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

Last few days to submit visual art to Issue 4 of our journal @visualartistsirl.bsky.social @irishart.bsky.social

A reminder of what our judge Roisín O’Donnell looks for in a short story. Competition open until 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

A reminder of what our judge Tim MacGabhann looks for in Creative Non-Fiction. Competition open until 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

A reminder of what our judge Cathy Sweeney looks for in Flash Fiction. Competition open until 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

A reminder of what our judge Micheál McCann looks for from poetry. Competition open until 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

One week left to enter our competition! www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @irishlittimes.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie #writing #writingcommunity

Creative non-fiction writers don’t miss the chance to have Tim MacGabhann read your work, ten days left to enter www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social

Reminder! Our competition closes in just under 2weeks. @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @writing.ie @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social

We are open for Visual Art submissions until June 30th www.the4facedliar.com/submissions

Our writing competition is open until 30th June with amazing guest judges. We’re also accepting submissions of visual art

Only three weeks left to get your submissions in—closing date is 30th June. If you're working on something you're proud of, share it with us! Visual art submissions are free. You can find out more on our submissions page: www.the4facedliar.com/submissions

Competition submissions are open until June 30th. Meanwhile here’s a poem from Issue 1 by Yanita Georgieva www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @writing.ie #writing #writingcommunity

We’re thrilled to have Cathy Sweeney judging the Flash Fiction category of our competition, here’s what she likes to see. Open until June 30th www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social #writingcommunity

Here’s what Micheál McCann is looking for as poetry judge for @the4facedliar.bsky.social competition closing 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #writing #poetry #writingcommunity

Congratulations to our Issue 3 contributor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on winning first prize in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Poetry and Place competition

Just over one month left to submit your stories for our competition issue. We can't wait to see what you've been creating! @irishlittimes.bsky.social @stingingfly.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

So many wonderful literary journals coming out of Cork at the moment. Check out The Four Face Liar website for details on their competition.

The Four Faced Liar (Art; pays) opened to art submissions.

We’re thrilled to announce our guest judges for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar! Guest Judges: Mícheál McCann — Poetry Tim MacGabhann — Creative non-fiction Roisín O'Donnell — Short story Cathy Sweeney— Flash fiction

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