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View this email in your browser The latest news and events from the Seamus Heaney Centre Weekly Roundup Writing and the City Project Launch Last Tuesday we spent the day in the beautiful space of 2 Royal Avenue for the launch of our ALF Writing and the City Project. We heard from Garrett Carr, Padraig Regan and the team from Belfast City Council, followed by a tour of the Entries. Keep an eye out for future events and read more about the project here.  SHC Presents: Mind A huge thanks to everyone who read at and came to listen to Presents: MIND in the Crescent Arts Centre on Thursday evening, part of the 2022 Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival.  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 An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl), directed by Colm Bairéad. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinee's here.  Upcoming Events Ekphrasis: Padraig Regan and William Keohane   Thursday 26th May at 6.00 p.m  Join us for a poetry performance by William Keohane and Padraig Regan as they present new work inspired by 'Collage: a political act' at Ulster Museum. This is a non-ticketed event and will take place in the Spotlight gallery on the 4th floor. Please ask a member of staff to direct you from the atrium.  Futures of Crime Symposium  Friday 20th May at 2.00 p.m A hybrid conference exploring the evolving terrain of crime fiction, led by Sharon Dempsey (Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's) and Prof Sebastian Groes (University of Wolverhampton). Deadline for call for papers is Friday 29th April. Find more information and register here.  Our People Sheila Llewellyn shortlisted for Volcano Prize A huge congratulations to out PhD graduate Sheila Llewellyn, whose novel Winter In Tabriz has recently been shortlisted for the inaugural Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize by the Society of Authors. You can read more aobut the novel and prize here.    Submissions and Opportunities for Writers The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines here.    Belfast Book Festival Volunteers  The Belfast Book Festival 2022 are looking for volunteers to help their busy Customer Services Team with their wide ranging events and festival schedule. Read more and apply here.    John Hewitt Summer School Bursary Applications now open for the John Hewitt International Summer School Bursaries - deadline Fri 20 May at 12.00pm. Every year the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's supports one full bursary (worth £500) for one of our postgraduate students to attend the Summer School in July. In your application, please state that you are a student from the SHC at Queen's in your application. Read more and apply here.    There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!  Profiles Journal - New journal accepting fiction, non-fiction and visual art that is character-driven. Deadline is 3rd June 2022.    If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinee, we want to hear from you! Check out the forms here for you to register your interest in writing flash reviews...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas 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 are receiving this email as a friend of the Seamus Heaney Centre. 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 Futures of Crime Symposium: Exploring the Evolving Terrain of Crime Fiction   A big thank you to everyone who came down to the Futures of Crime symposium on Friday co-hosted by The Seamus Heaney Centre, The Big Book Review, University of Wolverhampton, Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Chairs Sharon Dempsey and Professor Sebastian Groes, alongside guest speakers Dr Charley Barnes, Dr Charlotte Beyer, Dr Elizabeth Mannion, Professor Andrew Pepper and Dr. Anthony J. Quinn assessed the current transformation of crime fiction and reflected on the various responses that the genre is receiving from the public, critics, and the academy.

The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines 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 Benediction, directed by Terence Davies. Read the full review and more Saturday Matinee's here.  Upcoming Events Finding the Edge: Ekphrasis with Padraig Regan and William Keohane

Thursday 26th May at 6.00 p.m

Join us for a poetry performance by William Keohane and Padraig Regan as they present new work inspired by 'Collage: a political act' at Ulster Museum. This is a non-ticketed event and will take place in the Spotlight gallery on the 4th floor. Please ask a member of staff to direct you from the atrium.

