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A cross-pollinating community of artists meeting in West Waterford with a multi-disciplinary approach to creativity.

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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · Nov 4
Next West Waterford Poets meet: Mon 17 Nov, 7:30pm. Prompt: write an acrostic, spoonerisms/malapropisms a bonus!

New members - of all abilities - always welcome!

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
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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A #painting I finished and sold last year. "Connemara Boats", a view from a small but storied bridge in south Connemara, east to the Rosmuc peninsula - a stunning part of the world. I painted it because I like the organic mish-mash punctuated by human made moments. #art #stunday #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm
Landscape format in acrylics on canvas. Past a concrete slipway are two little rowing boats seen from the side, one black with a blue rim, the other white. They are resting on ground surrounded by dark rocks and orange seaweed. Past them and a 5-bar metal gate is more water, a deep burnt orange reflecting the seaweed that rings the grassy rocky outcrop or islet behind. Beyond, across a pale teal bay is a strip of land with fields, and the suggestion of stone walls among the small number of houses that are dotted there. Beyond it is a long low painterly purple hill and behind it further away is a long lilac ridge, also quite painterly, the both ends of which taper down to reveal distant blue mountains. Sky is a watery cloudy kind of pale blue. Signed bottom right in yellow, Liam Daly.
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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In just 2 weeks, the annual swamp pink Prizes will open to entries of fiction, essays, & poetry. $20 fee. Winner in each genre receives $2,000 & publication. Submissions open January 1 through January 31.

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The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction
The 2026 swamp pink Prizes will be open to fiction, essays, and poetry during the month of January. $20 fee. $2,000 awarded per genre.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Happy Friday! Stop by the NewPages Blog to discover 101 submission opportunities (at least one closes today!) + some seasonally inspired creative inspiration on the idea of miracles.

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Where to Submit Roundup: December 19, 2025
Stop by the NewPages Where to Submit Roundup for December 19, 2025, and discover 101 submission opportunities!
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December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Accents Publishing's open reading period closes Dec 31! They seek unpublished manuscripts in every genre ie novels, story collections, memoirs, poetry collections, & more. No fee, but you need to purchase a book from the catalog.

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Open Reading Period at Accents Publishing
Accents Publishing is accepting unpublished manuscripts in all genres during its open reading period from November 1 to December 31, 2025. No fee—just purchase a recent title to submit.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Do you have a novel you are writing in verse? Livingston Press is open to unpublished manuscripts for its annual Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. No reading fee. Winner receives $500, book publication, & 20 copies. Deadline is May 25.

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Fourth Annual Changing Light Prize Novel in Verse from Livingston Press
Submit by May 25, 2026 for Livingston Press’s Changing Light Prize, awarded to a novel-in-verse manuscript. No entry fee.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The problem with buying books as presents is I want to keep them for myself 😰😍 🎁 Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 19 is 'helen of troy in february' from 'Helen of Troy, 1993' by Maria Zoccola 🌹 @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Cover of Zoccola's book is a close shot of a woman with red hair whose forehead is perplexed helen of troy in february do i love him? who, the big cheese? enough to be stood here in this walgreens with his gut pills in my purse and the baby slung on my chest, with bing crosby piped through the speakers and the slip-choke of pink and red and puff snowed in on every shelf, cards like you wouldn't believe, my honey bear, my shining star. his name's on the mortgage. on the title to the car. at night he says what did you do today helen and listens, i mean really listens, when i say well i changed the baby and took the car through the wash, all those words straight and tidy, little soldiers on the march, my mouth to that baking marsh of his insides where crooked things lie down and begin to sink. i give him arrows. my lover, hearts and kisses, silk petals in the centerfold, one ninety-nine before tax. envelope like fogged glass. line at the register snaking nearly to the exit sign, where sliding doors roar open to the snow.
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 20 is 'Putting Up Your Crib' from 'Care' by Jennifer Horgan @doirepress.bsky.social 🌹✨
Cover of Care is a sunset over a lake, with trees painted on both sides. Putting Up Your Crib You explain where the donkeys need to go Above the baby Jesus so they'll breathe on him and he won't catch cold. I laugh, nestle them in. And the three wise men? Oh, no- they won't arrive until January sixth Pretty long, I say, for a baby to survive like this. You laugh then too, unoffended. Eager for me to finish and I do. Place the shepherds out front, silver star on the black crepe paper you've glued on top. You tell me the figures belonged to your mum. I fold the tissues up with more care than before, place them back inside the tin. See tiny fragments of clay chip of an ear, a slice from Mary's face. Offer to give them a lick of paint but you're not listening, too busy reminiscing. An orphan at thirteen between two dark-haired sisters, relying on their heat, their nearness. I wish I could shrink this room and everything in it. You, sitting on your wheels - evening sun fading. That I could preserve it all inside some tin. Look on your face when I finish, light on inside your crib.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Don't miss livestream of Winter Solstice at Newgrange, Sunday 21 December 2025

"For 17 minutes, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument through the specially contrived small opening above the entrance known as the ‘roof box’, to illuminate the Chamber."
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Winter Solstice | Heritage Ireland
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December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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We've loved sharing our #TwelveDaysOfChristmas preview of authors coming to WCLF 2026. We cannot wait to meet all of these wonderful authors and so many more. Tune in tomorrow (Saturday) for a Baker's Dozen 13th announcement because we can't keep a secret!
Collage of authors who are coming to West Cork Literary Festival in 2026. The authors pictured are memoirist Jung Chang, novelist Andrew Miller, Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, novelist Patrick Gale, poet Nikita Gill, historian Sacha Coward, poet Jenny Mitchell, novelists Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, fitness expert Karl Henry, French author Nolwenn Le Blevennec, children’s author and illustrator Sarah Bowie, publisher and essayist Margaret Busby
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Do you celebrate Jólabókaflóð! (pronounced “Yo-la-bok-a-flot), the Icelandic tradition of gifting and reading books on Dec 24th?

