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View this email in your browser The latest news and events from the Seamus Heaney Centre Welcome Back!  Happy New Year and welcome back, we hope you all had a relaxing Christmas break! We have lots of exciting events in store in the spring term, and we can't wait to share them with you. We're kicking off the year with news of a new Children's Writing Fellow, and that submissions for the Poetry Prize and Poetry Summer School are opening soon.  News from the SHC  New Children's Writing Fellow Paul Howard We are delighted to share with you the news that the award-winning children's author and illustrator Paul Howard is our new Children's Writing Fellow. He is best known for illustrating Jill Tomlinson’s classic The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark and The Burpee Bears, a new picture book series from Joe Wicks. Paul will be based at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s for two years, working with students and engaged in outreach activities.  You can read more about the appointment and what Paul will be doing as part of the fellowship here.  Poetry Prize 2022 Open for Submissions Submissions are now open for this year's First Collection Poetry Prize - the deadline is the 4th of April. You might be interested to read more about Sumita Chakraborty, whose collection Arrow won last year's Poetry Prize. She has a new book, Grave Dangers, forthcoming with the University of Minnesota Press. You can also watch the film of last year's Award evening on the QFT Player here to find out more about the prize. Find full details and the competition timeline here.  Summer School 2022 Soon Open for Applications  As of this Friday, 14th January, applications will be open for the 2022 Poetry Summer School, which will be running in late June. The Poetry Summer School is an annual intensive week of creative development for emerging poets, with seminars, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, led by Professor Nick Laird. Read about last year's Summer School and listen to last year's Showcase here. You can find all the details for this year's applications and the timelines here.  Upcoming Events Due to the high number of Covid cases at the moment, the Tuesday Prose Workshops will be moving online for three weeks, starting the 18th January. They will still take place at 5.00 p.m on Tuesdays - please contact dmcw...@qub.ac.uk if you are interested in joining the workshop!  Critical Review Workshop Wednesday 19th January at 2.00 p.m Join us next Wednesday for a Critical Review Writing Workshop for SHC students run by our former Publishing Fellow, Manuela Moser. We'll discuss tone, structure and the aims of the series, and how to balance rigourous critical engagement with brevity in these short-form reviews. Register for the workshop here.  Carcanet Launch of Some Integrity, Padraig Regan  Wednesday 26th January at 7.00 p.m  Join Carcanet Press online in late January for the launch of Some Integrity, the much-anticipated debut collection by recent PhD graduate Padraig Regan. You can register for the launch here.  Submission Calls Submission Calls and Deadlines:  Every week, we'll be sharing open literary submission calls for our readers who are looking for places to submit their writing. There is an abundance of open submission calls this January, so keep an eye out on this section of the e-news!  The Irish Writer's Centre have a great resources section on their website where you can find the latest submission opportunities!  The Honest Ulsterman - Submissions are open at Honest Ulsterman, which is calling for poems, prose and critical writing. Deadline is 29th January 2022.  Have news to share with the Seamus Heaney Centre community? Send us details by Friday afternoon for inclusion in the following Monday's email! If you're reading this through a second party site, make sure you're signed up to our email list here... Subscribe for weekly updates from the SHC Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2022 The Seamus Heaney Centre, All rights reserved. You're on this list as a contact of the SHC Summer School. Our mailing address is: The Seamus Heaney Centre Queen's University Belfast 46 - 48 University Road Belfast, Co Antrim BT7 1NN United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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Weekly Roundup  The Friday Critique  We're back for a new semester with student-led flash criticism. This week Andrew Comiskey reviews Awkward Middle Children, a new anthology published as part of the 21 Artists for the 21st Century cultural initiative, edited by Caitlin Young. Read the full review and more Friday Critique's here.  Summer School 2022 Soon Now for Applications  Applications are now open for the 2022 Poetry Summer School, which will be running in late June. The Poetry Summer School is an annual intensive week of creative development for emerging poets, with seminars, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, led by Professor Nick Laird. Read about last year's Summer School and listen to last year's Showcase here. You can find all the details for this year's applications and the timelines here.  If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas Upcoming Events Seamus Heaney Homeplace Winter Arts Programme There are some fantastic events coming up as part of the Winter/Spring Arts Programme at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace. The events in February feature some of our staff, friends and former fellows including Aislinn Clarke, Michael Longley, Myra Zepf, Maura Johnson and Bernie McGill. You can find the full programme and get tickets here.  Travelling the Border Workshop Thursday 20th January at 12.30 p.m  SHC lecturer Garrett Carr is taking apart in Libraries NI lunchtime heritage series, discussing his book The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border. You can register for the workshop here.

Critical Review Workshop Wednesday 19th January at 2.00 p.m

Join us this Wednesday for a Critical Review Writing Workshop for SHC students run by our former Publishing Fellow, Manuela Moser. We'll discuss tone, structure and the aims of the series, and how to balance rigourous critical engagement with brevity in these short-form reviews. Register for the workshop here.

Carcanet Launch of Some Integrity, Padraig Regan  Wednesday 26th January at 7.00 p.m  Join Carcanet Press online in late January for the launch of Some Integrity, the much-anticipated debut collection by recent PhD graduate Padraig Regan. You can register for the launch here.

Online Workshop: Automatic Writing and The Cut-Up Technique  Starts Sunday January 23rd 7.00-8.30pm Seaside Books are running anothe free workshop, convened by Elizabeth Short. This multi-session workshop, explores the intersectional techniques of the cut-up alongside automatic writing and text generation; its potentialities to create work, explore existing text, and overcome writer's block. You can register for the workshop here.

Due to the high number of Covid cases at the moment, the Tuesday Prose Workshops will be moving online for three weeks, starting the 18th January. They will still take place at 5.00 p.m on Tuesdays - please contact dmcw...@qub.ac.uk if you are interested in joining the workshop!

Our People Padraig Regan Clarissa Luard Award  A huge congratulations to our PhD graduate and 2021 Ciaran Carson Fellow Padraig Regan who was in December announced as the winner of the Clarissa Luard Award, nominated by Colm Tóibín. You can read more about the award here.  Trespasses, Louise Kennedy Our former Fellow and graduate Louise Kennedy was in fantastic company in today's Guardian, where she featured in the pick of the 10 best debut novelists of 2022. We're really looking forward to reading Louise's novel Trespasses which comes out on 14th April this year. You can read the Guardian article here.  Mountain Notes: A Nature Diary, by Maggie Doyle  We're delighted to share that this beautiful new book by MA graduate Maggie Doyle is now out in local bookshops. It is written in a diary format, set in the beautiful landscape of the Dromora Hills in County Down where Maggie lives on the restored family farm where she grew up. This book began life as part of the Life Writing module on the Creative Writing MA, so we're delighted to see it out in the world! She and I, by Hannah King   A massive congratulations to Hannah King, who is a graduate of both the undergraduate and MA creative writing degrees here. Her thriller She and I is being published by Bloomsbury this week, and has received some increible advance reviews. You can read more about it here.    Submission Calls

Submission Calls and Deadlines:  Every week, we'll be sharing open literary submission calls for our readers who are looking for places to submit their writing. There is an abundance of open submission calls this January, so keep an eye out on this section of the e-news!  The Irish Writer's Centre have a great resources section on their website where you can find the latest submission opportunities!

