Our most recent release from The Four Faced Liar: the competition issue. Copies are available in select stores listed below and online at www.the4facedliar.com. Learn more about the contributors for Issue 4 on our socials as well!

Issue 5 submissions are underway! Meet our editors here on our social media, and on our website where information about The Four Faced Liar, as well as the page to submit your work, is available. www.the4facedliar.com

Issue 5 submissions are officially open until 6th April, so get to know our editors! Guidelines and the submission link can be found on our website: www.the4facedliar.com.

Submissions are open! We look forward to reading your work. Head to the link below for information about guidelines and to submit your work for Issue 5! www.the4facedliar.com

With submissions for Issue 5 opening soon, meet the team behind The Four Faced Liar! More information is always available, as well as copies of Issue 4, on our website: www.the4facedliar.com

Meet our editors! Issue 5 submissions will be opening soon, and the team is ready. Read more about Sinéad Griffin below, and check out our website for more information about The Four Faced Liar www.the4facedliar.com

We’re looking forward to reading your work

Christine Maguire's short story "Puce" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Roisín O’Donnell. Read more below, click the link to find The News Edit Substack and follow her on Instagram: chrismmaguire and X: @cmaguirenews thenewsedit.substack.com

Hannah Fitzpatrick's photo "Lahinch" will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Four Faced Liar. Read more below, and click the links to follow Hannah's work and check out the Gaelic Woodland Project. hannahfitzpatrick.home.blog gaelicwoodlandproject.com

Maika Nguyen's "My Brother, The Poet" was selected as Highly Commended in the creative non-fiction category by judge Tim MacGabhann. Read more below, and follow Maika on Bluesky: @maikanguyen.bsky.social

Jeff Mann's "One of Those Days" will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Four Faced Liar. His photos have also appeared in Geist, Zoetic Press (Non-Binary Review), Chestnut Review, Seven Story Hotel, On Spec, Sunspot, and The Woolf.

Olga Musial's piece "I Can Only Be Sure of the Things I Can Count" was first place in the flash fiction category judged by Cathy Sweeney. Read more of her work olgaswriting on Instagram or at olgamusialwrites.wordpress.com.

Only one more week to go! We're very excited for our contributors to present their work at the launch of our competition issue, and we hope you are too. All are welcome to the official launch at Waterstones in Cork City on 17th February at 6:30pm

Lorna Mulvany's short story "The Shandon Clock Tower Strikes A New Hour" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Roisín O’Donnell. Read more below about Lorna's upcoming work, follow her on Instagram: lornamulvany, and check out the substack at the link! midletonwritersgroup.substack.com

Jim Xi Johnson's "Of Two Minds, July 2023" will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Four Faced Liar. Read more below about Jim's recent work, and follow him on Instagram: jx.pegs

Sneha Subramanian Kanta's poem "Un-Elegy, Or Triptych with Broken Sonnets" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Micheál McCann. Read more below about her work, and follow her on Instagram: SnehaSKanta, and on X: SnehaKantaS

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We delighted to share the Issue 4 has arrived! Available from our shop www.the4facedliar.com/product-page...

Esther Lay's "Apples at the End of the World" was selected as Highly Commended by poetry judge Micheál McCann. Read more below, and check out more of Esther's work at estherlay.com Follow Esther on X: estherdaponte and on Instagram: hmsoxon

Ben Tufnell's short story "The Middle Floor" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Roisín O’Donnell. Read more below about Ben's upcoming work, and check out "PARADISE" at the link! Follow Ben on Instagram: ben_tufnell & Blusky: @bentufnell.bsky.social www.influxpress.com/paradise

Issue 4 is launching! The competition issue will be presented by the journal's four editors, Stephen Brophy, Sinéad Griffin, Patrick Holloway and Jennifer Matthews in Waterstones, Cork, on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at 6.30PM, and will include readings from contributors

Issue 4 is coming soon! Presales are open now at the link below. Stay tuned for details about the official launch. www.the4facedliar.com/product-page... Cover art by: Jenny Lawlor, jennylawlorart on Instagram @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Niamh Twomey's poem "Moon's Phases" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Mícheál McCann. Read more about Niamh below, and follow her on Instagram: niamhmariatwomey and on Facebook: niamh.twomey.94

Delighted to be one of the writers selected to take part in Island of Many Voices www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/island-...

