Mentorship in Poetry with Mary Noonan, 2025
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Mary Noonan’s first collection, The Fado House (Dedalus Press, 2012) was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize and the Strong/Shine Award. Her second collection, Stone Girl (Dedalus Press, 2019), was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize in 2020. Dans un autre compartiment, a selection of poems translated to French by poet Valérie Rouzeau, was published by Apic Editions in June 2025. Mary’s poems have been published widely in journals and magazines, including Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Review, PN Review, New England Review and The Threepenny Review. She has read her poetry at festivals including Cork International Poetry Festival, West Cork Literary Festival (Bantry), StAnza Festival (St Andrew’s), Versefest (Ottawa) and Poetry Fest (Irish Arts Centre, New York. marynoonan.ie. Mary Noonan at Dedalus Press.
1) Eligible mentorship candidates must be currently residing in Munster.
2) The mentorship would most benefit but is not exclusively available to someone who has some publication history already.
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) Applicants must supply, (through Submittable) in one document, a short text explaining why they need the mentorship, a bio note listing any previous literary activity (publications, readings, workshops attended etc.), and a five page sample of their memoir writing.
8) Mentorships will consist of four face-to-face, two-hour sessions between October – December.
9) This year past recipients of mentorships with the Munster Literature Centre may apply again.