iYeats Poetry Competition

This competition is run from Sligo. But there only seems to be one prize and one for the yoof so I won't enter.

The Hawk’s Well is delighted to announce the third iYeats Poetry Competition – an online national and international competition open to all and with a special award for poetry from poets under 25.The theme of the iYeats Poetry Competition 2011 will be

“I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood, sex and the dead”

- William Butler Yeats

Deadline: Sunday, 26 June.

Up to four poems on this subject may be entered online only for both the General and Emerging Talent categories.

Prize giving and a public reading of the shortlisted poets will take place in the Hawk’s Well Theatre during the annual Yeats International Summer School 2011.

Judges: Gerald Dawe & Enda Wyley

Entry fee: €5 per poem

Prizes: First prize of €300
Emerging Talent award of €300 (16 – 25 year olds)
Ten highly commended awards.

All prize winners will have their poems published on the Hawk’s Well website and will be offered the chance to read their work at an informal ceremony during the 2011 Yeats International Summer School.

For full details of the competition and to enter online go to http://www.hawkswell.com/competition/

Poetry Workshop with John Liddy in Limerick

The Limerick Writers Centre presents a poetry workshop designed for those who have had

“some success in having their work published or who are serious about learning the craft of poem writing.”

Participants are encouraged to bring one burning idea they would like to tackle. They will be guided and prompted to transform their idea into a poem. Every participant will go away with a finished poem(s) or nearly finished. Part of the workshop will involve research in the Limerick City Library.

To book contact Dominic at 087 2996409 or email limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com

When is it? And is it free?

More Bloomsday shenanigans

On June 16th The Irish Writers' Centre will be celebrating Bloomsday with an afternoon of music, poetry and prose in the Garden of Remembrance from 12pm-3pm.

On June 16th, the Irish Writers’Centre will be celebrating Bloomsday, not with Leopold - Joyce’s great flaneur- but with Finnegan and his wake at the Garden of Remembrance. The Writers’ Centre along with Poetry Ireland will provide a varied afternoon’s entertainment between 12 noon and 3pm, mixing poetry and prose with music and song. This traditional Irish ‘wake’ will both commemorate the work of Ireland’s late, great writers and provide a platform to admire the wonderful writing being created in modern Ireland!

Celebrations will begin at twelve noon with an hour of musical entertainment from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. One o’clock will bring prose performances by Conor Kostick, June Considine, Catherine Dunne, Mia Gallagher, Mícheál O Ruairc and Declan Collinge. There will also be poetry readings by Mark Granier, Kieran Fury and Padraig J Daly among others. Each writer will read some of their own work along with that of another Irish writer that they feel influences, informs or inspires them. Between two o’clock and half past three, there will be an open mic session, where everyone will be encouraged to add their own flavour to the day’s proceedings. It promises to be a great afternoon full of literary laughs!

Airfield Writers' launch/ Open Mic night

Open Mic Night
to celebrate the launch of our broadsheet The Mews

Airfield Writers are hosting an open-mic evening
When: Wednesday June 22nd at 7.30 pm
Where: The Library of Airfield House.

Bring your poem/ flash fiction – no longer than two minutes, please. Or just lend an appreciative ear and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine.

For directions to Airfield, see http://www.airfield.ie/about.html

Interesting Links

A wonderful selection of new poems written for wedding occasions in the Guardian selected by Carol Ann Duffy.

A Tower made of books in Buenos Aires World Book Capital 2011

15 Writers With Lives More Interesting Than Fiction

I often wonder whether they would be published if they'd been quiet gardeners.

Is it worth entering writing competitions (from the winner of a competition so guess what the answer is)

Classic Poems read aloud

Poethead seems to be a collection of articles with particular emphasis on women poets.

Where Neil Gaiman really gets his ideas from.

dlr Arts Grants 2011

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council operates a scheme of grants for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual artists, arts groups and arts organisations engaged in arts projects or events at local or county level.

Grants are also available to support the arts practice and professional development of those living or working in the county.

Individual artists, arts groups and arts organisations working in all art-forms (architecture, circus, craft, dance, film, literature, music, opera, spectacle, street art, theatre, traditional arts and visual arts) are eligible to apply. Collaborative applications are also welcomed.

Applications can be made for a maximum of €10,000. However it is envisaged that the majority of grants will be in the region of €1,000 - €5,000 and only in exceptional circumstances will more than this be awarded.

Application forms are available on www.dlrcoco.ie/arts or by contacting artsfunding@dlrcoco.ie

The closing date for applications in 2011 is Thursday 7th July at 12 noon.

Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow

Bursaries!

ARTLINKS have announced a fund of €25,000 in bursaries for its membership in the five ArtLinks partner counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow for 2011.

Each partner county has €5,000 to be awarded to a successful practitioner in the categories of dance, music, drama/theatre, literature, film and visual arts – with a minimum award to successful applicants will be €1,000. The awards are designed to support the professional development of creative practitioners, aged 18 and over, who are resident within the ArtLinks five county partnership region.

Full details of the fund, and the Bursary Application Form and Guideline Notes can be downloaded from www.artlinks.ie

Deadline: 5pm on Friday 1 July 2011.