Ekphrasis Poetry Reading: Collage, A Political Act  Thursday 26th May at 4.00 p.m Join us this Thursday in the Ulster Museum, where we'll be reading new poetry written in response to artworks from the exhibition 'Collage: A Political Act' to mark the last week of our Ekphrasis Project. We'll hear new writing from Morgan Leathem, Matthew McGlinchey, Eoghan Totten, Dara McWade, Eoin Kelly, Suzi Bloom, Alanna Offield, Rose Winter, Emma Gibb, and Charlie McIlwain. Register here.  MA In Poetry Info Webinar   Tuesday 24th May at 5.00 p.m  If you're interested in learning more about the MA In Poetry course at Queen's, this webinar will be a great source of information and a chance to ask any questions you may have. Find more information and register here.  Free tickets for Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long (students only) Thursday 9th June at 7.30 p.m Our friends at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace are kindly offering free tickets to students for this reading and conversation between Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long. Please contact s...@qub.ac.uk if you are a student and would like to reserve a ticket.  Belfast Book Festival 2022 Make sure to check out the fantastic line-up for the 2022 Belfast Book Festival, which will run from the 10-19th this June. We're delighted to see so many of our people in the line-up, including our director Glenn Patterson, Nandi Jola, Padraig Regan, Shannon Kelly and Sharon Dempsey among many others. On Sunday 12th Children's Writing fellow Paul Howard will be in studio, with a drop-in creative session led by Fighting Words NI. Check out the full programme here.  Our People The Party Party, by Emily DeDakis  You can now listen to The Party Party (A Complete History of Parties in NI (1921-2021)), a new audio play by Emily DeDakis produced by the MAC. This play uses real life accounts to explore the party system in NI in a humorous way. Listen to The Party Party here.  Orwell Foundation Journalism Prize Shortlist  A huge congratulations to SHC Director Glenn Patterson on being shortlisted for the Orwell Foundation Journalism Prize for his radio series The Northern Bank Job, written by Glenn and produced by the BBC's Conor Garrett. Read more on the shortlist here.  Helen Lewis Book Subscription  Helen Lewis: Shadows Behind the Dance, published by the Irish Pages Press. The press are now inviting those interested in the book to subscribe to the volume in advance and by doing so have your name included in the list of subscribers printed at the back of the book. Read more and subscribe here.  Homeplace Summer Programme  Make sure to check out the fantastic 2022 Summer Programme from the Seamus Heaney Homeplace which features some of our people, including Gerald Dawe. Be sure to check out the 100 Poems Seamus Heaney celebration event too. Check out the full programme here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers

Belfast Book Festival Volunteers  The Belfast Book Festival 2022 are looking for volunteers to help their busy Customer Services Team with their wide ranging events and festival schedule. Read more and apply here.

Oh Yeah Music Centre Oh Yeah Music Centre is currently offering a music journalism bursary in partnership with Dig With It magazine. The Carol Clerk Bursary will provide £3,500 towards professional equipment and resources for an upcoming music journalist (female or non-binary with a connection to Northern Ireland). There will be additional mentoring, feedback and training, with paid, printed commissions. More information here and application form here.    Entry Level Arts Roles  There are currently many entry level arts administration, editorial and creative job roles open with creative organisations in Northern Ireland, including Eastside Arts, Fighting Words, Irish Pages, and the Lyric Theatre among many others. Check out all the open roles alongside closing dates here.

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!  Profiles Journal - New journal accepting fiction, non-fiction and visual art that is character-driven. Deadline is 3rd June 2022.

The Blackbird Anthology - (MA Students only) Poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline is 30th June 2022.

If you're interested in writing a Friday Critique or Saturday Matinee, we want to hear from you! Check out the forms here for you to register your interest in writing flash reviews...  Friday Critique ideas                   Saturday Matinée ideas Have news to share with the Seamus Heaney Centre community? Send us details by Friday afternoon for inclusion in the following Monday's email!

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Weekly Roundup Ekphrasis Readings in the Ulster Museum   Last Thursday marked the end of our 2022 Ekphrasis Project based on the Ulster Museum exhibition 'Collage: A Political Act', which we celebrated with an evening of poetry in the Ulster Museum. First we heard new poetry from our students Morgan Leathem, Matthew McGlinchey, Eoghan Totten, Dara McWade, Eoin Kelly, Suzi Bloom, Alanna Offield, Rose Winter, Emma Gibb, and Charlie McIlwain, which will all be collected in a pamphlet available later in June. After this we heard new work from Padraig Regan and William Keohane as well as from exhibition curator Anna Liesching. Read more about all of our Ekphrasis projects here... and keep an eye out for our Ekphrasis pamphlet later in June.  The Friday Critique  We're putting flash criticism into the world on a weekly basis. This week Daniel Bresland reviews Home Is Neither Here Nor There by Nandi Jola, published by Doire Press. Read the full review and more Friday Critique's here.  Upcoming Events First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night  Thursday 23rd June at 7.00 p.m  Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June for the announcement of the winner of this year's Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. We'll hear from all shortlisted writers, before celebrating the winning collection. Save the date and keep an eye out for more details soon.  Don Paterson's Desert Island Poems   Wednesday 22nd June at 7.00 p.m Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June, where internationally renowned Don Paterson will join Professor Nick Laird to read some of his own poems, and those he couldn't do without. Find more information and register here.    AHSS Culture Event - Perfomers Wanted   Tuesday 30th June  The AHSS Inter-Cultural Exchange Community is seeking performers for a Culture event and would love to showcase some SHC Students at this event! If interested please sign up using this form.

