Damien B Donnelly
@eatthestorms.com
Home to The Storms journal, now open for submissions, Eat the Storms, the poetry podcast and creator & writer Damien B. Donnelly
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
A reminder that I've a book illustration course starting in a couple of weeks in the Irish Writers Centre. You only need basic drawing skills; illustration is a form of communication first, and an art second.
✍️ Finding Your North Star with Anne Tannam
✍️ Book Illustration with Oisín McGann
✍️ BOOKED OUT: Finish Your Novel with Conor Kostick
✍️ The Art of Poetry with Moyra Donaldson
✍️ Book Illustration with Oisín McGann
✍️ BOOKED OUT: Finish Your Novel with Conor Kostick
✍️ The Art of Poetry with Moyra Donaldson
January 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
A reminder that I've a book illustration course starting in a couple of weeks in the Irish Writers Centre. You only need basic drawing skills; illustration is a form of communication first, and an art second.
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
One of the best literary journals anywhere, outside and in, is @winterpapers.bsky.social. Their open submissions period for the 2026 issue is 14-28 February. Everything will be read and replied to early August. The editing is excellent: acute & sympathetic. Have a go! winterpapers.com/submissions
Winter Papers Submissions
winterpapers.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 PM
One of the best literary journals anywhere, outside and in, is @winterpapers.bsky.social. Their open submissions period for the 2026 issue is 14-28 February. Everything will be read and replied to early August. The editing is excellent: acute & sympathetic. Have a go! winterpapers.com/submissions
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
Check out playwright and author Monica Byrne as she chats through her upcoming course: 'A Writing Workshop for the Age of Emergency' coming to the Irish Writers Centre! ✍️
Book your spot: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-wr...
Book your spot: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-wr...
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Check out playwright and author Monica Byrne as she chats through her upcoming course: 'A Writing Workshop for the Age of Emergency' coming to the Irish Writers Centre! ✍️
Book your spot: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-wr...
Book your spot: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-wr...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
In need of some motivation to get your writing going?
Check out our 'Advice from Writers' page, with literary legends like Joseph O'Connor, Victoria Kennefick, Suad Aldarra and more sharing their words of wisdom to fellow writers ✍️
irishwriterscentre.ie/advice-from-...
Check out our 'Advice from Writers' page, with literary legends like Joseph O'Connor, Victoria Kennefick, Suad Aldarra and more sharing their words of wisdom to fellow writers ✍️
irishwriterscentre.ie/advice-from-...
Advice from Writers - Irish Writers Centre
Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland. Writing courses, literary events, professional development for writers, fiction, poetry, non-fiction, playwriting.
irishwriterscentre.ie
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
In need of some motivation to get your writing going?
Check out our 'Advice from Writers' page, with literary legends like Joseph O'Connor, Victoria Kennefick, Suad Aldarra and more sharing their words of wisdom to fellow writers ✍️
irishwriterscentre.ie/advice-from-...
Check out our 'Advice from Writers' page, with literary legends like Joseph O'Connor, Victoria Kennefick, Suad Aldarra and more sharing their words of wisdom to fellow writers ✍️
irishwriterscentre.ie/advice-from-...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
🗣️Poets!
See your verse flourish in 2026 with Moyra Donaldson's course 'The Art of Poetry', kicking off Wednesday, 14 January!
Reserve your space: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...
See your verse flourish in 2026 with Moyra Donaldson's course 'The Art of Poetry', kicking off Wednesday, 14 January!
Reserve your space: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🗣️Poets!
See your verse flourish in 2026 with Moyra Donaldson's course 'The Art of Poetry', kicking off Wednesday, 14 January!
Reserve your space: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...
See your verse flourish in 2026 with Moyra Donaldson's course 'The Art of Poetry', kicking off Wednesday, 14 January!
Reserve your space: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
More brilliant opportunities, competitions, and calls for submissions are now live on our website! Some with incoming deadlines 🏃🏃♂️🏃♀️
Check them out:
irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/co...
Check them out:
irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/co...
Competitions, submissions and other opportunities - Irish Writers Centre
Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland. Writing courses, literary events, professional development for writers, fiction, poetry, non-fiction, playwriting.
irishwriterscentre.ie
January 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
More brilliant opportunities, competitions, and calls for submissions are now live on our website! Some with incoming deadlines 🏃🏃♂️🏃♀️
Check them out:
irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/co...
Check them out:
irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/co...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
* DEADLINE EXTENDED *
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 National Mentoring Programme until Friday 16 January, at 5pm.
This is an opportunity open to all writers across the island of Ireland.
For all the information you need, check out our site: irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 National Mentoring Programme until Friday 16 January, at 5pm.
This is an opportunity open to all writers across the island of Ireland.
For all the information you need, check out our site: irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...
