Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
DCU Under Thirty Writers Scheme
News
Under Thirty project for young Irish writers
The project aims to help writers to develop their skills, and make their formative first steps into the literary world. Through a blind peer-review process, the most promising submissions are selected for publication in a bi-annual journal, and all entries are given back their manuscripts with suggestions and advice from the panel. In this way, writers can be assured that their work speaks for itself, and the panel of reviewers have the freedom to truly feed back into the development of new writers, and provide them with the constructive criticism and motivation to go even further with their work.
The project creator, Dr. Stephen Doherty, a twenty-eight-year-old psychologist and writer, explained how it "has received fantastic support from many networks around the country and abroad. Schools, universities, writing groups, libraries, broadcasters, and politicians, all want to invest in the up-and-coming generation of our writers - one of our country's unique and notable values, that shines through boom and bust."
Dr. Doherty continued, "The project uses its homepage and social media channels to provide information of funding opportunities in the arts, connect writers of all experiences with one another through events and online fora, and to add to our growing pool of freely available resources for new writers."
Under Thirty has a team of over fifty, and it's growing: Markus Ahonen, Celeste Augé, Dr. Richard Barlow, Turtle Bunbury, Dr. Dermot Burns, Tom Carroll, Yvonne Cassidy, Dr. Philip Coleman, June Considine, Eoghan Corry, Dr. David Coughlan, Paddy Cummins, Theo Dorgan, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Dr. Michael Farry, Michael Freeman, Craig Gibson, Jack Harte, Gerry Hanberry, Dr. Derek Hand, Caroline Healy, Jean-Philippe Imbert, Phelim Kavanagh, Prof. Margaret Kelleher, Dr. Patricia Kennon, Brian Kirk, Dr. Brigitte Le Juez, Rozz Lewis, John MacKenna, Manchán Magan, Jessica Maybury, Dr. Áine McGillicuddy, Monica McInerney, Michéle Milan, David Mohan, Sinéad Moriarty, Dr. Christina Morin, Alan Nolan, Tim O'Brien, Billy O'Callaghan, Dr. Eithne O'Connell, Dr. Maureen O'Connor, Vanessa O'Loughlin, Paul Perry, Louise Phillips, Prof. Ian Campbell Ross, Valerie Sirr, Dr. Olga Springer, Sarah Webb, Prof. Jenny Williams.
Bursting with fresh talent, new stories, and infectious potential, the inaugural journal will be published in December as a soft-bound book and e-book at a special event at Dublin City University. Sponsored by the Centre for Next Generation Localisation - a Science Foundation Ireland funded national research centre exploring areas of language, translation, and technology - this event on the campus of Ireland's university of enterprise and innovation will host a mix of our newly published and established writers, literary scholars, and some special guests. From the contributions published in the journal, an award will be given each year to one outstanding new writer in the form of a scholarship/writing retreat so that they can truly focus on making their first publication a successful one.
The deadline for submissions for the first issue is November 7th, 2012. For more information about the project, and to make a submission: visit www.under-30.org
Friday, October 19, 2012
Blog Updated
Hi
I spent some time this morning searching for and adding links to useful sites, as well as writing competitions. Take a look and let me know of any issues such as links not working etc. The Merriman closing date is 31st October, but looks like a good one to aim for. Also, from the Irish Writers Centre (www.irishwriterscentre.ie) there is a list of competitions with closing dates over the next few months.
I spent some time this morning searching for and adding links to useful sites, as well as writing competitions. Take a look and let me know of any issues such as links not working etc. The Merriman closing date is 31st October, but looks like a good one to aim for. Also, from the Irish Writers Centre (www.irishwriterscentre.ie) there is a list of competitions with closing dates over the next few months.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Coffee, chat and comfy sofas in a 'sober pub' via @independent_ie
Coffee, chat and comfy sofas in a 'sober pub' via @independent_ie
Might be a good place for a writers group to meet...
Might be a good place for a writers group to meet...
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