Eamon Doggett's "First Confessions" was selected as Highly Commended in the Flash Fiction category by judge Cathy Sweeney. Read more below on Eamon's current and upcoming work, and check out "First Confessions" in our upcoming issue!

Kathryn Aldridge-Morris's "The Ewe and The Lamb" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Tim MacGabhann. Follow Kathryn on Insta: kazbarwrites and Bluesky: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social Check out more of her work at the link! www.kamwords.com

Finola Cahill's poem "Nothing Girl Makes Friends" was selected as Highly Commended by poetry judge Mícheál McCann. Recently, Finola Cahill was the runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Award, and was highly commended in the Fool for Poetry pamphlet competition.

Emer O'Hara's "Court" was selected as Highly Commended in the short story category. Read more below, and check out "Court" in the next issue of The Four Faced Liar.

Alicia Byrne Keane's poem "Spar" will be featured as a Highly Commended selection judged by Mícheál McCann. Read more below, and follow Dr. Keane on instagram at captain_beepo, and click the link to check out her website: aliciabyrnekeane.com

Cristín Leach's "This Time Baby" was selected by judge Roisín O'Donnell as the Runner Up in the short story category. Read more below about Cristín, and check out @cristinleach on Instagram and @cristinleach.bsky.social for more of her work

Sylvia Caldwell's "The Making of a Good Girl" was one of the Highly Commended works in Flash Fiction, judged by Cathy Sweeney. Caldwell has been long listed at Write by the Sea, and shortlisted for the Irish Independent New Irish Writing Best Short Story at the Irish Book Awards

Tim MacGabhann, our creative non-fiction judge for the 4th issue of The Four Faced Liar, has a new poetry collection published by Banshee Press! Keep an eye out for "Found in a Context of Destruction," releasing 5.2.26

Congratulations Patrick! His debut novel, The Language of Remembering, was listed on The Top Best Irish Books of 2025 by RTE. "A stunningly emotional novel."

We're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

We're thrilled to announce that @the4facedliar.bsky.social has been awarded a Project Award for 2026 by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social which will secure the publication of Issue 5, we are very grateful for their support.

Thanks to The Marrow Poetry for highlighting my poem ‘Long Haul’ today www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-five/l...

Thanks to Roisín O’Donnell for judging our short story competition. Here are her comments on the winning & highly commended entries to be published in Issue 4 @irishpen.bsky.social @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

Sharing insights from judge Cathy Sweeney on the winning & highly commended flash fiction pieces that will be published in Issue 4 @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Creative Non-fiction, here’s what judge Tim MacGabhann had to say about the winning pieces due to be published in Issue 4 @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for our short story competition as selected by judge @roisinodonnellwriter Thanks to everyone who entered, the standard was extremely high! @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

A great new Issue of The Marrow poetry, huge thanks to the editors for including my work www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-five/l...

We’re delighted to announce the Flash Fiction results chosen by judge Cathy Sweeney! Congratulations to all & thanks to everyone who entered, the standard was really high @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Congratulations to the winning & Highly Commended authors of or Creative Non-Fiction competition chosen by judge Tim MacGabhann! Their work will be published in Issue 4. Thanks to all who entered @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the results of our poetry competition! Huge thanks to judges Mícheál McCann. All winning & highly commended poems will be published in Issue 4 of @the4facedliar.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce the long list for our Short Story competition. Thanks to everyone who entered, the standard was extremely high. The shortlist and results from our judge Roisín O’Donnell will be available in October @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Announcing the long list of our Flash Fiction competition! Congrats to all the authors & thanks to everyone who entered. The shortlist & winners chosen by judge Cathy Sweeney will be announced in due course @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Announcing the Creative Non-Fiction long list for our competition. Congratulations to all & thanks to everyone who entered. The shortlist from judge Tim MacGabhann will follow later in the month @irishpen.bsky.social @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce the long list for our poetry competition. Thanks to everyone who entered, the standard was extremely high. The shortlist and results from our judge Mícheál McCann will be available in late September

Our competition closes tonight! www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @irishlittimes.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

Last few days to enter our competition! @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social