David McLoghlin is the author of Crash Centre (May 2024), Waiting for Saint Brendan and Other Poems and Santiago Sketches, all from Salmon Poetry. His work has appeared widely in literary magazines of note in Ireland and the USA and been broadcast on WNYC’s Radiolab. A Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship Recipient in 2023, he was awarded second prize in the Patrick Kavanagh Awards (2008), won the Open category in the 2018 Voices of War International Poetry Competition and received a major Literature Bursary from The Arts Council. His writing has been anthologised, most recently in Distant Summers: Remembering Philip Casey (Arlen House, 2024) and Grabbed: Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing (Penguin Random House, 2020). He was a Teaching Fellow at New York University’s Creative Writing Programme, and Resident Writer at Hunts Point Alliance for Children in the South Bronx. He has taught literature and creative writing at NYU, UCD, the American College, Dublin and UCD’s innovative Poetry as Commemoration project, and read his work and taught at festivals like West Cork Literature Festival, The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival (USA), and Cork International Poetry Festival. He has facilitated creative writing in the community via The Unfinished Book of Poetry, Culture Night, Cruinniú na nÓg, and currently teaches via The Heritage Council, Poetry Ireland’s Writers in Schools and The Center for Fiction (New York). www.davidmcloghlin.com 

1) Eligible mentorship candidates must be currently residing in Munster.

2) Poets must have at least two journal publication credits.

3) Candidates may apply to a maximum of two mentors, but no successful candidate can receive more than one mentorship.

4) Successful candidates must prove their Munster residency state and subscribe to the journal Southword before mentorships can begin.

5) Mentees must declare their capacity to access the mentorships by meeting the mentor in Cork at a place and time of mutual convenience, or by video link.

6) Mentees will be expected to supply a short report at the end of their mentorship.

7) Poet applicants must supply, (through Submittable) in one document, a short text explaining why they need the mentorship, a bio note listing any previous poetry activity (publications, readings, workshops attended etc.), and five of their best poems. August 31st 2024.

8) Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions between October – November. Assignments may be given to work on between sessions.

9) If you received a mentorship from us in 2022 or 2023, you are not eligible to apply for a mentorship again this year.

Afric McGlinchey is an Irish poet and reviewer with strong African connections, as she spent her childhood and early adulthood in Southern Africa. Selected by Poetry Ireland Review as one of The Rising Generation (2016), her other honours include a Hennessy poetry award, Poets Meet Politics award, Northern Liberties prize (USA), and Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations. She has been the recipient of several bursaries from the Cork County Council and was Writer in Residence at the Uillinn Arts Centre in 2016. Since 2005, Afric has been facilitating creative writing and poetry workshops. She is a reviewer for the Dublin Review of Books and other journals, and works as a consulting book editor for The Inkwell Group. Her début poetry collection, The lucky star of hidden things, was published by Salmon Poetry, followed by Ghost of the Fisher Cat in 2016. Both collections have been well-received, translated into Italian and re-published by L’Arcolaio. A surrealist chapbook, Invisible Insane, was published by SurVision in 2019. She was awarded a Literature Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Tied to the Wind, an auto-fictional prose poetry collection, published by from Broken Sleep Books. www.africmcglinchey.com

 1) Eligible mentorship candidates must be currently residing in Munster.

2) Poets must have at least two journal publication credits.

3) Candidates may apply to a maximum of two mentors, but no successful candidate can receive more than one mentorship.

4) Successful candidates must prove their Munster residency state and subscribe to the journal Southword before mentorships can begin.

5) Mentees must declare their capacity to access the mentorships by meeting the mentor in Cork at a place and time of mutual convenience.

6) Mentees will be expected to supply a short report at the end of their mentorship.

7) Poet applicants must supply, (through Submittable) in one document, a short text explaining why they need the mentorship, a bio note listing any previous poetry activity (publications, readings, workshops attended etc.), and five of their best poems. Deadline August 31st 2024.

8) Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions between October – November. Assignments may be given to work on between sessions.

9) If you received a mentorship from us in 2022 or 2023, you are not eligible to apply for a mentorship again this year.

Billy O’Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and is the author of four short story collections: In Exile (2008, Mercier Press), In Too Deep (2009, Mercier Press), The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (2013, New Island Books, winner of a 2013 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award and selected as Cork’s One City, One Book for 2017), and The Boatman (2020, Jonathan Cape and Harper (U.S.A.), as well as the novels The Dead House (2017, Brandon/O’Brien Press and 2018, Arcade/Skyhorse (USA) and My Coney Island Baby, (2019, Jonathan Cape and Harper (U.S.A.). His latest novel, Life Sentences, was published by Jonathan Cape in January 2021. Billy is the winner of a Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for the short story, and twice a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Bursary Award for Literature. Among numerous other honours, his story, The Boatman, was a finalist for the 2016 Costa Short Story Award.

