The Lit Review

Reading can often have a serendipitous, almost conspiratorial feel to it - just as you begin reading about a topic, suddenly you notice it everywhere. It was there all along, of course, but you hadn’t yet thought to look for it - nor for…

In this edition of The Lit Review, Literature Editor Aileen runs through this month's literary news, announcements, submission calls and the Kingfisher Writers Retreat, to be held in July. News Independent Bookshop Week Book Award…

HeadStuff's very own Tara Flynn's new book, Rage-In is out!  Launches to be held in Dublin and Cork.  This month also sees poetry award deadlines, ILFDublin Off The Page events announced, other book launches and a digital release of Kathy…

The Lit Review is back, with book festivals in Dublin and Cork, poetry and short story competitions, workshops and more. Competitions & submission calls RTE Radio 1 Short Story Competition The 2018 RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story…

This fortnight's Lit Review sees Literature Editor Aileen cover upcoming events such as Poetry Day Ireland and A Poet's Rising, as well as the Bristol Short Story Prize and more. News Novel Fair 2019 The Irish Writers Centre…

Welcome to this round of the Lit Review. Banshee journal, Coast to Coast Irish Issue, the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, MoJo journal, and the Sycamore Review are all open for submissions until the end of March.  Cúirt International Festival of…

Welcome to this fortnight's Lit Review, packed with competitions and submission calls. Don't forget that the closing date for this year's Listowel Writers' Week competitions is 1st March. Competitions & submission calls The Stinging…

HeadStuff Literature Submission Call HeadStuff is relaunching its Literature section and we want to read your submissions! New Literature Editor Aileen wants to read work that shocks, surprises and devastates.  Work that tells truths of…

Competitions & submission calls Atlantis Short Story Contest Entry to the Atlantis Short Story Contest 2017/18 is open until 25th February.  Prizes range from $50 to $300 and all entrants will receive feedback on their work.  Full…

News Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards From a small base of three categories in 2007, the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards have grown over the years to include fifteen categories spanning many literary genres. Every year readers have the…