Welcome to the Munster Literature Centre submissions manager
Southword
Southword is a print literary journal published twice a year by the Munster Literature Centre. Southword has published the likes of Medbh McGuckian, Helen Ivory, Haruki Murakami, James Lasdun, Kim Addonizio, Tess Gallagher, Colm Tóibín and Vona Groarke.
Our summer issue is composed of prizewinning entries from our Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Southword Editor's Poetry Award, Seán O'Faoláin International Short Story Competition, and Subscriber Poetry & Flash Fiction Competitions, as well as specially commissioned work.
Unsolicited submissions of poetry and short fiction (for our winter issues) are open annually as follows:
POETRY: 1st ‒ 31st January
FICTION: 1st ‒ 28th February
Our Submittable account limit means that we can only receive 1000 submissions per month, so if we reach this limit before the end of January (for poetry) or February (for fiction), the submission link will automatically close and we won't be able to accept any further submissions.
Southword pays contributors €50 per poem and €300 per short story. We welcome submissions of up to four poems or one short story (of up to 5000 words) per submission period. If your work has been published in Southword before, we ask that you please don’t submit again for at least one year after publication.
Subscribe or buy individual issues here.
Aneas
Iris bhliantúil atá tiomnaithe go hiomlán don gcuid is fearr de litríocht chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge í Aneas, iris a léiríonn go bhfuil neart, ealaín, pléasúr agus tathag fós ag baint le litríocht na teanga sinseartha sa tír seo. Laistigh dá clúdach geobhair filíocht, gearrscéalta agus léirmheasanna doimhne ó na scríbhneoirí is fearr atá ag saothrú na Gaeilge inniu, idir óg is aosta. Is é an mana eagarthóireachta a leagadh amach don iris, thar aon rud eile, ná caighdeán ard scríbhneoireachta.
Cuirfidh an iris bhliantúil litríochta Gaeilge Aneas fáilte roimh ábhar don ó scríbhneoirí na Gaeilge idir 1 Aibreán agus 1 Bealtaine. Dánta agus gearrscéalta amháin atáthar ag glacadh leo faoi láthair. Ní mór don ábhar a bheith neamhfhoilsithe. Cuirfear fáilte roimh ábhar ó scríbhneoirí bunaithe agus guthanna nua araon. Díolfar €40 ar gach dán agus €200 ar gach gearrscéal a fhoilseofar. Seol gearrscéal nó suas le trí dhán.
Annual Competitions
Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition (open for entries 1st May to 31st July).
Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition (open for entries 1st June to 31st August).
Southword Editor’s Poetry Award (Open for entries 1 July – 30 September).
Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition (open for entries 1st September to 30th November).
2025 Competition
Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award (open for entries 1 March – 30 June).
Other opportunities for publications, mentorships, readings and more will appear here periodically throughout the year.
Questions/troubleshooting on using Submittable system
E-mail support@submittable.com or visit their help centre.
In a social justice initiative, the Munster Literature Centre is offering free entries of two poems each for one hundred poets currently residing in a developing country (Africa, Central and South America, South East Asia, the Philippines, in the main) or in Ireland within the International Protection Accommodation Service who do not have the financial means to pay the entrance fee for this year's Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition. The places are offered on a trust basis. If you can afford the fee, we implore you not to use this facility as you will be depriving someone who really needs it. Only one free entry of two poems per person is allowed. Anyone who submits more than one free entry of two poems will have all their entries disqualified. The entries will go through a preliminary reading process before reaching the judge.
Submit the following information:
- Your name
- Titles of your poems (maximum of two)
- Your complete postal address
- Your email address
- Your complete phone number (including country code)
You will need to upload two documents:
- Cover letter containing a bio note and the same information listed above
- Your poems, maximum of two, each with a maximum of 40 lines in Word or other text documents – we cannot accept PDFs. Please use the title of the poem (or the first few words of the title) as the title of each document. As the competition is judged anonymously, we request that you do not write your name or personal details anywhere on this document.
Under no circumstances can any further fees-free entries be accepted once the Submittable portal closes. No changes to entries can be made after they have been submitted.
This portal is for fees-free entries only. For information on how to make a fees-paid entry and for more info on prizes and entry conditions, please go here.