Competition deadline: 27th September 2026 The Allingham Festival 2026 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are now open! First Prize in both Flash Fiction and Poetry is €300. Winners will be invited to read their winning entries at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday November the 7th 2026 as part of the Allingham Arts Festival programme of events. Allingham Festival Competitions Rules…

Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival is delighted to announce its 2026 Poetry Competition is open for submissions.

Application deadline: 30th September 2026 The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027 will take place near Glengariff, West Cork, from Monday 25th January 2027 until Saturday 30th January 2027. The opportunity is for emerging writers of fiction and non-fiction aged 21 and over living in Ireland and the UK. There are three places in West Cork (two available in the cottage and one in the detached out building).

A practical guide to training yourself as a writerZoom seminar with Kit de Waal and Andrew WilleTuesday 8 September 2026, 7-8.15pm London, £25 Book The MA and the MFA are long-established pathways …

The 2026 Allingham Arts Festival Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are now open. Closing Date: September 27th 2026.

Information about the big art sale in aid of Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna

Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Ke…

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Competition deadline 15th May 2026 The RTÉ Short Story Competition s now open for entries! The 2026 RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of Francis MacManus, one of Ireland’s longest establi…

Many young boys in the 1980s enjoyed doing newspaper rounds. I did too, but with a slight twist—I decided to do the newspaper as well!

Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane.  Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J.

And so, we launch into another writing year with positive intentions. There are so many competitions out there it can be bewildering, but selecting even one or two to aim for can be a useful spur i…

An exhibition opens next month at the Whittington Hospital in Archway with stories of the Irish nurses taken on to help in the new National Health…

Delighted that my Sunday Miscellany story, ‘Queen of the South’, has made it into print with this wonderful anthology edited by producer Sarah Binchy. Can’t wait to go through this and read a…

The port's international connections brought much prosperity to the Co Donegal town, but the good times didn't last

A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.

Autumn is becoming the season for literature in Donegal and we're delighted to say that our authors will be giving readings and lectures at the county's three keynote festivals over the next couple of...

A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.

Join Arena and the RTÉ Short Story Competition judges for insights into the art of the short story, live music and performances from this year’s shortlist, and the announcement of the top prizes.

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2025...

Broadcast schedule for the 2025 shortlist