Ahead of Spring Online Publishing Day on 7 March, meet the experts 👇
Lauren O’Donovan won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, the Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition, & Cúirt New Writing Prize. She is co-founder of @howlwriting.bsky.social.
More on Lauren & tickets: eventbrite.ie/e/irish-writ...
We'll be talking at this, alongside our pals @stingingfly.bsky.social & @howlwriting.bsky.social. There are also authors, publishers, literary agents all speaking to demystify their mysterious processes . . .
Grab a ticket here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-writ...
Thank you to everyone who submitted and to all who helped to share the call 🙏 We had a wonderful response from the community and we are very grateful 🖤
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Submissions close today 🖤 🐺 howlwriting.ie
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The HOWL 26 submissions window closes tomorrow at midnight.
We’re reading poetry, fiction and nonfiction in English agus as Gaeilge. If you’ve been meaning to send work, this is the moment!
Guidelines are on our website howlwriting.ie
Submissions are open over the weekend for HOWL New Irish Writing 26. We’d love to read your work 🐺
Guidelines at howlwriting.ie
Fáiltímid roimh obair as Gaeilge 🇮🇪
Filíocht, Ficsean, agus Neamhfhicsean.
13ú – 23ú Feabhra
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howlwriting.ie
@forasnagaeilge @gael_linn @cnagaeilge @glor_nangael @irishwithmollie @gaeilgevibes @gaeilge_bheo
HOWL 26 submissions are now open.
We’re accepting poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) in English agus as Gaeilge from February 13th – February 23rd.
We want the raw and the real. If it excites you, send it to us.
Full guidelines + submission details:
🔗 www.howlwriting.ie#submit
Delighted to be talking publishing with Tolka and The Stinging Fly online March 7th. Thanks Irish Writers Centre for all the wonderful work you do 🙏
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One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
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05.02.2026 23:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Submissions opening soon with our friends over at @howlwriting.bsky.social ⬇️
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We’re thrilled to announce Julie Goo as the Irish language guest editor for HOWL New Irish Writing 26.
www.howlwriting.ie/post/welcomi...
We’re delighted to share some very good news: Molly Twomey and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir are joining the HOWL 26 team working on English language poetry and fiction.
More @ www.howlwriting.ie/post/new-add...
We’re delighted to announce that submissions for HOWL 26 will open from February 13 to February 23.
We’ll be accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our next collection of New Irish Writing.
More @: www.howlwriting.ie/post/submiss...
HOWL opens for subs for New Irish Writing once every two years, and that window is quickly approaching! From Feb 13th - Feb 23rd you can submit your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to HOWL 26 at howlwriting.ie
We hope we are lucky enough to receive your work!
Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
16.11.2025 22:50 — 👍 27 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0Thank you to everyone who attended the pamphlet launch in person or in spirit! Pamphlets are available for sale now in most bookshops and on our website: howlwriting.ie
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Last week, I had my second, and hopefully final, ulnar (elbow) nerve surgery, and I'm now in the Lake District (with my sling) for some rest 🌿 I wanted to share my poem 'Ulnar', which I wrote back before my first surgery, exploring the word. It was published by lovely @howlwriting.bsky.social ❤️
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We're delighted to nominate Breda Spaight, Patrick Cotter, and David Nash for the Forward Single Poem Prize for their poems published in HOWL 24.
Wishing them the best of luck 🍀
Jane Robinson's gorgeous poem, 'Sleepfish in the Sacred Grove' on display in Ballincollig Regional Park, Cork. Huge thanks to @poetryireland.bsky.social for supporting us with this project. Gratitude to Cork City Library & Creative Ireland.
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My debut chapbook, Taxidermy Heart, winner of the 2023 Patrick Kavanagh Award, is being launched on April 23rd, 5pm at Cork City Library, in wonderful company, at the Cork World Book Fest. It would be a dream if you could join me to celebrate 🎉
corkworldbookfest.com/events/the-a...
My poem 'Homing' is residing gorgeously in Marina Park, Cork as part of Cork City Libraries' Poetry in the Park project, selected by @howlwriting.bsky.social in association w/ @poetryireland.bsky.social 💙💙
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Poetry in the Park!🌳 @howlwriting.bsky.social
#PoetryinthePark features twelve poets published in HOWL New Irish Writing. The poems are on display in six Cork City parks through the end of this month.
Want to go on a poem hunt? Explore the featured parks: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/poe...
We are open! Send me your poems ❤️
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Love this idea from Howl New Irish Writing @poetryireland.bsky.social #PoetryInThePark www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/poetry-in-the-park
@laurenodonovanw.bsky.social
Poetry on public display!🙌
Poetry in the Park features twelve poets published in Howl New Irish Writing. The poems are now on display in six Cork City parks through the end of March.
📜🔍Want to go on a poem hunt? Learn more here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/poe...
Supported by Poetry Ireland
