Munster Literature Centre

This Culture Night (18 September, 6-9pm) join us at the Munster Literature Centre in Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas street, for a series of readings, first from the 2026 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow Zsuzsi Gartner and later from poets Gerry Murphy and Patrick Cotter.

The Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition is now open for entries.

Line limit: 40
Closing date: 30th November
Entry fee: €7 per poem

The competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in th...

Kemi George-Simpsons is running a poetry competition in collaboration with Cork City Libraries, an overflow from her excellent Black History Month literary events, and conducted in response to the rise of anti-immigration and anti-multicultural sentiment and violence. It opened on August 1st and closes on September 11th, and the link for competition details is via Instagram, ...