1) Eligible mentorship candidates must be currently residing in Munster.

2) Fiction writers must have had at least one short story or two flash fiction publication credits.

3) Candidates may apply to a maximum of two mentors, but no successful candidate can receive more than one mentorship.

4) Successful candidates must prove their Munster residency state and subscribe to the journal Southword before mentorships can begin.

5) Mentees must declare their capacity to access the mentorships by meeting the mentor in Cork at a place and time of mutual convenience.

6) Mentees will be expected to supply a short report at the end of their mentorship.

7) Fiction applicants must supply, through Submittable, a short text explaining why they need the mentorship, a bio note listing previous fiction activity (publications, readings, workshops attended etc.) and a sample text of your work, maximum 1500 words. Deadline August 31st 2024.

8) Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions between October – November. Assignments may be given to work on between sessions.

9) If you received a mentorship from us in 2022 or 2023, you are not eligible to apply for a mentorship again this year.

Eibhlís Carcione is a children’s author, a bilingual poet and a teacher. Her three poetry collections in Irish, Tonn Chlíodhna (2015), Eala Oíche (2019), and Bean Róin (2023), are published by Coiscéim. She has won numerous awards for her poetry and was awarded an Arts Council literature bursary in 2021. Her children’s novel Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay was published in 2023 by Everything With Words. She is represented by Silvia Molteni at PFD. “Lyrical and magical.” —Zillah Bethell; “Deliciously dark and gorgeously gothic.” —Kieran Larwood; “In her middle-grade debut, poet Eibhlís Carcione infuses the Gothic setting of Grave's Pass with a lyricism and humour that recalls Neil Gaiman's work for young readers. However it is the immediacy of the action that keeps the pages turning in this crackerjack fantasy adventure.” —The Irish Times; “Prepare to be thrilled, spooked and enthralled.” —The Irish Examiner

"Join me on a journey of discovery to learn how to plot and structure your own children’s or YA novel. From creepy to dystopian, humorous to historical, fantastical to coming-of-age, or a novel in verse, I will guide you. I will help you delve deep, to tap into your own voice and tell the story only you can tell. I will also share insights into my own writing process and the books that inspire me, as well as giving advice on how to get your submission ready for literary agents and publishers. 

I’m an award-winning bilingual poet. My debut middle grade novel Welcome To Dead Town Raven McKay was published in 2023. It was chosen as a Times Best Summer Reads 2023 and a Book Trust Book of the Month. My second middle grade novel Black Gables will be published in October 2024."

1) Eligible mentorship candidates must be currently residing in Munster.

2) Fiction writers must have had at least one short story or two flash fiction publication credits.

3) Candidates may apply to a maximum of two mentors, but no successful candidate can receive more than one mentorship.

4) Successful candidates must prove their Munster residency state and subscribe to the journal Southword before mentorships can begin.

5) Mentees must declare their capacity to access the mentorships by meeting the mentor in Cork at a place and time of mutual convenience.

6) Mentees will be expected to supply a short report at the end of their mentorship.

7) Fiction applicants must supply, through Submittable, a short text explaining why they need the mentorship, a bio note listing previous fiction activity (publications, readings, workshops attended etc.) and a sample text of your work, maximum 1500 words. Deadline August 31st 2024.

8) Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions between October – November. Assignments may be given to work on between sessions.

9) If you received a mentorship from us in 2022 or 2023, you are not eligible to apply for a mentorship again this year.

Canadian author Camilla Grudova is the 2024 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow. The fellowship is very kindly funded by Cork City Council and is an initiative of the Munster Literature Centre. There is the opportunity for four Munster fiction writers to be mentored by Camilla, tuition fees covered, between September and November of this year. Each author will benefit from four weekly two-hour contact sessions with Camilla.  

  To qualify you must be a writer resident in Munster, Ireland. You must have had at least one short story published in a reputable literary journal. The mentorship is also open to authors with books already published who believe they can benefit from this opportunity.

  Applicants should submit a single Word document divided into the following subheadings:

  1) a letter outlining where you are currently with your writing and how you hope to benefit from a mentorship with Camilla Grudova. (maximum 500 words)


  2) your literary resume (listing your publications/workshops attended/prizes/public readings etc.)    


  3) sample/samples of your own writing not exceeding 6000 words in total.


  The successful applicants will be chosen by Camilla Grudova. Previous recipients of a mentorship with a Frank O'Connor Fellow are ineligible to apply.


  Deadline for applications is August 15th 2024.
  Successful candidates must pay a deposit of €100, refundable upon completion of the mentorship and submission of 200 word report.