Mentorship in Poetry with Afric McGlinchey, 2025
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Afric McGlinchey has published three collections, two chapbooks and a memoir. Most recent is À la belle étoile (Salmon Poetry, 2025), which received an Agility Award. Her prose-poetry memoir, Tied to the Wind (Broken Sleep Books, 2021) has been described by one reviewer as ‘such an incredibly moving experience I would prefer to be writing a thesis on the work’. Three of her books have been translated: two into Italian and one into Macedonian. Recognised with numerous awards—including a Hennessy poetry award, two Arts Council literature bursaries and an Irish Writers Centre residency—she has been published in many international journals, and invited to festivals from Rome to Durban. A mentor with the Munster Literature and an experienced workshop facilitator, she also writes widely as a reviewer. Afric lives in West Cork.
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.
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) This year previous mentees with the Munster Literature Centre may also apply again.