January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
* DEADLINE EXTENDED *
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 National Mentoring Programme until Friday 16 January, at 5pm.
This is an opportunity open to all writers across the island of Ireland.
For all the information you need, check out our site: irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 National Mentoring Programme until Friday 16 January, at 5pm.
This is an opportunity open to all writers across the island of Ireland.
For all the information you need, check out our site: irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
Happy New Year! Join us and make 2026 your most creative year yet ✨
New courses include:
✍️ Rewriting History with William Ryan
✍️ Murder is Your Business with Declan Burke
✍️ Beginners' Fiction with Tanya Farrelly
✍️ Story: The Essentials with Gavin McCrea
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
New courses include:
✍️ Rewriting History with William Ryan
✍️ Murder is Your Business with Declan Burke
✍️ Beginners' Fiction with Tanya Farrelly
✍️ Story: The Essentials with Gavin McCrea
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Happy New Year! Join us and make 2026 your most creative year yet ✨
New courses include:
✍️ Rewriting History with William Ryan
✍️ Murder is Your Business with Declan Burke
✍️ Beginners' Fiction with Tanya Farrelly
✍️ Story: The Essentials with Gavin McCrea
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
New courses include:
✍️ Rewriting History with William Ryan
✍️ Murder is Your Business with Declan Burke
✍️ Beginners' Fiction with Tanya Farrelly
✍️ Story: The Essentials with Gavin McCrea
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
THIS! Wrapping up a year of #poetic #storms that touch every shore they reach. Grateful to be part a #stormer bsky.app/profile/eatt... @eatthestorms.com #poetsofbluesky #poetry #podcast
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
THIS! Wrapping up a year of #poetic #storms that touch every shore they reach. Grateful to be part a #stormer bsky.app/profile/eatt... @eatthestorms.com #poetsofbluesky #poetry #podcast
Listen to One Final Storm for 2025 on most podcast platforms including Spotify & Apple.
Featuring @mollytwomey.bsky.social Kevin Graham & Zita McGarry & @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Happy New Year to you all & May you all Stay Bloody Poetic
open.spotify.com/episode/5mG3...
Featuring @mollytwomey.bsky.social Kevin Graham & Zita McGarry & @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Happy New Year to you all & May you all Stay Bloody Poetic
open.spotify.com/episode/5mG3...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Listen to One Final Storm for 2025 on most podcast platforms including Spotify & Apple.
Featuring @mollytwomey.bsky.social Kevin Graham & Zita McGarry & @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Happy New Year to you all & May you all Stay Bloody Poetic
open.spotify.com/episode/5mG3...
Featuring @mollytwomey.bsky.social Kevin Graham & Zita McGarry & @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Happy New Year to you all & May you all Stay Bloody Poetic
open.spotify.com/episode/5mG3...
As we countdown to 2026, a look back to some of the poetic gems of 2025 💎💙
eatthestorms.com/2025/12/31/a...
eatthestorms.com/2025/12/31/a...
A Year of Perfect Poetry
A look back at the poetry that kept us company in 2025
eatthestorms.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
As we countdown to 2026, a look back to some of the poetic gems of 2025 💎💙
eatthestorms.com/2025/12/31/a...
eatthestorms.com/2025/12/31/a...
Tune in on New Year’s Eve from 5pm
on most podcast platforms
for One Last Storm
for 2025
Guests include @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Kevin Graham & @mollytwomey.bsky.social
on most podcast platforms
for One Last Storm
for 2025
Guests include @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Kevin Graham & @mollytwomey.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tune in on New Year’s Eve from 5pm
on most podcast platforms
for One Last Storm
for 2025
Guests include @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Kevin Graham & @mollytwomey.bsky.social
on most podcast platforms
for One Last Storm
for 2025
Guests include @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Kevin Graham & @mollytwomey.bsky.social
These seasonal sensations from The Storms V subeditor, @rhonagreene.bsky.social, are indeed time forgotten deep buried relics that enrapture like radiant whispers, feather-light symphonies. The latest @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Silver Branch dazzles under the enchantment of this finest light!
‘The crystalline intricacies of a spider’s frozen web’ ❄️ 🕸️
@rhonagreene.bsky.social - our Christmas and New Year #SilverBranch writer.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christma-new...
@rhonagreene.bsky.social - our Christmas and New Year #SilverBranch writer.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christma-new...
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
These seasonal sensations from The Storms V subeditor, @rhonagreene.bsky.social, are indeed time forgotten deep buried relics that enrapture like radiant whispers, feather-light symphonies. The latest @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Silver Branch dazzles under the enchantment of this finest light!
Wash yourselves in the latest wave!
@iambapoet.com wave 24 is here!
@iambapoet.com wave 24 is here!