QUB Scribblers Call for Radio Plays - QUB Scribblers are calling for 10 minute long radio scripts. Deadline is 28th January.

The Honest Ulsterman - Submissions are open at Honest Ulsterman, which is calling for poems, prose and critical writing. Deadline is 29th January 2022.

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Weekly Roundup New Ciaran Carson and Publishing Fellows Announced We are delighted to announce the appointment of Hilary McCollum as our new Publishing Fellow, and Darren Murphy and Tara McEvoy as the new Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows for 2022! Welcoming the new Fellows Glenn Patterson, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre said: “We are delighted to be announcing these three new Fellows. Tara McEvoy and Darren Murphy, as Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows, and Hilary McCollum, as Publishing Fellow, will build on the brilliant work done by Louise Kennedy, Padraig Regan and Manuela Moser last year, in developing new partnerships, new opportunities for our students, and keeping the conversation going between the Seamus Heaney Centre and the society that informs and sustains it."  Read more about the new Fellows and their work here.  Student Opportunities If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews, and you can find more details about each of the review series in the forms...

Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

Poetry Prize 2022 Open for Submissions

Submissions are now open for this year's First Collection Poetry Prize - the deadline is the 4th of April. You might be interested to read more about Sumita Chakraborty, whose collection Arrow won last year's Poetry Prize. She has a new book, Grave Dangers, forthcoming with the University of Minnesota Press. You can also watch the film of last year's Award evening on the QFT Player here to find out more about the prize. Find full details and the competition timeline here.  Summer School 2022 Open for Applications

Applications are now open for the 2022 Poetry Summer School, which will be running in late June. The Poetry Summer School is an annual intensive week of creative development for emerging poets, with seminars, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, led by Professor Nick Laird.

Read about last year's Summer School and listen to last year's Showcase here. You can find all the details for this year's applications and the timelines here.  Make sure to have a look at our new website section for student showcases and opportunities, where you can see open calls and ongoing projects.   Upcoming Events Mapping Alternative Ulster   Until 4th March 2022.  The SHC's Garrett Carr has taken over Donegal's Regional Cultural Centre, curating shows for both galleries. Downstairs is the fourth iteration of the cartography exhibition Mapping Alternative Ulster. While upstairs he worked with four visual artists to create the group show Frontier Work to mark 100 years of Ireland's border. Both shows are open now and will run until 4 March 2022. You can read more about the exhibitions here.

Carcanet Launch of Some Integrity, Padraig Regan  Wednesday 26th January at 7.00 p.m

Join Carcanet Press online this Wednesday for the launch of Some Integrity, the much-anticipated debut collection by recent PhD graduate Padraig Regan. You can register for the launch here.  Dance Move by Wendy Erskine Launch   Wednesday Friday 18th February at 7.00 p.m Join us next in February for the book launch of Dance Move, the second collection by Seamus Heaney Fellow Wendy Erskine. This launch will be held in the Great Hall, with books from No Alibi's, and you can register and find more details here.    Distinguished Speaker Series  Thursday 27th January at 5.00 p.m  This Wednesday is the second in the English Research Seminar's Distinguished Speakers Series. Dr Emrah Atasoy will speak on 'Futuristic Narratives in Contemporary Turkish Literature', and his talk will be followed by a wine reception in the Canada Room/Council Chamber. For more information please contact r.w...@qub.ac.uk.

Due to the high number of Covid cases at the moment, the Tuesday Prose Workshops will be moving online for three weeks, starting the 18th January. They will still take place at 5.00 p.m on Tuesdays - please contact dmcw...@qub.ac.uk if you are interested in joining the workshop!  Our People

Some Interpretation  The first Carcanet blog post of 2022 is a great read from Padraig Regan, who describes their influences and inspirations for Some Integrity. You can read the full blog and register for the launch of Some Integrity here.  X'ntigone at the MAC Wednesday 9th February at 7.30 p.m  We still have a few free tickets for students for X'ntigone (after Sophocles' Antigone) by Darren Murphy (one of our new Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows), which opens at the MAC in February. This will include a post-show discussion with Darren Murphy and Emma Jordan. SHC students register for tickets here.   Submission Calls

Submission Calls and Deadlines:  Every week, we'll be sharing open literary submission calls for our readers who are looking for places to submit their writing. There is an abundance of open submission calls this January, so keep an eye out on this section of the e-news!

QUB Scribblers Call for Radio Plays - QUB Scribblers are calling for 10 minute long radio scripts. Deadline is 28th January.

The Tangerine - Submissions are open for short stories, essays and poetry. Deadline is 31st January.

The Honest Ulsterman - Submissions are open at Honest Ulsterman, which is calling for poems, prose and critical writing. Deadline is 29th January 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  The Friday Critique  We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis. This week Tiegan Johnston reviews Suppose A Collapse by Lucie McLaughlin. Read the full review and more Friday Critique's here.  Summer School 2022 Now Open for Applications

Applications are now open for the 2022 Poetry Summer School, which will be running in late June. The Poetry Summer School is an annual intensive week of creative development for emerging poets, with seminars, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, led by Professor Nick Laird.

Read about last year's Summer School and listen to last year's Showcase here. You can find all the details for this year's applications and the timelines here.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...

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Upcoming Events

X'ntigone at the MAC Wednesday 9th February at 7.30 p.m  We still have a few free tickets for students for X'ntigone (after Sophocles' Antigone) by Darren Murphy (one of our new Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows), which opens at the MAC in February. This will include a post-show discussion with Darren Murphy and Emma Jordan. SHC students register for tickets here.

Postgraduate Research Seminar Series  Wednesday 2nd February at 3.30 p.m  The School of English Research Seminar Series is a fantastic space for everyone to come together and hear about new work in the department. The second semester programme for the Research Seminar Series begins this Wednesday with a Staff Work In Progress, where Leontia Flynn will be sharing her work alongside Justin Livingstone and Mark Burnett. No booking necessary, for more information please contact r.w...@qub.ac.uk  QUB Scribblers Workshop  Wednesday 2nd February at 6.00 p.m.  This Wednesday join QUB Scribblers for a Playwriting Masterclass with guest speaker Caitlin Magnall-Kearns, who has worked with the Lyric, the BBC, Big Telly and many more. Register for the workshop here.    Due to the high number of Covid cases at the moment, the Tuesday Prose Workshops are online for another week. They will still take place at 5.00 p.m on Tuesdays - please contact dmcw...@qub.ac.uk if you are interested in joining the workshop!  Our People Saakshi Patel in Catatonic Daughters  Congratulations to our MA graduate Saakshi Patel, whose poem 'Mountains of the Mind' features in the latest issue of Catatonic Daughter literary magazine. You can read the poem and the full issue here.  Milena Williamson, PGT skills assistant  Milena Williamson is the PGT skills assistant for MA students in Poetry and Creative Writing this semester. Students are invited to meet with her to discuss how the MA is going, any writing concerns, questions about QUB resources, PhD possibilities, etc. Email Milena at mwilli...@qub.ac.uk to make use of this fantastic resource.    Submission Calls

Submission Calls and Deadlines:  Every week, we'll be sharing open literary submission calls for our readers who are looking for places to submit their writing. There is an abundance of open submission calls this January, so keep an eye out on this section of the e-news!

