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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 · 13d
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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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 12h
✨ 2 weeks to go! Are you joining us? Limited tickets remaining, book your spot today ➡️ bit.ly/45ReOI4 ✨
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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 8h
Immerse yourself in an evening of stories and writing inspired by different artforms at our DBF After Dark Club with Anna Carey, Brendan Mac Evilly, Maggie Armstrong and Tony Clayton-Lea 🎟️ bit.ly/3ILO30v
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Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social · 2h
Deadline Today: DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival. 3 options to submit

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Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind.
DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival. 3 options to submit. Deadline September 15th
Submit your DYSTOPIAN Book by the deadline. Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind. They often serve as a warning abo…
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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 10h
On Friday Oct 24 8pm, at Phil Grimes pub and venue in Waterford City, SpeakEasy will host Ireland Professor of Poetry Vona Groarke. Vona is shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot Prize. She will give a reading, and will also be in conversation with Waterford poet, @mollytwomey. @poetryireland
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 7h
We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while referring to humanity. We want powerful imagery and enjoy juxtaposition.

October’s theme is space/place.

November’s theme is community.

Details below:

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#writingcommunity
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 4h
I've rewritten this caption 5x.
If you can relate, you'll love these places as much as we do.

Find the list here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/_beaut...
Lit mags for beautiful overthinkers • The Sun #The splendor and heartache of being human • Gastropoda #Celebrating the spiralic nature of life • X-R-A-Y #Uncomfortable, entertaining, and unforgettable prose • Press Pause Press #Your space, far away from the noise • 3:AM Magazine #Whatever it is, they're against it! • Gasher Press #Fresh voices and innovative forms • petrichor mag #Dedicated to the fusion of text and image • OVER/EXPOSED Lit #Modern and enigmatic work • ONLY POEMS #Poetry is just the evidence of life • Tension Literary #Writing with an edge • Cabinet Magazine #Curiosity about the world • The Lemonwood Quarterly #Holding up half the sky • Clarity Magazine #Mental health, minus the fluff October 15, 2025
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Daily Screenplay Festival contests @dailyscreenplays.bsky.social · 23h
Deadline Today: COMEDY Screenplay Festival

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Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Comedy Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get a audience video.

The #1 Comedy Festival and Contest
Deadline October 14th – Comedy Screenplay Festival (Save $10)
Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival: COMEDY Writings and Films showcased in 2023:58 – Screenplays Performed8 – Novels/Stories Performed37 – Films Showcased at Festival(Scroll down …
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Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social · 23h
Deadline Today: COMEDY Novel Festival

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Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book

NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book).
COMEDY Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline October 14th
Submit your COMEDY Book by the deadline.  Watch Novel Performance Readings: Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writers, and Wri…
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Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social · 2h
Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines – October 15th.

wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit

- Tragic poem
- 1pg Comedy screenplay
- 1pg Spirituality short story
- Psychodrama stage play
- Horror short story
- Dystopian novel
- Romance screenplay
WILDsound Writing Festival Submission Manager
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 23h
A prize of $1,000, book publication, & 50 author copies is awarded to the winner of the Vern Rutsala Book Contest from Cloudbank Books. $25 fee. Open to entries of flash fiction & poetry through October 31.

#writers #poets #writingcontest
Vern Rutsala Book Contest $1000 Prize
Submit 70–90 pages of poetry or flash fiction to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest. $1,000 prize, publication, and 50 author copies.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 22h
Submit to Superpresent by December 1!

Theme: Echoes

Poetry, stories, essays, art, audio & video welcome.

No reading fee!

#CallForSubmissions #WritingCommunity #VisualArt @superpresent.bsky.social
Superpresent is Seeking Submissions on the Theme Echoes
Superpresent magazine is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, visual art, video, and audio for its upcoming issue themed “Echoes.” Deadline: December 1, 2025.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 21h
Submit your boldest poetry manuscript by November 30!
The Wishing Jewel Prize from Green Linden Press offers $1000 + publication for innovative work. $25 fee.

#PoetryContest #InnovativePoetry #CallForManuscripts #WishingJewelPrize
Call for Manuscripts: The Wishing Jewel Prize for Poetic Innovation
Submit innovative poetry manuscripts for the Wishing Jewel Prize. $1000 award + publication. Deadline: November 30. Open reading period.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 20h
Omnidawn’s Fabulist Fiction Contest is back!

Prize: $1000 + book publication.

Send your weird, wonderful literary fiction by November 16.

#FabulistFiction #WritingContest #CallForSubmissions @omnidawn.bksy.social
Announcing Omnidawn's Fabulist Fiction Contest
Omnidawn is pleased to announce their Fabulist Fiction Contest has returned in 2025! Open to book-length manuscripts through November 16.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 3h
Ploughshare's regular reading period ends in one month! They are open to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & longform prose. There is a small fee. Deadline: November 15.

#writers #litmag #callforsubmission @pshares.bsky.social
Submit to Ploughshares' Regular Reading Period!
Submit to Ploughshares' regular reading period by November 15. Housed at Emerson College, Ploughshares seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and longform prose.
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 3h
October is officially half over with which means it's time to dive into our special monthly literary treat - the eLitPak. Enjoy upcoming writing contests, book awards, book prizes, and scintillating autumn book releases.

#literarycommunity #writingcontest
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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1h
2 weeks remain to submit micro stories & prose poems to The Headlight Review's Mighty Micros edition. $5 fee. Pieces published on a rolling basis & accompanied by hand-made chapbooks.

#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
The Headlight Review Loves Micro Prose/Poems
The Headlight Review wants to read your micro prose and poems for its issue "Mighty Micros." Submissions open through October 31.
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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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.

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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 1d
A wonderful new poetry format. Get waterfording!
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 1d
Have you submitted your waterford yet?!? Entries close 15 November. Get waterfording!
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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 1d
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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 · 1d
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 · 1d
Delighted to see our very own Kevin MacAlan published in Bewildering Stories. Congratulations!
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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 1d
Thrilled to contribute to this literary institution!

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Kevin MacAlan welcome
Bewildering Stories welcomes Kevin MacAlan
www.bewilderingstories.com
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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 1d
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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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