Free tickets for Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long (students only) Thursday 9th June at 7.30 p.m Our friends at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace are kindly offering free tickets to students for this reading and conversation between Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long. Please contact s...@qub.ac.uk if you are a student and would like to reserve a ticket.

Belfast Book Festival 2022 Make sure to check out the fantastic line-up for the 2022 Belfast Book Festival, which will run from the 10-19th this June. We're delighted to see so many of our people in the line-up, including our director Glenn Patterson, Nandi Jola, Padraig Regan, Shannon Kelly and Sharon Dempsey among many others. On Sunday 12th Children's Writing fellow Paul Howard will be in studio, with a drop-in creative session led by Fighting Words NI. Check out the full programme here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers

The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines here.

Belfast Book Festival Volunteers  The Belfast Book Festival 2022 are looking for volunteers to help their busy Customer Services Team with their wide ranging events and festival schedule. Read more and apply here.

Oh Yeah Music Centre Oh Yeah Music Centre is currently offering a music journalism bursary in partnership with Dig With It magazine. The Carol Clerk Bursary will provide £3,500 towards professional equipment and resources for an upcoming music journalist (female or non-binary with a connection to Northern Ireland). There will be additional mentoring, feedback and training, with paid, printed commissions. More information here and application form here - deadline Monday 13th June.    Entry Level Arts Roles  There are currently many entry level arts administration, editorial and creative job roles open with creative organisations in Northern Ireland, including Strand Arts Centre, Fighting Words, Irish Pages, and the Lyric Theatre among many others. Check out all the open roles alongside closing dates here.

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!  Profiles Journal - New journal accepting fiction, non-fiction and visual art that is character-driven. Deadline is 3rd June 2022.  The Blackbird Anthology -

(MA Students only) Poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline is 30th June 2022.  Belfast Poetry with Pride - Poetry up to 30 lines, especially from members of the LGBTQ+ community in Belfast. Deadline is 13th July 2022.

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First Collection Poetry Prize Shortlist 2022  Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize Shortlist 2022   We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our 2022 Poetry Prize for a First Collection, supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies.  This year's shortlisted collections are: The Time Being by John Fitzgerald (Gallery Press), Aurora Town by Annie Katchinska (Broken Sleep Books), Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick (Carcanet Press), Honorifcs by Cynthia Miller (Nine Arches Press), The Important Things by Audrey Molloy (Gallery Press), and Deltas by Leonie Rushforth (Prototype Press). Congratulations to all the shortlisted collections! The winner will be announced during the Seamus Heaney Centre’s annual Poetry Summer School, at the Award Night readings on 23rd June 2022. Read more and book tickets to the Award Night here.  Upcoming Events

First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night  Thursday 23rd June at 7.00 p.m

Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June for the announcement of the winner of this year's Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. We'll hear from all shortlisted writers, before celebrating the winning collection. Find more information and register here.

Don Paterson's Desert Island Poems   Wednesday 22nd June at 7.00 p.m Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June, where internationally renowned Don Paterson will join Professor Nick Laird to read some of his own poems, and those he couldn't do without. Find more information and register here.

100 Poems at Seamus Heaney Homeplace  Sunday 19th June at 2.00p.m  To celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of 100 Poems, Faber poets Zaffar Kunial, Sinéad Morrissey and Daljit Nagra will be joined by a member of the Heaney family to talk about this wonderful collection, discuss how Heaney has influenced their work and to read their favourite Heaney poems. Find more information and register here. We are offering students free transport, please email us at r.b...@qub.ac.uk if you wish to avail of this.

Free tickets for Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long (students only) Thursday 9th June at 7.30 p.m Our friends at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace are kindly offering free tickets to students for this reading and conversation between Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long. Please contact s...@qub.ac.uk if you are a student and would like to reserve a ticket.