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.  The Honest Ulsterman - Submissions are open at Honest Ulsterman, which is calling for poems, prose and critical writing. Deadline is 1st February 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  SHC X BBC Storytellers  We're delighted to share the first instalment of our exciting collaboration with BBC NI where a group of our students have had their work selected to be broadcasted as part of the 'New Writers, Short Stories' series on BBC Storytellers. These stories will broadcast live every Saturday in February, and started off with ‘The Book of Jesse’ by Emma Devlin, read by Thomas Finnegan, and ‘Negligée Pink’ by Sharon Dempsey, read by Clare McMahon. Listen to the first two stories here and look out for this Saturday's instalment on BBC Radion Ulster at 12.30 on Saturday.

Summer School 2022 Now Open for Applications  Applications are now open for the 2022 Poetry Summer School, which will be running in late June. The Poetry Summer School is an annual intensive week of creative development for emerging poets, with seminars, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, led by Professor Nick Laird. Read about last year's Summer School and listen to last year's Showcase here. You can find all the details for this year's applications and the timelines here.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas Upcoming Events

X'ntigone at the MAC Wednesday 9th February at 7.30 p.m  We still have a few free tickets for students for X'ntigone (after Sophocles' Antigone) by Darren Murphy (one of our new Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows), which opens at the MAC in February. This will include a post-show discussion with Darren Murphy and Emma Jordan. SHC students register for tickets here.

Discover Poetry Course - Seaside Books From Sunday 27th February at 7.00 p.m  The fantastic Seaside Books are offering another free 6-week course over Zoom, this time on Discovering Poetry and making the discipline more accessible as well as looking at new poets that reflect the wider world. Find more information and book a place on the course here.  UniSlam 2022 Auditions  Wednesday 16th February at 6.00 p.m  Signups are now open for the 2022 Auditions for UniSlam, which will be held in the Speakeasy. UniSlam is the UK’s largest team poetry slam, bringing together teams of the UK and Ireland’s top emerging poets for a tournament of searing poetry slam performances over one jam-packed day in March. Any experience level welcome, sign up to watch/ participate in the auditions here and look out for updates over at the QUB Scribblers social pages.  Careers After English: AEL Careers Event  Thursday 17th February at 9.00 a.m  Students may be interested in this careers event offered by the School of Arts, English and Languages specifically for English students who may be considering what career to pursue after graduation. The speakers are author Jan Carson, Minister Lynda Kane and MLA Matthew O'Toole. Students can register for the event and find more information here.   British Council Literature Seminar: Curated by Glenn Patterson (Berlin)  24th February-26th February, Berlin We hope to see some of our Berlin-based graduates and friends at the British Council's literature seminar this February. Heaney Centre director Glenn Patterson will be chairing the British Council's literature seminar, and has created a brilliant programme of writers including many associated with the Seamus Heaney Centre. Glenn will be joined in Berlin by Bebe Ashley and Padraig Regan among many others. Find more information and register here.  New Prose Workshops on Mondays  From Monday 7th February at 18.00-20.00 p.m  We’ll be running a new online prose workshop alongside our in-person Tuesday workshops biweekly from today. The workshop will be led by Marie McQuade, a PhD student at the centre. It’s designed for students studying with the School who are based outside of Belfast as a way to stay connected to the centre, but we’re open to all writers at the centre looking for an extra outlet! Contact Dara or Marie at dmcw...@qub.ac.uk or mmcqu...@qub.ac.uk to sign up, or for more information.  Students please note that the dates have changed for Denise Riley's activities and the first Ekphrasis Gallery Visit, both of which have been rescheduled for the following week. Please check the website for details or contact s...@qub.ac.uk.  Submissions and Opportunities for Writers! There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!  New Worlds, New Voices - Submission call for genre and speculative fiction to a new anthology by Books Beyond NI. Short stories, poetry and visual art welcome. Deadline is 20th February 2022.  Bath Magg - Open for new poetry submissions, no theme or length restrictions. Deadline is 28th February 2022.   Dedalus Press - Poetry is invited for a new anthology of 21st Century love poetry. Deadline is 28th February 2022.  Sans Press - Short stories up to 5,000 words, on the theme of 'The Last Five Minutes of a Storm'. Deadline is 7th March.  Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 31st March 2022.

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  SHC X BBC Storytellers  We're delighted to share the second instalment of our exciting collaboration with BBC NI where a group of our students have had their work selected to be broadcasted as part of the 'New Writers, Short Stories' series on BBC Storytellers. These stories will broadcast live every Saturday in February, and this week we heard ‘The Stigmata' by Peter Jordan, read by Cillian Lenaghan, and ‘The Seven Hills’ by Joseph Scott, read by Rose Henderson. Listen to the two stories here and look out for this Saturday's instalment on BBC Radio Ulster at 12.30 on Saturday.  Marian Keyes Documentary  There's a fantastic film to watch over on BBC Imagine where Alan Yentob speaks to our former Fellow Marian Keyes about her life as an author, her previous work, and everything she has learned about life and storytelling in between. You might also want to watch back our QFT Player film of Marian in conversation with Louise Kennedy during her time with us. Watch the BBC film here and the QFT film here.  Children's Writing Fellow - BBC Bedtime Stories  We are absolutely delighted that The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson, illustrated by our current Children's Writing Fellow Paul Howard, was chosen as the CBeebies Bedtime Story to be read by HRH the Duchess of Cambridge on Sunday. This reading was to mark Children's Mental Health Week, and Paul spoke of his delight at the choice, telling the Arts Council NI "it’s wonderful to see how the little owl’s story continues to help new generations of children find their own wings to fly." You can watch the bedtime story reading by the Duchess of Cambridge on BBC iPlayer here.    Upcoming Events 'On the Steps' with Gerald Dawe Friday 18th February at 1.00 p.m  This week poet and writer Gerald Dawe will celebrate 55 years of association with the Linen Hall Library and present a portrait to the library by artist Peter Fitzgerald. Find more information and tickets here.  Keith O'Keefe at Black Box - Rescheduled! Sunday 27th February at 3.00 p.m The confederation of Small Business NI, Gronman PLC and Factotum Arts NI cordially invite you to an evening of poetry, business artistry and audio visual pleasure. They are hosting the launch of poet Keith O Keefe’s new book ’The Business of Poetry’ at the Black Box Theatre in Belfast. Find more information and book tickets here.  Soup Ink Open Mic   Thursday 24th February at 8.00 p.m  Soup Ink co-op are running another of their fantastic Open Mic nights at the American Bar next Thursday. This one is on the theme of Imbolc, and is run by SHC graduate Andrew Comiskey. Find more information and book tickets here.

