Only a week left to enter our competition for Christmas Party-themed poems! Think fancy dress, happy reunions, mistletoe, carols round the piano – the merrier the merrier. Entries close at midnight on 14th February. More details here: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/ 🎄😊🎄

Over 50 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with deadlines in February 2026. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Today's #LiftToTheSky goes to this lovely piece full of grief and beauty by @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social. 💫 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk www.adreamingskin.com/after-the-st...

If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!

Over 150 calls for literary competitions and submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, and more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in December 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Happy Halfway Day! We're HALFWAY through our nonfiction book submissions period: if you've got an essay collection, memoir, or nonfiction/hybrid full-length book manuscript over 125pg, SEND US YOUR BOOK! We're open through December 1! splitlippress.submittable.com/submit

❛ What. / The fuck. / Is this leaf. / Doing. In my–– / And this. / And fucking this. A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂

This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories: The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Good luck! magmapoetry.com/competition/

Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall: "Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow. Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."

Please read and reshare our statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann offer solidarity in this time of crisis. irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...

Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Need help editing & honing your poems for publication? Wordbox 8-week online Poetry Workshop Groups return in October for emerging writers to read, discuss & receive feedback on their work. Max. 5 per group - day/eve/w'end sessions. Book here: www.thisiswordbox.com/creative-wri...

New for Autumn, Ice & Fire | 30 Days of Writing the Norse Myths, draws on 1000 year old tales of honour, courage, magic & mischief. Together we'll take inspiration from the enduring cycles of Nature, & discover resilience in times of destruction & renewal. thisiswordbox.com

Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

🚨 End of Month Submissions Alert! 30 journals, competitions, publishers and residencies all with deadlines by 1 September - poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art & more. Don't miss out! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Caught in a nightmare of a financial scandal, I'm facing the loss of my home. I'm desperate for a fresh start and need your support. Every little bit counts—please consider sharing or donating. gofund.me/5f5ef7d1

Mid-August submission deadlines alert! 44 literary journals, competitions, publishers and residencies all with deadlines by 1 Sept, 14 of which are closing over the next week. Don't miss out! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

The emotionally precarious life of a poet… @writersandartists.bsky.social have released an excerpt from my essay in their 2026 edition: ‘Perseverance in Getting Poetry Published’ www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/perse...

It's here! Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in August 2025. Good luck & pls share. www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Caught in a nightmare of a financial scandal, I'm facing the loss of my home. I'm desperate for a fresh start and need your support. I'm almost at my target, and every little bit counts—please consider sharing and/or donating. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-av...

1 week, 45 Literary Deadlines. What are you waiting for? www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

After years of fighting a financial injustice, I'm now facing the loss of my home. Your support can help me reclaim my life and find some stability. Every penny counts and I'm 80% of the way there - please share and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-av...

I don't share much personal info on here but caught in a nightmare I didn't create, I'm now facing the loss of my home after years of fighting for justice. Your support can help me reclaim my life and move on. Please share and donate if you can. gofund.me/29937d78

It's here! Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Where will your writing take you this summer? Surprise yourself with a 30-day writing challenge or try Writing Slant | Making a Poem, an online course on poetry craft. All 40% off and instant access. Start any time and go at your own pace. Book here: www.thisiswordbox.com/creative-wri...

I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.

On this month’s episode, host Nicole Flattery is joined by Tim MacGabhann to read from and discuss his story ‘Pit’, published in the Winter 2024-25 issue of The Stinging Fly Issue 51 Volume Two. Listen here stingingfly.org/podcast/tim-...

Issue twenty: 'Side A/Side B'. OUT NOW at badlilies.uk

Filosofia de muro

Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

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📣 2 weeks to go to apply for Refugee Festival Scotland funding! ⚡️ Apply for #funding to put on an event at #RefugeeFestScot 2025 ⚡️ The opportunity is open for community groups or small organisations ⚡️ Deadline is 25th February Find out more here -> shorturl.at/Uf0Ve

The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025 Please share :) www.writingtheheroine.com

Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes. There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU. Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

The Dove, Hilma af Klint, 1915.

Sooo glad I'm not in Ameri... WTF???

Space, time, money and support on offer for writers based in/near Edinburgh. Details here: cityofliterature.com/writers-room...

For anyone in need of art that speaks to the current moment in time.

Five years ago today, @iambapoet.com was born. Just look how far we've come. Twenty waves and counting, 320 poets (so far), and almost 1,000 poems. Thank you to the poets who've appeared – and to those who've visited, read, listened and shared. This celebration is for us all.

We are OPEN for submissions of new poetry NOW for the next ten days! atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Sad to see the news of Michael Longley's death - a beautiful poet and a terrible loss. RIP. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Claire Schwartz. From: bound (Button Poetry, 2018).

A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014. "One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem" I hope they will return to their poem

Speaking inconvenient truths is much more on brand for autism.

Have lived 50+ years with autism without accidentally making a fascist salute. Just saying.

Sometimes I don’t like being a universal conduit to the times. Let her say it. Let them. I’m writing something like spite today. Spiteful joy in the face of evil.

everything’s getting worse. John Ashbery