Before you go and get caught up in all the craziness that is Christmas, have a look at some story and poetry deadlines that are coming up soon. The only advice I ever give that I actually believe in is to keep sending stuff out – work on it if it needs more work, don’t if it doesn’t, but just send it out again. If you throw enough crap at the wall after a while some of it is bound to stick.
So anyway, here goes.
Stories:
Fish Story Prize – deadline 30/11/2012 .
Willesden Herald – deadline 21/12/2012.
The Moth Short Story Prize – deadline 31/3/2013.
Labello Press Short Story Comp – deadline 21/12/2012.
Ropes Literary Journal – deadline 14/1/2013.
RTE Radio 1 Short Story Comp – deadline 21/1/2013.
Bear in mind also that The Stinging Fly has changed submission guidelines with effect from 2013.
Poems:
Gregory O’Donoghue Prize – deadline 15/12/2012.
The Ballymaloe Poetry Prize – deadline 31/12/2012.
Fish Poetry Prize – deadline 31/3/2013.
Ropes Literary Journal – deadline 14/1/2013
There are also plenty of journals and magazines looking for poems on an ongoing basis. The best of them are Bare Hands Poetry, Burning Bush 2, The First Cut, Outburst and Can Can but there are many others I’m sure.
In other news I will have a poem, First Kiss, in Bare Hands Issue 13, and my story Back to Love (which appeared in Issue 10 of Wordlegs) will be translated into German and will feature in Issue 3 of WortMosaik Literary Magazine.
I’ve also been invited to the presentation of 2012 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award at the Linen Hall Library on 29th November. So tentative fingers crossed there.
Hi Brian, congrats on all your successes so far. I got an invite also to the Mc Laverty awards but it seems they send them to everyone who entered so I don’t think I’ll bother going. Its a long way to go for such a long shot! But I suppose you never know! Good luck anyway.
Thanks Eileen! I’m going to go along, but not expecting much beyond a nice trip to Belfast again!
Cheers, Brian, handy to have it all in one place. Nice one on the latest scores!
Hi Brian, that invitation is very exciting. It would certainly round off a brilliant year for you
Thanks Peter – I see you’re still churning out the award winning poems anyway!
Good luck for tomorrow, Brian. It was quite a surprise when I was invited (second place!)- they don’t tell you anything in advance,keeping stum to the last minute.
Best part of it was tea and scones afterwards in the Europa.
And I got the gubbins of another story from the visit!
Thanks Pat, although I’m not expecting much… we’ll see.