Careers After English: AEL Careers Event  Thursday 17th February at 9.00 a.m  Students may be interested in this careers event offered by the School of Arts, English and Languages specifically for English students who may be considering what career to pursue after graduation. The speakers are author Jan Carson, Minister Lynda Kane and MLA Matthew O'Toole. Students can register for the event and find more information here.

Border Literatures  Wednesday 16th February at 7.00p.m This Wednesday the latest Border Literatures online series event from the National Library of Ireland is chaired by Heaney Centre Lecturer Gail McConnell. This conversation will be focused on Seamus Heaney's poetry collection 'Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996'.  Find more information and register here.  New Online Prose Workshop  Mondays at 18.00-20.00 p.m

We’ll be running a new online prose workshop alongside our in-person Tuesday workshops biweekly from today. The workshop will be led by Marie McQuade, a PhD student at the centre. It’s designed for students studying with the School who are based outside of Belfast as a way to stay connected to the centre, but we’re open to all writers at the centre looking for an extra outlet! Contact Dara or Marie at dmcw...@qub.ac.uk or mmcqu...@qub.ac.uk to sign up, or for more information.

Students please note that the dates have changed for Denise Riley's activities and the first Ekphrasis Gallery Visit, both of which have been rescheduled for the following week. Please check the website for details or contact s...@qub.ac.uk.  Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

Catalyst Arts Belfast - Paid Members Opportunity for Writers Catalyst Arts is looking for a local writer to participate in their next exhibition, Ogham. This commission is to develop an online response to the artworks. Applicants must be members, which costs £5 and can be done here, and the position itself is well funded by ArtFund. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 23rd February.  Nominations for the Ireland Chair of Poetry are open until Friday 18th February, and you can find more information about the role and nominations here.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

UniSlam 2022 - Applications open for slam poetry competition held in Birmingham. Deadline to apply is 21st February 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  SHC X BBC Storytellers  We're delighted to share the third instalment of our exciting collaboration with BBC NI where a group of our students have had their work selected to be broadcasted as part of the 'New Writers, Short Stories' series on BBC Storytellers. This week we heard ‘The Director of Corporate Finance’ by Dara McWade, read by Niamh McGrady, and ‘Rather be Parochial’ by Andrew Comiskey, read by Ross White. Listen to the two stories here and look out for this Saturday's instalment on BBC Radio Ulster at 12.30.  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis. This week Rose Winter reviews Dance Move by Heaney Centre Fellow Wendy Erskine, published last week by Stinging Fly Press in Ireland. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.  On Friday at Queen's we celebrated the launch of Heaney Centre Fellow Wendy Erskine’s second short story collection Dance Move in partnership with No Alibi’s bookstore and Stinging Fly Press. Thanks to everyone who came and happy reading, it’s a fantastic collection! There's been plenty of brilliant publicity around the collection recently, such as this interview in the Irish Times which you may be interested in reading as well as our Friday Critique.  Upcoming Events Gerald Dawe Presents 'A City Imagined'  Sunday 27th February at 1.30 p.m  Poet Gerald Dawe, who is on the SHC advisory board, will this Sunday give a talk and reading from his three part memoir 'Northern Chronicles' as part of the Look North Festival of North Belfast. Find more information and tickets here.

Keith O'Keefe at Black Box - Rescheduled! Sunday 27th February at 3.00 p.m The confederation of Small Business NI, Gronman PLC and Factotum Arts NI cordially invite you to an evening of poetry, business artistry and audio visual pleasure. They are hosting the launch of poet Keith O Keefe’s new book ’The Business of Poetry’ at the Black Box Theatre in Belfast. Find more information and book tickets here.

Soup Ink Open Mic   Thursday 24th February at 8.00 p.m  Soup Ink co-op are running another of their fantastic Open Mic nights at the American Bar next Thursday. This one is on the theme of Imbolc, and is run by SHC graduate Andrew Comiskey. Find more information and book tickets here.

Tim Wheeler In Conversation  Wednesday 23rd March at 2.30 p.m  SHC and Music students are invited to this seminar later in March, where SHC Director Glenn Patterson will join SHC Fellow Tim Wheeler in conversation, who will share insights into his incredible music career. Find more information and register here.  Our People  New Poetry Jukebox The new edition of the fantastic Poetry Jukebox is now out, with a great number of familiar names, including Scott McKendry, Jess McKinney, Charles Lang, Gerald Dawe and Sacha White, with poetry included in this edition. You can listen to all of the poetry here.  Tuesday In-Person Prose Workshops Tuesdays at 5.00 - 7.30 p.m  Our regular Prose Tuesday evening workshops have returned! The seminar room is open every Tuesday as a space for any writers associated with the SHC to share their drafts, get feedback and chat about the work in a friendly setting. Students are welcome to bring any work they would like to share on the night. Drop in for a coffee, tea and a few words. Contact  dmcw...@qub.ac.uk for more information and look out for guest workshop leaders later in the semester!

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers! Catalyst Arts Belfast - Paid Members Opportunity for Writers Catalyst Arts is looking for a local writer to participate in their next exhibition, Ogham. This commission is to develop an online response to the artworks. Applicants must be members, which costs £5 and can be done here, and the position itself is well funded by ArtFund. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 23rd February.

IWC/ Cúirt Young Writer Delegate Programme 2022 Applications are now open for writers aged 18-26 to apply for this chance to attend and contribute to Cúirt Literary Festival as Young Writer Delegates. This is also an opportunity to receive mentorship and develop your own creative work as well as responding to the work of others. Deadline for applications is Wednesday 9th March.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

plough press poertry competition - Applications open for slam poetry competition held in Birmingham. Deadline to apply is 21st February 2022.

Bath Magg - Open for new poetry submissions, no theme or length restrictions. Deadline is 28th February 2022.   Dedalus Press - Poetry is invited for a new anthology of 21st Century love poetry. Deadline is 28th February 2022.  Sans Press - Short stories up to 5,000 words, on the theme of 'The Last Five Minutes of a Storm'. Deadline is 7th March.

Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 31st March 2022. Students may also want to attend the information session Stinging Fly is holding for this submissions window - book here.  The Plough Prize for Poetry 2022 - International poetry competition, significant financial prizes. Deadline is 31st March 2022.

