West Waterford Arts Group
@westwaterfordag.bsky.social
A cross-pollinating community of artists meeting in West Waterford with a multi-disciplinary approach to creativity.
#waterford #ireland #arts #poetry #visualarts #novelists #photoartists #collage #playwrights #musicians #songwriters #sculpture #speirgorm
#waterford #ireland #arts #poetry #visualarts #novelists #photoartists #collage #playwrights #musicians #songwriters #sculpture #speirgorm
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Next West Waterford Poets meet: Mon 17 Nov, 7:30pm. Prompt: write an acrostic, spoonerisms/malapropisms a bonus!
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
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We'll be opening for submissions of all forms of art and writing from 15th December 2025 - 28th February 2026. We'll be open for submissions via Duosoma and Curatorspace. Our submission guidelines and previous issue are on our website. 🐌🌌🌞 metachrosislitmag.com #litmag #literarymagazine #opencall
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We'll be opening for submissions of all forms of art and writing from 15th December 2025 - 28th February 2026. We'll be open for submissions via Duosoma and Curatorspace. Our submission guidelines and previous issue are on our website. 🐌🌌🌞 metachrosislitmag.com #litmag #literarymagazine #opencall
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Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just a day and some change left to enter! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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Today we’re spotlighting A Holy Place of the Druids or Grave of a Chieftain.
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today we’re spotlighting A Holy Place of the Druids or Grave of a Chieftain.
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
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Feed you eyes by browsing the paintings in the @solomonfineart.bsky.social Winter Group Show. So many talented irish artists included here but of course, for me, the work of @tomcliment.bsky.social always has a special place in my heart.
www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room...
www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room...
Winter Group Show 2025
Fellow Creature , Just a Song at Twilight , Early Morning Girl, 2025 , King Mountain , Solarfell, 2025 , Whispering , 2025 , Light Capture , 2025 , Drift , Repose, 2025 , Golden Whisper , Polaris , Mo...
www.solomonfineart.ie
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Feed you eyes by browsing the paintings in the @solomonfineart.bsky.social Winter Group Show. So many talented irish artists included here but of course, for me, the work of @tomcliment.bsky.social always has a special place in my heart.
www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room...
www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room...
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Another bumper packed issue of the annual Waterford News & Star Festive Star filled with a wide mix o local stories from many of our finest and not so fine like myself. Great value at €5 for 140 pages
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Another bumper packed issue of the annual Waterford News & Star Festive Star filled with a wide mix o local stories from many of our finest and not so fine like myself. Great value at €5 for 140 pages
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We'll be reading again this weekend for our Poems for Protest anthology
Get submitting! roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
Get submitting! roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
a cartoon of a cat reading a book with the words all messages read below it
ALT: a cartoon of a cat reading a book with the words all messages read below it
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November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We'll be reading again this weekend for our Poems for Protest anthology
Get submitting! roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
Get submitting! roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
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Cork County Council Library & Arts Services funding opportunities for the Arts sector. Proposals are invited for arts projects, activities & events taking place in Cork County in 2026. Deadline 9 Jan. Info sessions in local libraries and online in Nov/Dec
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/appl...
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/appl...
Applications Invited for Cork County Council Arts Funding
Cork County Council has announced details of its 2026 funding opportunities for the Arts sector.
www.corkcoco.ie
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cork County Council Library & Arts Services funding opportunities for the Arts sector. Proposals are invited for arts projects, activities & events taking place in Cork County in 2026. Deadline 9 Jan. Info sessions in local libraries and online in Nov/Dec
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/appl...
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/appl...
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Read the latest issue of RCC MUSE & consider sending your own fiction, nonfiction, & poetry during their general reading period, open now through January 31. No fee.
Their Spangler Award is also open to poems about a child or childhood. $5 fee. $200 prize & publication.
#writingcontest #writers
Their Spangler Award is also open to poems about a child or childhood. $5 fee. $200 prize & publication.
#writingcontest #writers
RCC MUSE Now Accepting Submissions & Spangler Poetry Award Entries
Submit poetry or prose to RCC MUSE by Jan 31, 2026 for the Spring 2025 edition + poetry submissions are open to $200 Spangler Award.
www.newpages.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Read the latest issue of RCC MUSE & consider sending your own fiction, nonfiction, & poetry during their general reading period, open now through January 31. No fee.
Their Spangler Award is also open to poems about a child or childhood. $5 fee. $200 prize & publication.
#writingcontest #writers
Their Spangler Award is also open to poems about a child or childhood. $5 fee. $200 prize & publication.
#writingcontest #writers
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A global #litmag of daring prose, art, photography, & comics + small press focusing on chapbooks, Palooka is open to submissions year-round. They do charge a small reading fee. Catch up on their latest releases & submit today.
#callforsubmissions #writers
#callforsubmissions #writers
Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Palooka is a global literary magazine seeking bold voices and brave stories. Submit chapbooks, prose, poetry, artwork, photography, and comics year-round. Anonymous reading.
www.newpages.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A global #litmag of daring prose, art, photography, & comics + small press focusing on chapbooks, Palooka is open to submissions year-round. They do charge a small reading fee. Catch up on their latest releases & submit today.
#callforsubmissions #writers
#callforsubmissions #writers
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Happy Friday! It's time to swing by the NewPages Blog for our weekly roundup of submission opportunities featuring 135 general calls & contests, several with November 15 deadlines. Don't miss out!
#writers #writingcommunity
#writers #writingcommunity
Where to Submit Roundup: November 14, 2025
Several submission opportunities are ending soon! Visit the Where to Submit Roundup for November 14, 2025 so you don’t miss your chance to share your work.
www.newpages.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy Friday! It's time to swing by the NewPages Blog for our weekly roundup of submission opportunities featuring 135 general calls & contests, several with November 15 deadlines. Don't miss out!
#writers #writingcommunity
#writers #writingcommunity
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The 20th National Indie Excellence Awards are open for entries. If your book was published within the last 2 years, you could win national recognition, medals, stickers, and more. Open to self-published, indie press, and university press titles.
#IndieAuthors #BookAwards #CallForEntries
#IndieAuthors #BookAwards #CallForEntries
20th National Indie Excellence Awards
Enter the 20th NIEA book awards! Open to indie, self-published, and university press authors. Submit by March 31 for national recognition.
www.newpages.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The 20th National Indie Excellence Awards are open for entries. If your book was published within the last 2 years, you could win national recognition, medals, stickers, and more. Open to self-published, indie press, and university press titles.
#IndieAuthors #BookAwards #CallForEntries
#IndieAuthors #BookAwards #CallForEntries
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Accents Publishing is now accepting manuscripts of every genre imaginable during their open reading period (Nov 1–Dec 31). Poetry, fiction, memoir, YA, children’s books, lyrical essays, chapbooks, and more — all welcome. Submit by purchasing a recent Accents title.
#writers #callforsubmissions
#writers #callforsubmissions
Open Reading Period at Accents Publishing
Accents Publishing is accepting unpublished manuscripts in all genres during its open reading period from November 1 to December 31, 2025. No fee—just purchase a recent title to submit.
www.newpages.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Accents Publishing is now accepting manuscripts of every genre imaginable during their open reading period (Nov 1–Dec 31). Poetry, fiction, memoir, YA, children’s books, lyrical essays, chapbooks, and more — all welcome. Submit by purchasing a recent Accents title.
#writers #callforsubmissions
#writers #callforsubmissions
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L’Esprit Literary Review seeks entries for the Leopold Bloom Prize. Open to short stories or novel excerpts challenging literary convention & showcasing risk-adept narration. $800 in prizes, $10 fee. Deadline: December 7. Judge: Michael Nath.
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @lespritlit.bsky.social
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @lespritlit.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
L’Esprit Literary Review seeks entries for the Leopold Bloom Prize. Open to short stories or novel excerpts challenging literary convention & showcasing risk-adept narration. $800 in prizes, $10 fee. Deadline: December 7. Judge: Michael Nath.
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @lespritlit.bsky.social
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @lespritlit.bsky.social
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What if Anxiety walked into your life like an old acquaintance? How would it speak, dress, behave?
Explore this perspective in any form—poetry, prose, art.
#WritingCommunity #Prompt
Explore this perspective in any form—poetry, prose, art.
#WritingCommunity #Prompt
Where to Submit Roundup: November 14, 2025
Several submission opportunities are ending soon! Visit the Where to Submit Roundup for November 14, 2025 so you don’t miss your chance to share your work.
www.newpages.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What if Anxiety walked into your life like an old acquaintance? How would it speak, dress, behave?
Explore this perspective in any form—poetry, prose, art.
#WritingCommunity #Prompt
Explore this perspective in any form—poetry, prose, art.
#WritingCommunity #Prompt
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Got a true story to tell or art to share? Hindsight Journal Vol. VI is open for submissions! Creative nonfiction, photography, painting, and more welcome. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026. No fee!
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Hindsight Vol. VI Call for Creative Nonfiction
Hindsight Journal is accepting creative nonfiction and art for Vol. VI. Submit your true stories, photos, and more by Jan. 15, 2026.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Got a true story to tell or art to share? Hindsight Journal Vol. VI is open for submissions! Creative nonfiction, photography, painting, and more welcome. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026. No fee!
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
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Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Saturday is now the day after tomorrow #TheMikey
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Wait… what? Did the right thing? Really? Well done @albomp.bsky.social & co. That’s hugely important! 🙏👏🙏👏🙏👏 #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wait… what? Did the right thing? Really? Well done @albomp.bsky.social & co. That’s hugely important! 🙏👏🙏👏🙏👏 #auspol
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Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
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Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
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Dive into the September issue of The Blue Mountain Review, a journal of culture, featuring Garret Dillahunt, Octavio Quintanilla, & Benheart. Then consider sending your own poetry, fiction, & essays. $5 fee. Open year-round.
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Our Doors are Open
Online literary magazine The Blue Mountain Review believes stories are vital to survival and is open to submissions year-round.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Dive into the September issue of The Blue Mountain Review, a journal of culture, featuring Garret Dillahunt, Octavio Quintanilla, & Benheart. Then consider sending your own poetry, fiction, & essays. $5 fee. Open year-round.
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
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Enter the 2026 National Indie Excellence® Awards by Mar 31. Open to English-language books from indie presses, self-published authors & university presses published in the last two calendar years. Multiple categories. Cash prizes & sponsorship prizes awarded.
#bookawards #writers
#bookawards #writers
2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards
Submit your book to the 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards and get recognized for excellence and distinction in self and independent publishing.
www.newpages.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Enter the 2026 National Indie Excellence® Awards by Mar 31. Open to English-language books from indie presses, self-published authors & university presses published in the last two calendar years. Multiple categories. Cash prizes & sponsorship prizes awarded.
#bookawards #writers
#bookawards #writers
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2 weeks remain to enter unpublished full-length manuscripts of poetry, flash fiction, or a combo of both to the Vern Rutsala Book Prize from Cloudbank Books. Winner receives $1k, publication, & copies. Enter by Nov 30. $25 fee.
#writers #writingcontest
#writers #writingcontest
Vern Rutsala Book Prize Deadline Extended!
Submit 70–90 pages of poetry or flash fiction to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest. $1,000 prize, publication, and 50 author copies.
www.newpages.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
2 weeks remain to enter unpublished full-length manuscripts of poetry, flash fiction, or a combo of both to the Vern Rutsala Book Prize from Cloudbank Books. Winner receives $1k, publication, & copies. Enter by Nov 30. $25 fee.
#writers #writingcontest
#writers #writingcontest
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Mark your calendars! swamp pink's annual prizes in fiction, poetry, & nonfiction will open on January 1! $2,000 & publication awarded per genre. $20 fee. All entries considered for publication.
#writingcontest #writers #litmag
#writingcontest #writers #litmag
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction
The 2026 swamp pink Prizes will be open to fiction, essays, and poetry during the month of January. $20 fee. $2,000 awarded per genre.
www.newpages.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mark your calendars! swamp pink's annual prizes in fiction, poetry, & nonfiction will open on January 1! $2,000 & publication awarded per genre. $20 fee. All entries considered for publication.
#writingcontest #writers #litmag
#writingcontest #writers #litmag
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✨Additional Tours Added!✨
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
✨Additional Tours Added!✨
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
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We've received some amazing work so far. Visual, sound, text hybrids - complex, layered and expansive 🔥
The call is extended to 30 November so still time to submit your innovative hybrids on PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S). See Ice Floe site for details ✨️
@icefloepress.bsky.social
The call is extended to 30 November so still time to submit your innovative hybrids on PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S). See Ice Floe site for details ✨️
@icefloepress.bsky.social
We've extended our call for subs
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We've received some amazing work so far. Visual, sound, text hybrids - complex, layered and expansive 🔥
The call is extended to 30 November so still time to submit your innovative hybrids on PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S). See Ice Floe site for details ✨️
@icefloepress.bsky.social
The call is extended to 30 November so still time to submit your innovative hybrids on PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S). See Ice Floe site for details ✨️
@icefloepress.bsky.social