Competition is closed and the sifting is under way for that special poem. Shortlist will be ready at the end of the month. Huge thanks to all who entered and also to everyone who liked and shared. This engagement is really important to keep the energy going around our festival

Congrats All 🎉🎉🎉🎉

This is getting rave reviews ! Now its our turn...this Saturday night at Strokestown Park House

Shortlisted poems published now on our website: strokestownpoetryfest.ie/strokestown-in… Which is your favourite ? #poetrycommunity #writingcompetition Poetry Ireland Irish Writers Centre Shorelines Arts Fest Enda Wyley Alan Hayes : Arlen House Dedalus Press Salmon Poetry The Gallery Press

🚨Deadline is tomorrow at noon!🚨 We are seeking a writer to join the Irish Writers Centre Board of Directors! More details here⬇️ irishwriterscentre.ie/we-are-seeking…

Our streets are quiet now. In less than 4 weeks they will be humming with the energy of people attending our festival. All tickets on sale here: (some are free)strokestownpoetryfest.ie #poetry #poetrycommunity #FestivalSeason

1/2 The UCD Library Irish Arts Festival Archive is an important repository for festivals across Ireland. libguides.ucd.ie/irishartsfesti… Feile na Bealtaine founding committee member Aodh Ó Coileáin shares his memories about the upcoming Festival with Dr David Teevan here: libguides.ucd.ie/ld.php?content…

A new poem features in Poetry Laneway installation to be launched Poetry Day Ireland 25 April at 3pmin Roscommon town. Also poems by Dani Gill & Louise G Cole & music by Phil Robson. Roscommon County Council Bloodaxe Books

Looking forward to the launch @strokestownpoem, May bank holiday weekend. Always a lively event

Tickets for all our events are selling well 😅 but plenty left too. Will you be there? (One of our best ever programmes) strokestownpoetryfest.ie/all-tickets/ Poetry Ireland Roscommon County Council Roscommon Herald Roscommon People Roscommon ArtsCentre Visit Roscommon Leitrim Tourism #EnjoyLeitrim Úna Bhán Tourism

Plenty of tickets left for the weekend but why not beat the queue and book online on our website strokestownpoetryfest.ie

Full house as ever for Washing Windows 1V, an event of high energy, mutual support and great poetry #poetrycommunity Poetry Ireland The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Alan Hayes : Arlen House Dedalus Press

Los Lorcas- a great fusion of poetry and music to end a brilliant day of poetry, music, film and fun at Strokestown poetry festival. #poetrycommunity Poetry Ireland The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Irish Writers Centre

Thomas Brezing is the winner of our 2024 international poetry competition for his poem Living with Tomas. Pictured here with our judge Enda Wyley.

Pictured here with our festival director Joe Woods and judge Enda Wyley are the 3 shortlisted poets who came to Strokestown to read their poems this afternoon

Living Laneways is such a wonderful project and we were delighted to have 2 of the featured poets reading at our festival last weekend Jane Clarke @louiseGCole

We are hedging our bets here as so many shortlisted are great friends of the SIPF festival. Good luck to one and all #poetrycommunity, Alan Hayes : Arlen House Dedalus Press The Gallery Press Bloodaxe Books

It wasn’t a scam of course, and I went to the wonderful festival in Strokestown and to my great shock won 3rd prize, which suddenly made a life in literature seem plausible, tangible and vaguely practicable for the 1st time.

selection of photos from our 2024 festival weekend are now on our website strokestownpoetryfest.ie Huge thank you from the committee to all who attended, read, entered our competition, engaged with our website & social media. Keep liking, commenting and sharing #poetrycommunity

Beautifully read and introduced as always. RIP Macdara. We miss you!