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  SHC X BBC Storytellers  We're delighted to share the fourth and final instalment of our exciting collaboration with BBC NI where a group of our students have had their work selected to be broadcasted as part of the 'New Writers, Short Stories' series on BBC Storytellers. This week we heard ‘Pandamonium’ written and performed by Luke Macpherson, and ‘On Pearls and the Swine Who Wear Them’ by Natt Bartell, read by Michael Patrick. Listen to the two stories here.  The Saturday Matinee A partnership between the Heaney Centre and the QFT giving our students an opportunity to review new cinema. This week Rose Winter reviews Doineann, directed by Damian McCann and with screenplay by SHC lecturer Aislinn Clarke. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinees here.  Last week we got down to the Ulster Museum for a fantastic gallery visit to kick off the 2022 Ekphrasis Project. This year students will be responding to Collage: A Political Act, and we were lucky enough to hear from exhibition curator Anna Liesching. You can read more about our Ekphrasis projects and previous years' work here.  Upcoming Events Denise Riley Activities Rescheduled Students please note that both the workshop and seminar with Fellow Denise Riley have been rescheduled to late March. The new dates and times are as follows: Workshop - Thu 24 Mar at 2.00pm, Seminar - Fri 25 Mar at 10.30am. Please check the website for booking links for students.  Fundraiser for Ukraine Crisis at the Lyric  Sunday 6th March at 8.30 p.m  This Sunday there will be an event in the Lyric Theatre in order to fundraise for the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Organised by Jan Carson, an amazing line-up of Northern Irish writers, including Glenn Patterson, Anna Burns and Stephen Sexton, will be reading the words of their fellow writers from Ukraine. Booking details will be released soon, please keep an eye out on the Lyric website and our social media, and attend if you can!  Translating Friel: 'The Widowhood System'  Friday 4th March at 6.30 p.m The Friel Reimagined project and the Centre for Translation and Interpreting present a special event that brings together mid-twentieth century Ireland and 21st century China through one of Brian Friel's short stories. The event will feature a rehearsed reading of excerpts from the original English language version, alongside a performance by a group of Chinese actors of a new translated adaptation, and a Q&A with the PhD researcher Shurui Yang (Chuchu), who has translated and adapted the story, will follow. Find full details and book here.    Perspectives in Crime Fiction Friday 25th March at 6.00p.m  To celebrate the US release of her latest book The Midnight Killing, Sharon Dempsey will be joining Baruch College's Elizabeth Mannion for a discussion on how she navigates the past and true crime in her writing. This event is co-hosted by the Department of English at Baruch College and the Seamus Heaney Centre. Find more information and register here.

Tim Wheeler In Conversation  Wednesday 23rd March at 2.30 p.m  SHC and Music students are invited to this seminar later in March, where SHC Director Glenn Patterson will join SHC Fellow Tim Wheeler in conversation, who will share insights into his incredible music career. Find more information and register here.

Our People  Honest Ulsterman February Edition It's fantastic to see some familiar voices in the new edition of the Honest Ulsterman literary magazine. These include an interview with Padraig Regan, poetry by Jake Hawkey, Eoghan Totten and Deirdre Cartmill, prose by Sharon Dempsey and Sheila McWade and many more great pieces. You can read the full February issue here.  The Ekphrasis Project: New Poems in Response to Ulster Museum Artworks This annual project is a partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's and the Ulster Museum which involves a seminar series led by Dr Stephen Sexton, and a pamphlet publication.In 2021 we extended this further to include literature students from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and their lecturer, and former Fulbright scholar, Professor Jenny Browne. Hear from Jenny Browne and two of the participating students in this article published in Trinity University magazine. Gail McConnell shortlisted for John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize We are delighted to share the news that our own Gail McConnell has been shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for her recent collection The Sun Is Open. You can read more about the prize and Gail's reaction on her publisher Penned In the Margin's website here.  'Growing', Debut Pamphlet by Dide It's fantastic to hear that Dide, who attended our Poetry Summer School in 2020, will have her debut pamphlet 'Growing' published by Broken Sleep Books this spring. Dide is a multidisciplinary writer, artist and composer, and her pamhplet will be available to pre-order on 31st March. You can read more about her work here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

IWC/ Cúirt Young Writer Delegate Programme 2022

Applications are now open for writers aged 18-26 to apply for this chance to attend and contribute to Cúirt Literary Festival as Young Writer Delegates. This is also an opportunity to receive mentorship and develop your own creative work as well as responding to the work of others. Deadline for applications is Wednesday 9th March.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

Sans Press - Short stories up to 5,000 words, on the theme of 'The Last Five Minutes of a Storm'. Deadline is 7th March.  Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 31st March 2022. Students may also want to attend the information session Stinging Fly is holding for this submissions window - book here.  The Plough Prize for Poetry 2022 - International poetry competition, significant financial prizes. Deadline is 31st March 2022.

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.

Mairtin Crawford Awards - Annual poetry and short story prize aimed at new writers looking to publish their first collections. Deadline is 1st May 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  Writers For Ukraine at the Lyric Theatre Last night the Lyric theatre hosted Writers for Ukraine, a fundraising event in aid of the ongoing crisis and in solidarity with the international literary community. Organised by Jan Carson, we heard Northern Irish writers read the poetry, fiction and short stories of both well-established and emerging Ukrainian authors. The donation link is still live and you can also find more information about the authors and works read on the website here.  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis. This week SHC Writing and the City Fellow Tara McEvoy reviews Sleeper, an anthology published by Rosie's Disobedient Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.  The Saturday Matinee A partnership between the Heaney Centre and the QFT giving our students an opportunity to review new cinema. This week Dara McWade reviews Ali + Ava, directed by Clio Barnard. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinees here.

Upcoming Events Denise Riley Activities Rescheduled Students please note that both the workshop and seminar with Fellow Denise Riley have been rescheduled to late March. The new dates and times are as follows: Workshop - Thu 24 Mar at 2.00pm, Seminar - Fri 25 Mar at 10.30am. Please check the website for booking links for students.

An Evening of Song and Verse at the MAC  Friday 11th March at 7.00 p.m  This Friday the MAC is hosting an evening of song and verse, "I heard the sound of little fishes", on the theme of the sea to mark the end of Alfred Wallis: Artist and Mariner. Mícheál McCann will be joined by a selection of fellow poets, including Matthew Rice and Shannon Kelly, as well as folk group Landless. Find more information and book here.  Emma Campbell Artist Talk  Wednesday 9th March at 2.00 p.m Join artist Emma Campbell at the Ulster Museum this Wednesday, who will discuss her piece in the current 'Collage: A Political Act' exhibition, share details on the project and talk about her different practices as an artist and activist. Our Ekphrasis project students will also be attending this artist talk as part of that ongoing project. More details and tickets here.    Showcase of New Prose Fiction Thursday 10th March at 5.30 p.m  This Thursday the Heaney Centre will host a Showcase of New Prose Fiction in the Great Hall as part of Eastside Arts Festival's Prophets, Makers & Risk Takers. This event will showcase new work by some of Northern Ireland's leading prose writers, including Jan Carson, Bernie McGill, Michael Nolam and Sam Thompson. Find more information and book tickets here.  Queering the Green Launch  Wednesday 9th March at 6.30 p.m This Wednesday at the Irish Secretariat, there will be a celebration of the Lifeboat Press anthology Queering the Green: Post-2000 Queer Irish Poetry, edited by Paul Maddern. Eastside Arts and The Lifeboat Press are holding this reading as part of the Prophets, Makers & Risk Takers festival, and featured poets Mícheál McCann, Mary Montague, Mark Ward and Sacha White will be reading. Find more information and tickets here.