Winter arrives beneath the cloak of the old blue-faced one. She moves over hills, through woods, in shadow. Tightening the land with frost. Shaping the weather. Come in out of the dark to where poems gather like embers. Listen and drink in the latest wave of @iambapoet.com.
www.iambapoet.com/wave/24
www.iambapoet.com/wave/24
poets | wave 24 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Read 46 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 23 of iamb.
www.iambapoet.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wash yourselves in the latest wave!
@iambapoet.com wave 24 is here!
@iambapoet.com wave 24 is here!
What a way to end the year!
I’m celebrating already as a part of Wave 24 of @iambapoet.com
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com
Coming in a matter of days 🎉
I’m celebrating already as a part of Wave 24 of @iambapoet.com
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com
Coming in a matter of days 🎉
Auditions are over, poets have been informed of which wave they'll appear in throughout 2026/27, and Christmas is just around the corner.
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
poets | wave 24 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
www.iambapoet.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What a way to end the year!
I’m celebrating already as a part of Wave 24 of @iambapoet.com
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com
Coming in a matter of days 🎉
I’m celebrating already as a part of Wave 24 of @iambapoet.com
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com
Coming in a matter of days 🎉
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
Behind the scenes at our International Debut Novel Competition Pitch Days last week, a selection of our winners with the Irish Writers Centre's CEO Mags McLoughlin and Head of Programming Damien Donnelly 💫
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Behind the scenes at our International Debut Novel Competition Pitch Days last week, a selection of our winners with the Irish Writers Centre's CEO Mags McLoughlin and Head of Programming Damien Donnelly 💫
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
🔔Writers + history buffs!
William Ryan is back at the Irish Writers Centre in January, with a 6-week course dedicated to writing and researching historical fiction
Find out more + book below 👇
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/rewr...
William Ryan is back at the Irish Writers Centre in January, with a 6-week course dedicated to writing and researching historical fiction
Find out more + book below 👇
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/rewr...
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🔔Writers + history buffs!
William Ryan is back at the Irish Writers Centre in January, with a 6-week course dedicated to writing and researching historical fiction
Find out more + book below 👇
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/rewr...
William Ryan is back at the Irish Writers Centre in January, with a 6-week course dedicated to writing and researching historical fiction
Find out more + book below 👇
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/rewr...
Start your day the poetic way with the latest episode of Eat the Storms
On most platforms including Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e...
On most platforms including Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e...
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Start your day the poetic way with the latest episode of Eat the Storms
On most platforms including Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e...
On most platforms including Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e...
Episode 6 of season 10 drops at 5pm today on most podcast platforms and features readings from @eoindevereuxwriter.bsky.social Hannah Hull @jamieohalloran108.bsky.social @lawrencemoore.bsky.social Susan Richardson, Desmond Dowling and Luisa Aparisi-França
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Episode 6 of season 10 drops at 5pm today on most podcast platforms and features readings from @eoindevereuxwriter.bsky.social Hannah Hull @jamieohalloran108.bsky.social @lawrencemoore.bsky.social Susan Richardson, Desmond Dowling and Luisa Aparisi-França
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas & I’m reveling in memories of the glorious
Storms Journal V celebrations. A dream working with @eatthestorms.com & to be entrusted with the task of subediting. So proud of all we achieved together⚡️
On sale NOW👉
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas & I’m reveling in memories of the glorious
Storms Journal V celebrations. A dream working with @eatthestorms.com & to be entrusted with the task of subediting. So proud of all we achieved together⚡️
On sale NOW👉
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas & I’m reveling in memories of the glorious
Storms Journal V celebrations. A dream working with @eatthestorms.com & to be entrusted with the task of subediting. So proud of all we achieved together⚡️
On sale NOW👉
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas & I’m reveling in memories of the glorious
Storms Journal V celebrations. A dream working with @eatthestorms.com & to be entrusted with the task of subediting. So proud of all we achieved together⚡️
On sale NOW👉
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
On sale here eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
On sale here eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
I’m over the moon to have a second Pushcart nomination, this time from Dami and Rhona @eatthestorms.com
It’s been the most wonderful poetic experience being involved in so many aspects of this wonderful #poetry journal. ❤️
It’s been the most wonderful poetic experience being involved in so many aspects of this wonderful #poetry journal. ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m over the moon to have a second Pushcart nomination, this time from Dami and Rhona @eatthestorms.com
It’s been the most wonderful poetic experience being involved in so many aspects of this wonderful #poetry journal. ❤️
It’s been the most wonderful poetic experience being involved in so many aspects of this wonderful #poetry journal. ❤️
Reposted by Damien B Donnelly
Over the moon to be nominated for Pushcart Prize by @eatthestorms.com Thank you so much Damien & Rhona 💙⚡ #poetry #pushcartprize #poetrysky
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Over the moon to be nominated for Pushcart Prize by @eatthestorms.com Thank you so much Damien & Rhona 💙⚡ #poetry #pushcartprize #poetrysky