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

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

Seeing as it's the season, here is a selection of Irish writers to check out because why not: Catriona Shine Paschal O'Loughlin Anakana Schofield Adrian Duncan Keith Ridgeway Lyn Buckle Madeleine D'Arcy Caitriona Lally

[Sade voice 🎵]

Send something to Paragraph Planet. Diminutive stories have a lovely time there. 🪐

why are bees doing brutalism

"Nonetheless, the company’s use of people’s names without their sign-off became a bitter flashpoint in the AI discourse."

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story wordcounts must fall between 1800 and 2000 words, excluding the title @rte.ie www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

Looking forward to reading exciting #flashfiction submissions! Do polish & send in your best for Issue 22.

Closing date: 5pm today (Friday 27 February). Last call! @hollowaywriter.bsky.social

❛ First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. Octavia Butler, who died #OTD in 2006.

Working from home proving more stressful than I feel is necessary

Gorgeous piece of micro fiction

Thanks so much for sharing, @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social . @katebeales.bsky.social is a wonderful writer and her indie press debut novel #BrokenHorses really deserves every success IMO!

⭐️This competition is FREE to enter, with the winner receiving €20,000, an incredible prize for poetry in Ireland ⭐️ @poetryireland.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/pigott-poetr...

Submissions close today 🖤 🐺 howlwriting.ie

💡 #opportunity 👉Patricia Leggett Playwriting Scholarship @theliracademy.bsky.social 🗣A fully paid place on the MFA in Playwriting degree 👉Applications must have/be * Degree Qualification * Resident on the island of Ireland 📋 www.performingartsforum.ie/.../patricia... ⏰Closing Sunday 1 March

The HOWL 26 submissions window closes tomorrow at midnight. We’re reading poetry, fiction and nonfiction in English agus as Gaeilge. If you’ve been meaning to send work, this is the moment! Guidelines are on our website howlwriting.ie

Love this sound advice from @kathyfish.bsky.social

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Bray spray on a grey day

New blog post: an interview with writer @katebeales.bsky.social about her gorgeous debut novel #BrokenHorses, set in Patagonia in 1921. Somebody please turn this into a film/BBC drama series! anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/b...

Amazing

Here’s a poem called ‘Message to the 14-Year-Old Me’.

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

New blog post: an interview with writer @katebeales.bsky.social about her gorgeous debut novel #BrokenHorses, set in Patagonia in 1921. Somebody please turn this into a film/BBC drama series! anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/b...

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

‘Whoa Black Betty...’

Congratulations to you all, you have completed January. Please progress to Level 2.

The Lee by the busy Marina Market during a sunny spell today 🌤

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Such a loss www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUGK...

The International Rubery Prize 2026 Competition deadline: 31st March 2026 The International Rubery Prize is a prestigious international book award seeking the best books by indie writers, self published authors and books published by independent presses. It is also judged by reputable judges.…

Are you looking for book reviews, recommendations, author interviews, guest posts & so much more? Check out all these fabulous bookish folk We are as the name suggests: A Bunch of Book Bloggers with a passion for 📚 go.bsky.app/MQN615J

This is lovely

One thing that is true in this age of "AI" is that authenticity is going to be prized more than ever before. A single hand-scrawled sign is going have more impact than the smoothest "AI" image because the people seeing it knows it comes from someone's brain, not a tuned algorithm.

Irish writer residency in Belgrade www.literatureireland.com/latest/call-...

📗Our friends over at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social have published all the juicy opportunities for you this February📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/competitions...

Looking forward to reading more stories.

Only a few days left to submit your short story to our anthology. We are seeking short stories for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism & aestheticism. #booksky #writingopportunity 👇

My lovely writer/facilitator friend Kate Beales, together with publishing consultant Anna Burtt, is running a writing retreat in March in the hellish location of Piemonte, Italy. There are 3 places remaining and it will be SUCH a safe, nurturing space casalunagetaways.com/event/writin...

New blog post: a list of upcoming novel competitions for 2026 anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/n...

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art. At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always a prelude to fascism.” - Guillermo del Toro

last chance! i'll probably close the form this week so i have to review for an early february feedback surgery. this is your time to potentially receive *free* feedback on the first 300 words of your manuscript #booksky #pitch #writingopportunity

On 11 Feb, we turn TWO! We're celebrating by holding meet-ups and events all over Europe and online. Join us! We are so happy to have built such a wonderful community ❤️ 🍾

HOWL opens for subs for New Irish Writing once every two years, and that window is quickly approaching! From Feb 13th - Feb 23rd you can submit your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to HOWL 26 at howlwriting.ie We hope we are lucky enough to receive your work!