Perspectives in Crime Fiction Friday 25th March at 6.00p.m  To celebrate the US release of her latest book The Midnight Killing, Sharon Dempsey will be joining Baruch College's Elizabeth Mannion for a discussion on how she navigates the past and true crime in her writing. This event is co-hosted by the Department of English at Baruch College and the Seamus Heaney Centre. Find more information and register here.    Tim Wheeler In Conversation  Wednesday 23rd March at 2.30 p.m  SHC and Music students are invited to this seminar later in March, where SHC Director Glenn Patterson will join SHC Fellow Tim Wheeler in conversation, who will share insights into his incredible music career. Find more information and register here.  Our People

Washing Windows Too Anthology  Congratulations to our MA graduate Saakshi Patel, whose poetry features among many other brilliant voices in the very exciting forthcoming anthology Washing Windows Too from Arlen House. This anthology, edited by Nuala O'Connor and Alan Hayes, is made up of 100 new poems from women who have not had full collections published yet. You can find more information and pre-order the anthology from Books Upstairs here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

Paid Blog Writing Opportunity with QUB Are you a keen and creative writer? Want to tell people what it’s like at Queen’s? Earn up to £20 per blog/vlog* content for https://www.qub.ac.uk/student-blog/  Interested? Reach out to the QUB team at dig...@qub.ac.uk *Terms and conditions apply.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

The Pig's Back - Accepting previously unpublished fiction and non-fiction. Deadline is 31st March 2022.

The Plough Prize for Poetry 2022 - International poetry competition, significant financial prizes. Deadline is 31st March 2022.

Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 15th April 2022.

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.  Mairtin Crawford Awards - Annual poetry and short story prize aimed at new writers looking to publish their first collections. Deadline is 1st May 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  Prophets, Makers & Risk-Takers: A Showcase of New Prose Fiction It was fantastic to co-host A Showcase of New Prose Fiction in the Great Hall on Thursday evening, alongside Eastside Arts Festival as part of the Prophets, Makers & Risk Takers showcase of Northern Irish Writing organised by Jan Carson. We heard brilliant short stories and novel extracts from Bernie McGill, Sam Thompson, Michael Nolan and Jan Carson. There's lots of fantastic prose coming out soon to look out for, and you can read more about the 2 day showcase here - we're already looking forward to next year's! The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis.This week Stephen de Búrca reviews Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky, published by Graywolf Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.  The Saturday Matinee A partnership between the Heaney Centre and the QFT giving our students an opportunity to review new cinema. This week Charlie McIlwain reviews Red Rocket, directed by Sean Baker. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinees here.  Upcoming Events

Perspectives in Crime Fiction Friday 25th March at 6.00p.m  To celebrate the US release of her latest book The Midnight Killing, Sharon Dempsey will be joining Baruch College's Elizabeth Mannion for a discussion on how she navigates the past and true crime in her writing. This event is co-hosted by the Department of English at Baruch College and the Seamus Heaney Centre. Find more information and register here.    Tim Wheeler In Conversation  Wednesday 23rd March at 2.30 p.m  SHC and Music students are invited to this seminar later in March, where SHC Director Glenn Patterson will join SHC Fellow Tim Wheeler in conversation, who will share insights into his incredible music career. Find more information and register here.

SHC x Scribblers Submissions Workshop  Tuesday 15th March at 5.00 p.m  Join us tomorrow evening in the Graduate school or online for a collaborative workshop between the Heaney Centre and QUB Scribblers on the theme of Submissions. Guest workshop leaders Padraig Regan, Wendy Erskine, Stephen Sexton and Michael Nolan will be speaking to us about their experiences and answering questions. Book in-person and online tickets here.  Micro-Fiction Workshop with Emily DeDakis

Wednesday 9th March at 2.00 p.m

As part of our Writing and the City project, writer and producer Emily DeDakis will be leading a workshop on writing Micro-Fiction.This workshop will consider the Micro-Fiction form and how a writer might approach the tough challenge of writing whole stories in 100 words in less. Find more information and book tickets here.    James Simpson Reading  Wednesday 6th April at 1.00 p.m  Join MA graduate James Simpson, the author of the much-celebrated short story collection Smokes and Birds, for a celebration of the book at the Linenhall Library in April. Find more information and book tickets here.  Launch Night of Some Integrity and Last Night, the Mountain Friday 18th March at 8.00 p.m This Friday evening at the Sunflower bar, there will be a celebration and readings from two new poetry books, Padraig Regan's Some Integrity, published by Carcanet, and Manuela Moser's pamphlet Last night, the mountain, published by Bad Betty Press. No booking required.  BBC Digital Cities Virtual Academy BBC Digital Cities returns on 22nd-24th March for an exciting three day programme of live and virtual events including panel discussions, masterclasses and practical sessions. Make sure to catch 'Storytellers: New Writers and Short Stories' on Thursday 24th March, featuring our BBC Storytellers group. More details and booking here. You can also listen back to our BBC Storytellers series here. Our People  Summer School Alumni News Congratulations to many of our Summer School alumni, who have been enjoying some fantastic publication successes recently. Jamie Field, Stephanie Green and Tim Dwyer all had poetry published in the February edition of the Honest Ulsterman, which you can read here. Tim Dwyer also recently had a poem shortlisted for Trim Poetry Competition, poems published in Allegro Poetry, and has poetry forthcoming in Orbis. Congratulations to all! You can also read more about this year's upcoming Poetry Summer School here...

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

International Chair of Poetry Student Awards, Now Open for Submissions Applications for the 2022 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Awards. Now in its fourth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry. This award is open to Masters students studying for Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry in Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin or University College Dublin. Deadline for submissions is 5.00 p.m Monday 28th March - details here.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

Skein Press + Holy Show - An open call for collaborative proposals through the Solstice Stories project. Deadline 31st March 2022.

The Pig's Back - Accepting previously unpublished fiction and non-fiction. Deadline is 31st March 2022.  The Plough Prize for Poetry 2022 - International poetry competition, significant financial prizes. Deadline is 31st March 2022.  Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 15th April 2022.

Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.  Mairtin Crawford Awards - Annual poetry and short story prize aimed at new writers looking to publish their first collections. Deadline is 1st May 2022.

The Door Left Wide - A tribute to Eavan Boland, invites submissions in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, and translations in every genre. Deadline 1st May 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis.This week SHC Writing and the City Fellow Darren Murphy reviews Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes, published by Pan MacMillan. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here. Darren's play X'ntigone is also currently on at the Abbey theatre in Dublin, until the 26th March, and you can read a great review of it here.   UniSlam 2022 A big congratulations to the Queen's UniSlam 2022 team that came in second place at this weekend's competition in Birmingham. The team included our MA students Luke Bartell, Natt Bartell and Karson Lafferty, fantastic news!  Upcoming Events

Perspectives in Crime Fiction Friday 25th March at 6.00p.m  To celebrate the US release of her latest book The Midnight Killing, Sharon Dempsey will be joining Baruch College's Elizabeth Mannion for a discussion on how she navigates the past and true crime in her writing. This event is co-hosted by the Department of English at Baruch College and the Seamus Heaney Centre. Find more information and register here.

Micro-Fiction Workshop with Emily DeDakis Wednesday 9th March at 2.00 p.m As part of our Writing and the City project, writer and producer Emily DeDakis will be leading a workshop on writing Micro-Fiction.This workshop will consider the Micro-Fiction form and how a writer might approach the tough challenge of writing whole stories in 100 words in less. Find more information and book tickets here.

