🔴SUBMISSIONS CLOSING

Unagented writers, if you'd like to enter 2024's Bath Novel Award, the deadline is 23:59 BST Friday 31 May.

💷Prize: £5,000
📄Initial subs: first 5k words & synopsis
📚Judge: Paper Literary founder Catherine Cho
🗺️Open worldwide
🌐bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-novel…

✨Calling all playwrights and performance makers✨

We are delighted to announce #TimeToWrite , a monthly gathering for playwrights and performance makers working on a writing project.

abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/time-…

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Do you work in Ireland's creative sector?

Mark June 18th in the diary 🙌

We're hosting #CreativeCareersSummit featuring some of the most established speakers in our sector.

Registration opens this Friday

Come along and give some love to your creative career 💚

The Basic Income scheme for those working in the arts has had a positive effect so far, according to a new report. Since October 2022, payments of €325 per week have been made to up to 2,000 artists and creative arts workers | Read more: rte.ie/b/1451357

Report analysing 1st yr of Basic Income pilot published as Catherine Martin TD hosts conference on Status of the Artist

🟢Recipients invest €550 a month more on creative practice
🟢Life satisfaction increased
🟢Spend 8 hrs a week more on their practice

gov.ie/basicincomearts

'I write my short stories tentatively, rarely knowing what it is that I am getting at until I am finished.' Louise Kennedy, The Moth Short Story Prize judge

Do you have a story you'd like Louise to read? 5 weeks left to polish your winning story...

⏳️ bit.ly/mssp24

Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin Literary Award winner Mircea Cărtărescu discusses his love for Kafka and the creative role of his translator Seán Cotter.

And ahead of her National Concert Hall concert to benefit Musician Treatment Foundation, . on caring for fellow musicians and the legacy of her father.

Congratulations to Mircea Cărtărescu, Sean Cotter and Will Evans from @deepvellum🏆🥳

Solenoid is the winner of the 2024 Dublin Literary Award ✨️

New blog post: weekly news writing round-up. This week, flash fiction, magazine subs and a great residency for single mums anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/the…

The clock is ticking down!! Submit your script to us for the Writers' Guild of Ireland's Annual Zebbie Awards before 26th May #Zebbies24 filmfreeway.com/ZebbieAwards20…

Calling all OU creative writers!

The John Hewitt Society and Irish PEN are offering an amazing opportunity to hone your skills and give yourself the 'Freedom to Write' Freedom To Write

Transform your practice and apply today by visiting johnhewittsociety.org or irishpen.com

We are actively looking for submissions for Dedalus Ireland from Irish writers especially women authors.

Bookselling Ireland call on government to mitigate the advance of Amazon’s ‘unstoppable juggernaut’

BooksellingIreland Booksellers Association Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery Waterstones Cork CharlieByrne'sBooks WoodbineBooksIreland

booksirelandmagazine.com/bookselling-ir… via Books Ireland

If you're a working class writer in Ireland or the UK, DM me. Always looking for authentic new voices!

Final reminder!

📣Calling all fiction writers

Apply by Sunday to the online International Lamplight Residency in partnership w/ VARUNA | Australia. Find inspiration for writing, develop your practice and build international connections with other writers.

🔗irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunities/…

🕰️ Submissions closing

✍🏽 BathNovelAward24
🥇 £5,000 prize
📄 5,000 words and synopsis
🔔 Deadline 23:59 Fri 31 May

bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-novel…

This month EDEL COFFEY 👩🏼‍💻 selects some of the most anticipated books of the year: thegloss.ie/10-new-books-t…

Short story max 2,500 words, flash Fiction max 700 words, deadline June 21. Winners get €500 and a free weekend pass to the festival. All four winning pieces will be published on the Write By The Sea website. Runners-up get €300, third-placed €200.writing.ie/writing-comps/…

Announcing MoLI 's Bloomsday 2024 programme! Limited tickets available for both events, book now to avoid disappointment (Half price for MoLI Members) moli.ie/events/moli-bl…

#dublinlibertiesdistillery #jamesjoyce #bloomsday2024 #celine #offica #emmyshigata #fintanotoole

New blog post: weekly writing news round-up including a great development opportunity, writing accountability and a rubbish workshop anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/the…