Open Call for Poetry Submissions Book No. 18 (New Series):
The Stony Thursday Book is seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in Spring 2022.
The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975, and has been edited by poets such as Mark Whelan, Kevin Byrne, Patrick Bourke, Knute Skinner, Thomas McCarthy, Ciarán O’Driscoll, Mary Coll, Jo Slade, Paddy Bushe, Peter Sirr, Mary O’Donnell, John Davies, Nessa O’Mahony and Martin Dyar.
The Stony Thursday Book is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and this will be its 44th edition, No.18 in the new series.
This year's Editor of the Stony Thursday Poetry Book is Annemarie Ní Churreáin. ANNEMARIE NÍ CHURREÁIN is a poet from the Donegal Gaeltacht. Her publications include Bloodroot (Doire Press, 2017), Town (The Salvage Press, 2018) and The Poison Glen (The Gallery Press, 2021). She is a recipient of The Next Generation Artist Award from the Irish Arts Council and a co-recipient of The Markievicz Award. Ní Churreáin has been the recipient of a literary fellowship from Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany. She was the 2019-20 Writer in Residence at Maynooth University of Ireland, and a 2020 Artist In Residence at The Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris. Visit www.studiotwentyfive.com
Guidelines:
- Each poet should submit no more than 4 poems.
- Submitted poems may not be previously published or currently pending publication.
- Each poet should submit a short bio (max 100 words)
Please note that by submitting, you are giving Limerick City and County Council permission to add you to our Stony Thursday mailing list and to share your details with the relevant third parties in order to facilitate publication, i.e. Editor and Publisher.
The Stony Thursday Poetry Book is funded by The Arts Council & Limerick City and County Council.