Fighting Words NI Mentorship Training Tuesday 5th April at 10.00 a.m  Students are invited to attend this training session where they will be trained in the methods of online and in-person workshops, and ways to support young people write their stories. This training is invaluable for anyone interested in teaching creative writing, working with young people, or delivering online workshops. No obligation to become a volunteer mentor. More information and ticets here.  Consonance 1, Sonorities Festival Belfast Sunday 10th April at 3.00 p.m Consonance is a collaboration between the writers at Seamus Heaney Centre and local company Armchair and Rocket, drawing on the unique talents of Belfast digital artist Glenn Marshall and his world-leading work in artificial intelligence. For their first instalment of the project, they have worked with award-winning poet Stephen Sexton to create 4 pieces that demonstrate the process and its potential. Find details and book for the screening here.

James Simpson Reading  Wednesday 6th April at 1.00 p.m  Join MA graduate James Simpson, the author of the much-celebrated short story collection Smokes and Birds, for a celebration of the book at the Linenhall Library in April. Find more information and book tickets here.

SHC Fellows In Conversation Thursday 14th April at 7.00 p.m Join us in April for a very special evening of poetry, prose and song, as we welcome all three Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows to the Great Hall at Queen's. Our Fellows this year are fiction author Wendy Erskine, musician Tim Wheeler and poet Denise Riley. Find full details and booking link here.

BBC Digital Cities Virtual Academy BBC Digital Cities returns on 22nd-24th March for an exciting three day programme of live and virtual events including panel discussions, masterclasses and practical sessions. Make sure to catch 'Storytellers: New Writers and Short Stories' on Thursday 24th March, featuring our BBC Storytellers group. More details and booking here. You can also listen back to our BBC Storytellers series here. Our People

Gail McConnell Shortlisting  A huge congratulations to Gail McConnell on the shortlisting of her debut collection The Sun Is Open for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. This is a prestigious memorial prize with objectives to promote peace & reconciliation in Ireland. Read more about the prize and Gail's collection here.  'The Sensual City', by Padraig Regan Published by the Lifeboat Press, Padraig Regan's new essay pamphlet 'The Sensual City' is now available in No Alibi's bookstore or directly from The Lifeboat's own website.  Congratulations to Belfast-based The Irish Pages Press, and to one of their editors and former SHC Visiting Poetry Fellow Kathleen Jamie, on being selected Small Press of the Year (Island of Ireland category) at the British Book Awards. Find out more.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

International Chair of Poetry Student Awards,

Only a week left to apply!

Applications for the 2022 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Awards. Now in its fourth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry. This award is open to Masters students studying for Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry in Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin or University College Dublin. Deadline for submissions is 5.00 p.m Monday 28th March - details here.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinée, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

Peter Shaffer Postgraduate Award for Playwriting - A new award to support a recent graduate of a UK university in their playwriting career. Deadline is 28th March 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis.This week SHC Publishing Fellow Hilary McCollum reviews the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize winner C+nto & Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor, published by Westbourne Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.   The Saturday Matinee A partnership between the Heaney Centre and the QFT, giving our students an opportunity to review new cinema. This week Elisabeth Moss reviews The Worst Person In The World, directed by Joachim Trier. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinee's here.  Upcoming Events Ulster Museum Artist Talk Wednesday 30th March at 2.00 p.m  Join artist Joy Gerrard for an Ulster Museum Artist Talk from the exhibition this year's SHC Ekphrasis Project will be responding to, Collage: A Political Act. She will share details on the inspiration behind her work and insights into her work as an artist. More info and booking details here.  Siri Hustvedt at the Linen Hall Library Wednesday 27th April at 7.30 p.m The Linen Hall Library have kindly offered free tickets for SHC students to their event with author Siri Hustvedt, as part of their Enlightenment programme. To register, please contact in...@linenhall.com, informing them that you are one of our students. More details on the event here.

Fighting Words NI Mentorship Training Tuesday 5th April at 10.00 a.m  Students are invited to attend this training session where they will be trained in the methods of online and in-person workshops, and ways to support young people write their stories. This training is invaluable for anyone interested in teaching creative writing, working with young people, or delivering online workshops. No obligation to become a volunteer mentor. More information and ticets here.  Consonance 1, Sonorities Festival Belfast Sunday 10th April at 3.00 p.m Consonance is a collaboration between the writers at Seamus Heaney Centre and local company Armchair and Rocket, drawing on the unique talents of Belfast digital artist Glenn Marshall and his world-leading work in artificial intelligence. For their first instalment of the project, they have worked with award-winning poet Stephen Sexton to create 4 pieces that demonstrate the process and its potential. Find details and book for the screening here.  James Simpson Reading  Wednesday 6th April at 1.00 p.m  Join MA graduate James Simpson, the author of the much-celebrated short story collection Smokes and Birds, for a celebration of the book at the Linenhall Library in April. Find more information and book tickets here.  SHC Fellows In Conversation Thursday 14th April at 7.00 p.m Join us in April for a very special evening of poetry, prose and song, as we welcome all three Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows to the Great Hall at Queen's. Our Fellows this year are fiction author Wendy Erskine, musician Tim Wheeler and poet Denise Riley. Find full details and booking link here.

Our People  The Open Box, BBC Radio 4   Look out for The Open Box on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 3rd April at 2.30 p.m. Produced by Conor Garrett, this piece will further explore the grief and legacy explored in Gail's collection 'The Sun Is Open'. Listen here on Sunday.  The Apiary, Issue Three Issue Three is now available of The Apiary, a literary magazine organised, edited, and produced by the Writers’ Society of Queen’s University Belfast. This issue is on the theme of Home/ Away, featuring some brilliant pieces, including some great ones by SHC students including Rachel Mawhinney, Karson Ó Laithbheartaigh, Gianna Sannipoli, Akshay A. S., and Eoghan Totten. Read more and order online here - signed copies in No Alibis bookstore while stocks last.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers!

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinee, we want to hear from you! We'll be running a workshop on writing flash criticism in the New Year so keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime we have Google Forms up and running for you to submit ideas for reviews in the New Year...

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There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

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100 weeks of Seamus Heaney Centre round-ups...  Welcome to the 100th edition of the weekly Seamus Heaney Centre newsletter, which was started in March 2020 amid the first Covid lockdown. Since then, we've used these newsletters as a way to keep you updated on our programme of events, Fellows and visiting Fulbrights, our student and staffs' achievements, submission opportunities and much more... Thank you for reading so far! Weekly Roundup  Dance Move Launch Film  Catch the latest film over on our QFT Player collection - the February launch of Dance Move by Wendy Erskine in partnership with No Alibi's. Dance Move is the wonderful second short story collection by SHC Fellow Wendy Erskine, published by Stinging Fly. Armchair and Rocket have created another beautiful event film, thank you to the team there! Watch the full film, which ends with a special message from David Torrans from No Alibi's and Wendy Erskine, here...  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis.This week P.W. Bridgman reviews Age of the Microwave Dinner by Colin Hassard, published by Doire Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.   Upcoming Events MA Creative Writing Showcase followed by Michael West's Conservatory Friday 8th April at 6.00 p.m  The SHC proudly invites you to join us for a showcase of new dramatic work from our current MA Creative Writers, and a staged reading of Lecturer Michael West's play Conservatory, hosted in the Brian Friel Theatre at Queen's. More info and booking details here.  Micro-Fiction Workshop with Jan Carson Tuesday 12th April at 5.00 p.m.  Join us in April for an interactive workshop for SHC students on writing micro-fiction, led by Belfast based novelist and short story writer Jan Carson. This workshop is part of the Seamus Heaney Centre’s Writing and the City Project, supported by the Queen’s Annual Fund. More details and bookings for SHC students here.

