Offering insight into various creative processes and advice towards aspiring and emerging writers, here’s a quick-fire interview with the author of Love Notes from a German Building Site, A Sabbatical in Leipzig, Midfield Dynamo, The Geometer Lobachevsky, and Little Republics: The Story of Bungalow Bliss. Adrian Duncan’s latest novel The Geometer Lobachevsky was shortlisted forContinue reading “Adrian Duncan on his writing process and how he got started”
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The Panorama Flash Fiction Contest 2023 Winners
The Panorama Flash Fiction Contest was set up in 2021 to invoke a sense of community. In a time where we must stay far apart, writing can bring us together while conveying a wide panorama of human experiences. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted. We really loved reading your pieces and found soContinue reading “The Panorama Flash Fiction Contest 2023 Winners”
1st Place: ‘Bullaun’ by Dúnlaith Bird
You have a bullaun in the small of your back, a smooth hollow of soft, scarred skin. Theytook out one of your vertebrae when you were a baby so that you could walk, and it left a holethat a stone could spin in, terrible and tender to look at. An inverted peach, a peach-pit, blush-pink.Continue reading “1st Place: ‘Bullaun’ by Dúnlaith Bird”
Runner Up: ‘The Doll Father’ by Dara Yen Elerath
father My daughter stitched me from cloth; she used a thumbtack for a nose and yarn for arms. Then she abandoned me in this closet. Outside the door she watches screens all night and does not see how my button eyes gleam here in the dark. If only she had given me hands instead ofContinue reading “Runner Up: ‘The Doll Father’ by Dara Yen Elerath”
Runner Up: ‘Might’ by Alex Durac
There were boats, I think. I can’t remember. I remember seeing one or two during theday, peering through the haze like sleepy, waking eyes. Fuzzy. In my mind they’re likemirages, covered in clouds and dark sea mist. I’m not really sure how much I’m imaginingthem, though. There may have been none at all. There wereContinue reading “Runner Up: ‘Might’ by Alex Durac”
Writing Opportunities October 2023
The latest writing opportunities for October 2023. If you would like your submissions call listed on our website, please contact us here. Aimsir Press Deadline: 14th October Marking the beginning of winter in the Celtic calendar, Samhain is a time in which the veil between our world and the Otherworld is believed to be atContinue reading “Writing Opportunities October 2023”
Celebrate the launch of Issue VIII: Belong at Dublin Book Festival!
We’re coming to Dublin Book Festival baby! Join us on 11th November at 8pm in The Printworks, Dublin Castle to celebrate the launch of Issue VIII: Belonging featuring Ola Majekodunmi. Including readers from our contributors and a bit of craic agus ceol, we can’t wait to celebrate these words with you all. The Dublin BookContinue reading “Celebrate the launch of Issue VIII: Belong at Dublin Book Festival!”
Writing Prompt: September 2023
Put 20 minutes on the clock and get writing! Don’t look back until the alarm sounds and, even then, maybe…keep going? Prompt: You hear news of your next-door neighbor vanishing without a trace. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Use the search form to search the site. Sign up to our newsletter to receive allContinue reading “Writing Prompt: September 2023”
Buy One Get One Half Price!
While we’re at it, we thought we’d offer you a further little treat—you can now buy Issue VII: Identity featuring Sue Rainsford for only €5! Why not buy it with your pre-order of Issue VIII: Belonging featuring Ola Majekodunmi? Two for €15… now who can argue with that?
Writing Opportunities September 2023
The latest writing opportunities for September 2023. If you would like your submissions call listed on our website, please contact us here. An Áitiúil Anthology, volume II Deadline: 4th September The Martello Journal and The Madrigal Press are currently open until the 14th August for An Áitiúil Anthology, volume II. They are looking for prose,Continue reading “Writing Opportunities September 2023”