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.
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Aneas
Iris nua 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.
Other opportunities for publications, mentorships, readings and more will appear here periodically throughout the year.
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).
Questions/troubleshooting on using Submittable system
E-mail support@submittable.com or visit their help centre.
1. All poems must be previously unpublished and submitted via Submittable in the appropriate categories during open reading times only. Submissions cannot be accepted by post or email. 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, the submission link will automatically close and we will be unable to accept any further submissions.
2. There is a strict submission limit of 4 poems per person. More than one live submission by the same person will lead to just one being read and the others rejected unread.
3. Poems should be submitted in a single file, with poems separated by titles or page breaks in one of the following file formats: .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf.
4. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please inform us by a note to the editor via Submittable if a submitted poem has been accepted elsewhere.
5. If submitting poems and prose simultaneously, they will be considered by different editors at different times, so to be sure of a response please submit separately, via the appropriate Submittable category. Southword is not currently considering unsolicited submissions of non-fiction or memoir.
6. Works of translation where the original author is still in copyright will require the bios of both the original author and the translator.
7. Poems are considered between 1st ‒ 31st January for our winter issue published in November. After the close of the submission date the editor (Patrick Cotter) will make his selection. Submittable will notify you as to the success of your submission. Due to the large volume of submissions received, the editor may take up to four months after the submission deadline to make their decision.
8. Authors are paid €50 per poem published in Southword. If the writer lives outside of Ireland, they will be paid by PayPal. (Information on how to set up a PayPal account: http://www.paypal.com ).
9. 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.
The editor may not always see messages sent through submittable, so the best way to get answers to any questions regarding these guidelines or submissions in process is to email the Publications Officer at publications(AT)munsterlit(DOT)ie