James Simpson Reading  Wednesday 6th April at 1.00 p.m  Join MA graduate James Simpson, the author of the much-celebrated short story collection Smokes and Birds, for a celebration of the book at the Linenhall Library in April. Find more information and book tickets here.  SHC Fellows In Conversation Thursday 14th April at 7.00 p.m Join us in April for a very special evening of poetry, prose and song, as we welcome all three Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows to the Great Hall at Queen's. Our Fellows this year are fiction author Wendy Erskine, musician Tim Wheeler and poet Denise Riley. Find full details and booking link here.

Siri Hustvedt at the Linen Hall Library Wednesday 27th April at 7.30 p.m The Linen Hall Library have kindly offered free tickets for SHC students to their event with author Siri Hustvedt, as part of their Enlightenment programme. To register, please contact in...@linenhall.com, informing them that you are one of our students. More details on the event here.

Consonance 1, Sonorities Festival Belfast Sunday 10th April at 3.00 p.m Consonance is a collaboration between the writers at Seamus Heaney Centre and local company Armchair and Rocket, drawing on the unique talents of Belfast digital artist Glenn Marshall and his world-leading work in artificial intelligence. For their first instalment of the project, they have worked with award-winning poet Stephen Sexton to create 4 pieces that demonstrate the process and its potential. Find details and book for the screening here.

Our People - Poetry Summer School Summer School Alumni  Congratulations to former Poetry Summer School students Lorraine Carey and Stephanie Green, who are both enjoying some great publishing news. Lorraine Carey has a poem 'Sundays at Grandma's' in Ink, Sweat and Tears, as well as forthcoming poetry in Rust + Moth and Bindweed. Stephanie Green has just had an interview published in Poetry Wales, where she talks about how she wrote her poem 'To A Humpback Whale'. This poem was workshopped in the 2020 Poetry Summer School, so it's great to see it get such careful attention in a prestigious publication! Congratulations both.  Submissions and Opportunities for Writers A reminder that the 2022 Poetry Summer School is open for applications until Monday 25th April, and you can find more details on how to apply and this year's programme here.

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!

Stinging Fly - A New Writers Issue will be open for submission for the month of March. Deadline is 15th April 2022.   Laurel Prize 2022 - Open for submissions of collections of poetry on an ecological or environmental theme. Deadline is 17th April 2022.

Sonder Magazine - Short Stories, poetry, flash fiction and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'Odd'. Deadline is 30th April 2022.

Mairtin Crawford Awards - Annual poetry and short story prize aimed at new writers looking to publish their first collections. Deadline is 1st May 2022.  The Door Left Wide - A tribute to Eavan Boland, invites submissions in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, and translations in every genre. Deadline 1st May 2022.

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First Collection Poetry Prize 2022 Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize Judges 2022  We are delighted to announce the 2022 judges for the First Collection Poetry Prize, which is now in the reading stage, with the shortlist and winner announced in June this year. Nick Laird, Stephen Sexton, and Jessica Traynor will be this year's judges, and we're very excited to hear from them soon. Keep an eye out for more information on the judges and the prize over the coming weeks...    Weekly Roundup  NI Children's Writng Fellow Paul Howard in the Irish News  Our Children's Writing Fellow Paul Howard began visiting primary schools this semester, in a programme that has proved hugely popular. By the summer he will have visited 12 schools and worked with more than 800 students through illustration workshops and discussions on creative careers. Read more in a lovely piece from the Irish News here...  The Friday Critique We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis.This week Lindsey Crissey reviews Paris Syndrome by Lucy Sweeney Byrne, published Banshee Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critiques here.  How To Write A Short Story SHC Fellow Wendy Erskine shares her insights on the process of short story writing, alongside Claire Keegan and John O'Donnell. It's also a great time to read it, as the Stinging Fly New Writers' Edition submissions deadline is upcoming this Friday. Read the Independent article here.    Upcoming Events Poetry Workshops with Manuela Moser from Wednesday 13th April at 11.00 a.m  Last year's SHC Publishing Fellow Manuela Moser is running a series of free poetry workshops at Golden Thread Gallery, as part of the 'How Did We Get To: We Are Here?' workshop programme. These are running on the 13th, 20th and 27th April, and you can book tickets by email here.

Micro-Fiction Workshop with Jan Carson Tuesday 12th April at 5.00 p.m.  Join us in April for an interactive workshop for SHC students on writing micro-fiction, led by Belfast based novelist and short story writer Jan Carson. This workshop is part of the Seamus Heaney Centre’s Writing and the City Project, supported by the Queen’s Annual Fund. More details and bookings for SHC students here.

Ekphrasis Project Workshop   Monday 25th April at 12.00 p.m  We are delighted to announce the next event in this year's Ekphrasis Project with the Ulster Museum. This online workshop led by poet Stephen Sexton will be an opportunity to share and receive feedback on work ahead of the pamphlet copy deadline of 2nd May. All are welcome to attend and bring work to the workshop. Book online tickets here.

SHC Fellows In Conversation Thursday 14th April at 7.00 p.m Join us in April for a very special evening of poetry, prose and song, as we welcome all three Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows to the Great Hall at Queen's. Our Fellows this year are fiction author Wendy Erskine, musician Tim Wheeler and poet Denise Riley. Find full details and booking link here.

Siri Hustvedt at the Linen Hall Library Wednesday 27th April at 7.30 p.m The Linen Hall Library have kindly offered free tickets for SHC students to their event with author Siri Hustvedt, as part of their Enlightenment programme. To register, please contact in...@linenhall.com, informing them that you are one of our students. More details on the event here.

Word Vomit Open Mic Saturday 16th April at 8.00 p.m This Saturday at the Sunflower Bar is the first event of a new spoken word open mic run by SHC MA student Karson Lafferty, with featured poets Mac McCluskey and Zara Meadows. Open mic slots are available, and tickets to the event can be booked here.  Poetry for Alternative Futures Thursday 28th April at 1.00 p.m A huge congratulations to SHC students Nandi Jola and Morgan Leathem, who are this years Poetry Day Ireland fund recipients. They will be running a workshop in the Black Box Theatre later this month, on the theme of speculative poetry. Book tickets and find more details here.  Home Is Neither Here Nor There Book Launch Thursday 28th April at 6.30 p.m Later in April, the Irish Secretariat and Doire Press are holding a launch celebration of Nandi Jola's brilliant debut collection 'Home Is Neither Here Nor There'. Stephanine Conn's latest collection 'Off-Kilter' will also be launched on what promsies to be an excellent evening of poetry. Find more details and book tickets here.

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