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Michael Farry: Readings - Recent
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Poetry Readings as Featured Reader. May 10: Dundalk Bough Bells Festival, Old Gaol, Dundalk. May 6: At the Edge Reading, Cavan. February 27: Over the Edge, Galway. December 12: North West Words, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. November 1: Shore Writers Festival, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. October 4: Bailiebrorough Poetry Festival, Co. Cavan. September 12: Seven Towers Themes Thursday. Dublin. August 9: Yeats Summer School, Sligo. August 3: Fermoy Poetry Festival, Co. Cork. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Irish Lit...
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Michael Farry: Poems in Local Newspapers
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Saturday, June 6, 2015. Poems in Local Newspapers. One of the most valuable historical sources is local newspapers. While researching the history of the 1912-1923 period in Sligo I read a lot of local newspapers, the hard copies in the early years, and more recently, on microfilm. I have set up a website to record, correlate, comment on poems published in Sligo Newspapers 1912-1923. I am especially interested in poems written by Sligo authors. Http:/ www.sligopoets.com/. It is a hobby rather than a task ...
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Michael Farry: Boyne Berries Submissions
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Friday, July 3, 2015. The submission period for Boyne Berries 18. Will close on Saturday 11 July 2015. Boyne Berries 18 will be published in September 2015. Submit no more than three poems at a time. Fiction should be 1500 words or less. Times New Roman 12 and single spacing are preferred. Please include your submission in the body of the email and as a single word document attachment and include a short bio. Copies of Boyne Berries 17. Can be ordered online here. Posted by Michael Farry. Ireland €...
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Michael Farry: Fathers' Day Poem and Picture
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. Fathers' Day Poem and Picture. This poem of mine was part of a series of Ox Mountains poems published in their Carthography anthology. By Imagination and Place Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, edited by Kelly Barth in February, 2013. Gortakeeran is a mountain-side townland in the parish of Killoran/Coolaney, Co. Sligo. We turned the peat sods for the last time. Not knowing it was for the last time. Exposed each soft underside. To grim Atlantic wind,. Bleak sunshine, blind rain. I'm a ...
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Michael Farry: Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and Art Prize
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and Art Prize. The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. Is open for entries. Now in its eighth year, the award is internationally renowned and judged by industry experts including Arifa Akbar, literary editor of The Independent. The Aesthetica Art Prize. Is now open for entries! Prizes include: £5,000 Main Prize courtesy of Hiscox. £1,000 Student Prize courtesy of Hiscox. Group exhibition in partnership with York Museums Trust. ...I'm a retired teach...
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Michael Farry: Hanna Greally Literary Awards
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Hanna Greally Literary Awards. Is held every year in Roscommon, Ireland. The 2015 festival will take place 5, 6, 7 November. SiarScéal celebrates the lives and history of the people of Roscommon, both nationally and globally, through the medium of poetry, prose, short stories, music and dance. Included in the Festival's proceedings are the annual Hanna Greally Literary Awards. I was lucky enough to win a prize here a couple of years ago. Full Competition Rules on the Website. Outsi...
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Michael Farry: The Stony Thursday Book 2015
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Thursday, June 25, 2015. The Stony Thursday Book 2015. The Stony Thursday Book is seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in October 2015. The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975 and is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and celebrates its 40th Anniversary Edition in 2015. Each poet should send no more than six poems. Submitted poems must be previously unpublished. I'm a retire...
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Michael Farry: June 2015
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Thursday, June 25, 2015. The Stony Thursday Book 2015. The Stony Thursday Book is seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in October 2015. The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975 and is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and celebrates its 40th Anniversary Edition in 2015. Each poet should send no more than six poems. Submitted poems must be previously unpublished. By Imaginati...
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Michael Farry: Happy Birthday W.B. Yeats
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Saturday, June 13, 2015. Happy Birthday W.B. Yeats. It's W.B. Yeats' birthday today and when I got in touch with him earlier to wish him a happy birthday he seemed a little grumpy. He told me to say that he was very disappointed that Irish poets had not taken his advice:. Irish poets, earn your trade,. Sing whatever is well made,. Scorn the sort now growing up. All out of shape from toe to top,. He said that in his opinion things have got much worse, all poetry now seems to be out of shape. But wind come...
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Michael Farry: Allingham Festival Competitions
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Takes place in Ballyshannon, County Donegal 5 - 8 November. In connection with the Festival they are holding Flash Fiction and Poetry competitions. The prize in each category is €300. The winners and runners up will be invited to read their work at the Allingham Festival on Saturday, 7 November, 2015, and will also receive free entry to all events in the festival. The deadline for each entry is 14 September 2015. Shortlists will be published in early October. Taken c.1953 in ...
