktitut, were still strong.'

Somewhere Cold by Geraldine Osborne

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November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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'From the outset I wanted to engage top-quality industry professionals to help me produce a book I could be proud of...'

The Decision to Self-Publish by Sheena Wilkinson

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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Switching from Thriller to Horror Writing by Leigh M. Hall

'I have the potential to gain readers who may have never heard of me if I didn’t branch out to horror.'

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November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Flesh by David Szalay wins the Booker Prize 2025

'Flesh by David Szalay was named the winner of the Booker Prize 2025 at a ceremony in London on Monday, 10 November'

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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Submissions Call: The Stinging Fly

✨Deadline: 18th November 2025 (closing at 5pm Irish time)

Fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry for the Summer 2026 issue.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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'Sharing my ideas through the creative process of writing fiction has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional life.'

Building Worlds, Bridging Ideas: Author Russell Luyt on how The Midnight Factory was born . . .

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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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'Narrative non-fiction invites readers not only to learn about what happened but to feel it, to understand the motivations, conflicts, and emotions that drive real people in real situations'

Writing Narrative Non-Fiction: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan

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November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Submissions Call for Tintreach, January 2026

Tintreach publishes creative work from across the artistic spectrum

✨Submissions are open until capacity is reached, or until midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025

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November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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'There’s a nostalgia that hits as a writer when you revisit characters from a previous book'

Sharon Black, author of Love like the R̵e̵a̵l̵ Reel Thing, on the challenges of writing a sequel and why she wanted to write one . . .

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November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Fail Again Fail Even Better by Karl MacDermott is described as 'a hymn to all underachievers, a paean to creative pain, but most importantly, a full-throated if slightly off-key aria about the endurance of the human spirit'

Read more in 'Lost in the Post'
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Stories are powerful, and without a narrative no-one will want to read our words.'

Managing Interviews by Alan Hester, author of Tiny Keeper – Steve Death: Record Breaker, Shy Genius and Maverick

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November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Dublin: One City, Many Stories: Episode 4

'Celebrates Ireland’s multicultural literary landscape through the voices of writers who have made Ireland their home'

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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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'Learn to embrace our native tongue unashamedly with Molly Nic Céile'

📍National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin, D02 P638
🗓️Tuesday, 4 November 2025 | 6.00pm - 7.00pm
✨FREE event

Booking:
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November 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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#WandaBroom by Ciara Geraghty and Fay Austin

'A real page turner and is a cute children’s book.'
writes Grace O'Reilly

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November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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'I love the concept of a closed circle of suspects and the intensity that brings to a story.'

Victoria Dowd tells us how her new crime mystery, Death in the Aviary, was inspired by the Golden Age of Detective fiction.

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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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5 Unusual Book Marketing Ideas by Loretta Bushell

'Although these strategies have the power to get you noticed, they’re most effective when combined with tried-and-true book marketing techniques'

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#writingtips #WritingCommunity #booksky
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November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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'You’re still writing a work of fiction, readers want to relate to or recognise a place but they don’t want to plough through lengthy descriptions...'

Getting the Setting Right by Julie Caplin author of Christmas on Fifth Avenue

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October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The shortlists for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards has been unveiled, featuring a diverse and exciting mix of exceptional writing from both new and established writers across 19 categories.

Public Voting is NOW OPEN

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October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM