Sparks Literary Journal
@sparksjournal.bsky.social
Sparks is a literary journal located in the midlands of Ireland that champions short stories, poetry and flash fiction that 'sparks' the imagination. Edited by cmrbright.bsky.social
https://www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions/
https://www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions/
You can now read 'Yellow Fever' one of the two pieces contributed by Yani S. Kelly to our Samhain 2 issue!
You can buy your own copy from our store!
Yani S Kelly is an Indonesian poet and fiction writer, currently exploring creative non-fiction.
You can buy your own copy from our store!
Yani S Kelly is an Indonesian poet and fiction writer, currently exploring creative non-fiction.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You can now read 'Yellow Fever' one of the two pieces contributed by Yani S. Kelly to our Samhain 2 issue!
You can buy your own copy from our store!
Yani S Kelly is an Indonesian poet and fiction writer, currently exploring creative non-fiction.
You can buy your own copy from our store!
Yani S Kelly is an Indonesian poet and fiction writer, currently exploring creative non-fiction.
One of the amazing prose pieces featured in our latest issue can now be read via our website!
'The Meaning Her Hands Made' by Katie Canning is a fantastic piece of flash fiction by a great talent.
'The Meaning Her Hands Made' by Katie Canning is a fantastic piece of flash fiction by a great talent.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
One of the amazing prose pieces featured in our latest issue can now be read via our website!
'The Meaning Her Hands Made' by Katie Canning is a fantastic piece of flash fiction by a great talent.
'The Meaning Her Hands Made' by Katie Canning is a fantastic piece of flash fiction by a great talent.
Our new issue, Samhain 2, featuring fantastic writing is available to buy via our Store (Link in Bio) where you can read some of the best Irish writing! Go on and treat yourself to a copy!
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our new issue, Samhain 2, featuring fantastic writing is available to buy via our Store (Link in Bio) where you can read some of the best Irish writing! Go on and treat yourself to a copy!
Our fourth issue is now available to buy via our store page on our website!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our fourth issue is now available to buy via our store page on our website!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
We will be launching our 4th issue in just over a week's time! You can register to attend via Eventbrite or the link on our website!
Oiche Shamhna Abú!
We will be launching our 4th issue in just over a week's time! You can register to attend via Eventbrite or the link on our website!
Oiche Shamhna Abú!
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
We will be launching our 4th issue in just over a week's time! You can register to attend via Eventbrite or the link on our website!
Oiche Shamhna Abú!
We will be launching our 4th issue in just over a week's time! You can register to attend via Eventbrite or the link on our website!
Oiche Shamhna Abú!
Sparks is delighted to announce the cover art and contributors for Samhain 2!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Sparks is delighted to announce the cover art and contributors for Samhain 2!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
Our Cover Art Submission Window has closed!
Thank you so much to everybody who submitted artwork!
Thank you so much to everybody who submitted artwork!
September 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our Cover Art Submission Window has closed!
Thank you so much to everybody who submitted artwork!
Thank you so much to everybody who submitted artwork!
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 close tomorrow at 5pm so you haven't got long!
You can submit via the link on our website!
You can submit via the link on our website!
September 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 close tomorrow at 5pm so you haven't got long!
You can submit via the link on our website!
You can submit via the link on our website!
You've only got 3 days left to submit to our Cover Art submission window!
Submit now via the link on our website!
Submit now via the link on our website!
September 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
You've only got 3 days left to submit to our Cover Art submission window!
Submit now via the link on our website!
Submit now via the link on our website!
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 are now open! You can submit via the Google Form in bio!
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 are now open! You can submit via the Google Form in bio!
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 will open on Monday the 22nd! You haven't got long to wait!
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 will open on Monday the 22nd! You haven't got long to wait!
Our Cover Art submission window for Samhain 2 has just been announced!
We will be opening for submissions of cover art from the 22nd until the 29th of September at 5pm! Submissions will be via a Google Form that will be on our socials and website page!
We will be opening for submissions of cover art from the 22nd until the 29th of September at 5pm! Submissions will be via a Google Form that will be on our socials and website page!
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our Cover Art submission window for Samhain 2 has just been announced!
We will be opening for submissions of cover art from the 22nd until the 29th of September at 5pm! Submissions will be via a Google Form that will be on our socials and website page!
We will be opening for submissions of cover art from the 22nd until the 29th of September at 5pm! Submissions will be via a Google Form that will be on our socials and website page!
Submissions are now closed for Samhain 2! I'd like to thank everybody who has made a submission for our next issue! We received over 100 submissions and I aim to get back to everyone by mid October at the latest!
(Also: Sorry for the late posting - submissions closed at 5pm!)
(Also: Sorry for the late posting - submissions closed at 5pm!)
August 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Submissions are now closed for Samhain 2! I'd like to thank everybody who has made a submission for our next issue! We received over 100 submissions and I aim to get back to everyone by mid October at the latest!
(Also: Sorry for the late posting - submissions closed at 5pm!)
(Also: Sorry for the late posting - submissions closed at 5pm!)
Our submission window closes tomorrow for Samhain 2! Get your submission in fast!
August 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our submission window closes tomorrow for Samhain 2! Get your submission in fast!
There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.
August 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.
There's just three days left to submit for our Samhain 2 issue!
Submissions close at 5pm on Saturday so you haven't got long to get your pieces in! Submissions are via the Google Form on our website!
Submissions close at 5pm on Saturday so you haven't got long to get your pieces in! Submissions are via the Google Form on our website!
August 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There's just three days left to submit for our Samhain 2 issue!
Submissions close at 5pm on Saturday so you haven't got long to get your pieces in! Submissions are via the Google Form on our website!
Submissions close at 5pm on Saturday so you haven't got long to get your pieces in! Submissions are via the Google Form on our website!
You've only got one more week to submit to our fourth issue!
We are taking submissions of prose and poetry until the 23rd of August at 5pm! You can submit via the link in our bio!
We are taking submissions of prose and poetry until the 23rd of August at 5pm! You can submit via the link in our bio!
August 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
You've only got one more week to submit to our fourth issue!
We are taking submissions of prose and poetry until the 23rd of August at 5pm! You can submit via the link in our bio!
We are taking submissions of prose and poetry until the 23rd of August at 5pm! You can submit via the link in our bio!
Submissions are currently open for Samhain 2, our fourth issue! You can submit via the Google Form on our submissions page on our website!
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Submissions are currently open for Samhain 2, our fourth issue! You can submit via the Google Form on our submissions page on our website!
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
You can submit short stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, Flash fiction under 1,000 words and Poetry of 60 lines or less for our fourth issue!
Submissions are via the Google Form linked on our website and in bio!
Happy Submitting!
You can submit short stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, Flash fiction under 1,000 words and Poetry of 60 lines or less for our fourth issue!
Submissions are via the Google Form linked on our website and in bio!
Happy Submitting!
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
You can submit short stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, Flash fiction under 1,000 words and Poetry of 60 lines or less for our fourth issue!
Submissions are via the Google Form linked on our website and in bio!
Happy Submitting!
You can submit short stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, Flash fiction under 1,000 words and Poetry of 60 lines or less for our fourth issue!
Submissions are via the Google Form linked on our website and in bio!
Happy Submitting!
Submissions for our next issue open tomorrow! We'll be open from the 9th until the 23rd of August at 5pm! Get ready!
August 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Submissions for our next issue open tomorrow! We'll be open from the 9th until the 23rd of August at 5pm! Get ready!
There are just two days now until we open submissions for our fourth issue, Samhain 2! You can read up on all our guidelines via the link in our bio!
August 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
There are just two days now until we open submissions for our fourth issue, Samhain 2! You can read up on all our guidelines via the link in our bio!
There's just one week to go until our next submission window opens! You can find our guidelines on our website!
August 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There's just one week to go until our next submission window opens! You can find our guidelines on our website!
There are just two weeks now until submissions open for Samhain 2!
There is no set theme for this issue! Send us in your poetry, short stories and flash fiction from the 9th of August until the 23rd of August at 5pm!
Guidelines are on our website!
There is no set theme for this issue! Send us in your poetry, short stories and flash fiction from the 9th of August until the 23rd of August at 5pm!
Guidelines are on our website!
July 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There are just two weeks now until submissions open for Samhain 2!
There is no set theme for this issue! Send us in your poetry, short stories and flash fiction from the 9th of August until the 23rd of August at 5pm!
Guidelines are on our website!
There is no set theme for this issue! Send us in your poetry, short stories and flash fiction from the 9th of August until the 23rd of August at 5pm!
Guidelines are on our website!
We are opening for submissions in August! You can find our guidelines here and see more information www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions
July 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We are opening for submissions in August! You can find our guidelines here and see more information www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions
News!
Our next submission window will open on Saturday the 9th of August and close at 5pm on the 23rd of August for our second Samhain issue!
There is no set theme for this issue. You can read more about our upcoming submission opportunity on our website!
Our next submission window will open on Saturday the 9th of August and close at 5pm on the 23rd of August for our second Samhain issue!
There is no set theme for this issue. You can read more about our upcoming submission opportunity on our website!
July 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
News!
Our next submission window will open on Saturday the 9th of August and close at 5pm on the 23rd of August for our second Samhain issue!
There is no set theme for this issue. You can read more about our upcoming submission opportunity on our website!
Our next submission window will open on Saturday the 9th of August and close at 5pm on the 23rd of August for our second Samhain issue!
There is no set theme for this issue. You can read more about our upcoming submission opportunity on our website!