I've Been Trying To Tell You   Wed 15 Jun at 6.00pm  To coincide with the publication of Bob Stanley's book Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop, and his appearance at the Belfast Book Festival, QFT presents a special screening of Saint Etienne's I've Been Trying To Tell You, followed by an in-person Q&A with Bob Stanley and SHC Director Glenn Patterson. Find more information and book tickets here.  Across Language: Translation and Opportunity  Saturday 11th June at 4.00 p.m Join Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Maria Stadnicka, Brian Holton & Paddy Bushe for this panel discussion on translation as part of the upcoming Belfast Book Festival. Find more information and register here.  Let's Do It: Book Launch Thu 16 Jun at 7.00pm Join author Bob Stanley in conversation with SHC Fellow Wendy Erskine for the launch of Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music as part of the Belfast Book Festival. In Let’s Do It, the prequel to his universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Bob Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music’s formative years. Find more information and book tickets here.  Naughton Gallery  Until Friday 24th June  Alternative Ulster, the new exhibition at the Naughton Gallery at Queen's, is open now. The Naughton Gallery has partnered with Belfast Photo Festival to present Alternative Ulster, a new series of work by renowned Japanese artist Kensuke Koike which draws on photographic archives to present an alternative vision of Northern Ireland’s past. Read more here.

Belfast Book Festival 2022 Make sure to check out the fantastic line-up for the 2022 Belfast Book Festival, which will run from the 10-19th this June. We're delighted to see so many of our people in the line-up, including our director Glenn Patterson, Nandi Jola, Padraig Regan, Shannon Kelly and Sharon Dempsey among many others. On Sunday 12th Children's Writing fellow Paul Howard will be in studio, with a drop-in creative session led by Fighting Words NI. Check out the full programme here.

Our People Sheila Llewellyn wins Volcano Prize  A huge congratulations to our PhD graduate Sheila Llewellyn on winning the inaugural Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize from the Society of Authors for her novel Winter In Tabriz. Read more about the prize and Sheila's novel here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines here.

Oh Yeah Music Centre Oh Yeah Music Centre is currently offering a music journalism bursary in partnership with Dig With It magazine. The Carol Clerk Bursary will provide £3,500 towards professional equipment and resources for an upcoming music journalist (female or non-binary with a connection to Northern Ireland). There will be additional mentoring, feedback and training, with paid, printed commissions. More information here and application form here - deadline Monday 13th June.

Entry Level Arts Roles  There are currently many entry level arts administration, editorial and creative job roles open with creative organisations in Northern Ireland, including Strand Arts Centre, Fighting Words, Irish Pages, and the Lyric Theatre among many others. Check out all the open roles alongside closing dates here.

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

Profiles Journal - New journal accepting fiction, non-fiction and visual art that is character-driven. Deadline is EXTENDED to  17th June 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  Don't forget to read more about the 2022 First Collection Poetry Prize Shortlist ahead of the Award Night later in June (see below for tickets).    Notions Our Notions series is back with a new video from Isabel Crabtree on the Auto-Exotic in Belfast Poetry. Notions is a series of introductions where students and alumni share their thoughts on literary processes and their reading habits. Isabel Crabtree reads Sinéad Morrissey, Leontia Flynn, and Alan Gillis through the lens of Joep Leerssen’s theory of “auto-exoticism”. Watch the full video and more Notions here.

Upcoming Events First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night  Thursday 23rd June at 7.00 p.m  Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June for the announcement of the winner of this year's Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. We'll hear from all shortlisted writers, before celebrating the winning collection. Find more information and register here.  Don Paterson's Desert Island Poems   Wednesday 22nd June at 7.00 p.m Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June, where internationally renowned Don Paterson will join Professor Nick Laird to read some of his own poems, and those he couldn't do without. Find more information and register here.

100 Poems at Seamus Heaney Homeplace  Sunday 19th June at 2.00p.m  To celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of 100 Poems, Faber poets Zaffar Kunial, Sinéad Morrissey and Daljit Nagra will be joined by a member of the Heaney family to talk about this wonderful collection, discuss how Heaney has influenced their work and to read their favourite Heaney poems. Find more information and register here. We are offering students free transport, please email us at r.b...@qub.ac.uk if you wish to avail of this.

I've Been Trying To Tell You   Wed 15 Jun at 6.00pm  To coincide with the publication of Bob Stanley's book Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop, and his appearance at the Belfast Book Festival, QFT presents a special screening of Saint Etienne's I've Been Trying To Tell You, followed by an in-person Q&A with Bob Stanley and SHC Director Glenn Patterson. Find more information and book tickets here.

Let's Do It: Book Launch Thu 16 Jun at 7.00pm Join author Bob Stanley in conversation with SHC Fellow Wendy Erskine for the launch of Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music as part of the Belfast Book Festival. In Let’s Do It, the prequel to his universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Bob Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music’s formative years. Find more information and book tickets here.

Naughton Gallery  Until Friday 24th June  Alternative Ulster, the new exhibition at the Naughton Gallery at Queen's, is open now. The Naughton Gallery has partnered with Belfast Photo Festival to present Alternative Ulster, a new series of work by renowned Japanese artist Kensuke Koike which draws on photographic archives to present an alternative vision of Northern Ireland’s past. Read more here.

Film Is Curious programme at the QFT  Don't miss the Film Feels Curious programme running throughout July at the QFT, a hand-picked selection of films for inquiring minds. Film Feels Curious is a UK-wide cinema season, supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. Check out the full programme here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines here.

Irish Writers Centre Young Delegates Programme   The Young Writer Delegate Programme from the Irish Writers Centre is currently accepting applications. There are four places available, to attend West Cork Literary Festival with support from IWC, develop new creative work, and workshop with a writer mentor. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 15th June, with further details available on their website.    Seaside Books Workshop Courses  Seaside Books is looking to collaborate with writers and poets to host writing workshops and courses this summer and fall. Seaside Books will offer support in developing a course structure, booking space, and promoting the workshop. Facilitators will set and keep all registration fees. This is a great opportunity to get experience delivering workshops. Contact Alanna at ala...@seasidebooksni.com for more information.

There is an abundance of fantastic open submission calls at the moment, so we're drawing your attention to some of them!  Profiles Journal - New journal accepting fiction, non-fiction and visual art that is character-driven. Deadline is EXTENDED to  17th June 2022.  The Blackbird Anthology -

(MA Students only) Poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline is 30th June 2022.

Belfast Poetry with Pride - Poetry up to 30 lines, especially from members of the LGBTQ+ community in Belfast. Deadline is 13th July 2022.

Bath Magg - Up to 3 poems. Deadline is 30th June 2022.  Dedalus Press - First Full Length Poetry Collection. Deadline is 31st July 2022.  RSL Fellows - The Royal Society of Literature is currently accepting nominations for Fellows from communities under-represented in literature. Deadline is 17th July 2022.

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Weekly Roundup  Poetry Summer School 2022  This year's Poetry Summer School is well under way, with 11 guests welcomed to the centre and enjoying a range of seminars, workshops and evening events. We were even treated to some sunshine in our garden yesterday, and the week was off to a great start with everyone heading to the Sunflower in the evening for a Lifeboat reading with Zara Meadows and Wayne Miller. Read more about the Summer School programme and previous years here.

Upcoming Events First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night  Thursday 23rd June at 7.00 p.m  Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June for the announcement of the winner of this year's Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. We'll hear from all shortlisted writers, before celebrating the winning collection. Find more information and register here.  Don Paterson's Desert Island Poems   Wednesday 22nd June at 7.00 p.m Join us in the Crescent Arts Centre in June, where internationally renowned Don Paterson will join Professor Nick Laird to read some of his own poems, and those he couldn't do without. Find more information and register here.

Film Is Curious programme at the QFT  Don't miss the Film Feels Curious programme running throughout July at the QFT, a hand-picked selection of films for inquiring minds. Film Feels Curious is a UK-wide cinema season, supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. Check out the full programme here.

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First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night

Bon voyage to our Writing and the City Fellow Tara McEvoy who is off to Melbourne this week to present a seminar as part of her O'Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies! Read more about the seminar and Fellowship here.  Forward Poetry Prize Shortlist    Congratulations to Nick Laird and Padraig Regan, who have both been shortllisted for Forward Poetry Prizes this year!  Padraig's collection Some Integrity (Carcanet) was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. Nick was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2022 for his poem, ‘Up Late’ (Granta). Read more about the two nominations here.

Submissions and Opportunities for Writers The Blackbird Anthology 2022 Blackbird is an anthology of writing from the MA programmes in Poetry and Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. The anthology, which will be published in print and online e-book in autumn 2022, aims to showcase some of the best work by our current student writers. The selection of work this year will be made by our guest editors, Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows Denise Riley and Wendy Erskine – if you are a student on one of the MA programmes, Denise and Wendy would love to receive your poems, short stories, novel extracts and creative non-fiction. Deadline Thursday 30th June 2022, details and submission guidelines here.

Seaside Books Workshop Courses  Seaside Books is looking to collaborate with writers and poets to host writing workshops and courses this summer and fall. Seaside Books will offer support in developing a course structure, booking space, and promoting the workshop. Facilitators will set and keep all registration fees. This is a great opportunity to get experience delivering workshops. Contact Alanna at ala...@seasidebooksni.com for more information.

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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