We think it's a great, cozy way to spend the evening!  We may already be picking out which books to read.

#shoplocal #shopindie #jólabókaflóð
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Rediscover your inner compass 🧭 and set a course to a writing practice that uniquely suits you with Professional Certified Coach + poet Anne Tannam from 14th January!

Reignite your creativity at the link 👇
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December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The final video in our series Dublin, One City, Many Stories is out now, ft. beloved Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with acclaimed journalist Madeleine Keane. (Produced in partnership with @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social):

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Dublin, One City, Many Stories, Episode 6, Marian Keyes in Conversation with Madeline Keane
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December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 18 is 'Pitch for Thicker than Water' from 'Blood Atlas' by @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social 🌹 @arlenhouse.bsky.social
Cover of Blood Atlas is a large brown ship coming out of the ocean. The cover is cream. PITCH FOR THICKER THAN WATER I have this idea for a screenplay: one day, the UN severs all familial ties on Earth, and people are free to choose relatives. Our hero, estranged from his son, endeavours to re-apply for the role of dad. But then, he hears news that his son has already filed for a new dad a teacher, sports coach, a friend's dad - and this breaks his heart. A plot twist occurs midway through our family feature when he considers where his own father is; the old fart is in a nursing home somewhere, staring at a dirty wall. So, our protagonist enrols as a janitor at this facility-a montage shows him cleaning shit along a narrow hall until he starts to steal moments of confused tranquillity in the old man's room, joining him to study a wall stain shaped like Dún Laoghaire's pier, where, one morning, the old man forced a 99 on them to numb a silent pain. The film ends as the son from the start, without warning, turns up with ice cream ... but real life isn't that breezy, I know. I just like that this dumb little script could allow three troubled men to admit they could have gone easy on each other, without knowing when, or knowing how.
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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We are still open for our Poems for Protest anthology and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize💎

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We are open for submissions for… Poems for Protest. The Cat Poetry Book. The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize Poems for Protest We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology &#82…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The theme of this week's Moth Studios Challenge is of course Christmas! Complete your work within 2 hours and submit it from 9-11pm on Tuesday evening to The Moth Studios (via Facebook DM).

This will be the last challenge of 2025.

🎨 Fred Yates
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🚨 2 weeks to go! 🚨

Don't miss your chance to enter this year's Moth Poetry Prize for the chance to win a share of this year's €11,000 prize pot.

Not long until entries close for another year...

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December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Lots of great writing courses coming up at the Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in the New Year including this one fro yours truly:

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The Contemporary American Short Story with Gerard Beirne - Irish Writers Centre
6-week online course exploring the American short story with Gerard Beirne. Starts Wednesday 28 January 2026, 7.00pm - 9.00pm.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Santa Clara Review seeks poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, & visual art for their Spring 2026 issue through January 15. $2 fee. They especially want work from Black, LGBT+, Indigenous, & writers of color.

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16 writers, 1 champion, and a €200 prize
Join Write Hook, the weekly fight-night-style writing contest where 16 writers compete for cash prizes up to €200. Fast prompts, knockout rounds, and global community.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Interested in peer-judged contests, fast turnarounds, and real cash prizes? Write Hook is a weekly, tournament-style writing competition awarding top prizes of up to €200. €15 to participate. Prompts drop at the same time worldwide.

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16 writers, 1 champion, and a €200 prize
Join Write Hook, the weekly fight-night-style writing contest where 16 writers compete for cash prizes up to €200. Fast prompts, knockout rounds, and global community.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The 12th annual William Saroyan International Prize for Writing is open to authors with less than 3 published books. Enter fiction & nonfiction titles published between 1/1/24 & 12/31/25 by January 30. $50 fee. Two $5000 prizes awarded!
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2026 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Submit by Jan 30, 2026 for the Saroyan Prize. $5,000 awards for fiction & nonfiction. Open to emerging writers with fewer than 3 published books.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Submissions are officially open for issue 6 of Metachrosis Magazine. We are accepting submissions through Duosuma and Curatorspace, with all information and links available via metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... . #opencall #subsopen #litmag #artmag
Submissions Open! Metachrosis Issue 6 15th Dec - 28th Feb We'll be accepting all forms of art and writing Send in work via Duosuma and Curatorspace. Check out our submission guidelines on our website! Beneath is an image of a cherub riding a chariot driven by peacocks; the cherub is whipping them (to no effect) Metachrosis Magazine
December 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Join award-winning author Declan Burke at the Irish Writers Centre in January for a 6-week course dedicated to crime and mystery writing 👤

Find out more and reserve your place below
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December 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The sixth and final video in our series Dublin, One City, Many Stories, arrives tomorrow (produced in partnership with @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social).

But before that, have you had a chance to catch episode five?

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Dublin, One City, Many Stories, Episode 5, One Dublin One Book
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December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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📽️📽️ It's lights, camera ACTION at the Irish Writers Centre this January as veteran filmmaker Paul Duane helps budding screenwriters bring their script ideas into focus

Book your place on this 6-week course ⬇️
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December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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ICYMI✨

Only 3 weeks left to apply ✒️

Motivated writers working on a specific fiction project (short-story collection/novel), can apply for a chance to have their work closely read by our workshop leaders & like-minded participants @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

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December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM