Limerick Writers’ Centre Opens 2026 Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction Limerick Writers’ Centre is now accepting entries for The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2026, a unique opportunity combining mentorship, publication, and community for emerging novelists. A Competition with a Difference The competition offers more than just a prize....
Poetry Circle (Limerick Writers’ Centre) and Lime Square Poets present First Wednesday Series, an open mic and poetry reading gathering on the first Wednesday of the month. First Wednesday Series is hosted by Laura McNamara and D’or Seifer with the intention of inspiring a passion for poetry performance and gather poets from the mid-west region....
Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2026 Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2026 Tá Ionad Scríbhneoirí Luimnigh thar a bheith bródúil as an Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide a fhógairt. Is comórtas é seo do dhánta i nGaeilge, ionas scríobh na filíochta i nGaeilge a spreagadh agus a chur chun cinn, chomh maith le hómós á thabhairt do...
In the heart of Limerick city, where the Shannon flows and literary tradition runs deep, the Limerick Writers’ Centre stands as a vibrant hub for creative expression, nurturing both emerging and established voices in one of Ireland’s most storied cultural landscapes. For years, this vital institution has been weaving together the threads of community, craft,...
Entries Open for the 2026 Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition. Limerick Writers’ Centre is proud to announce the 2026 Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SAT 7th MARCH 2026 The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition was inaugurated in 2012 by the late Barney Sheehan – poetry impresario of the White House Poetry Revival, in honour of the late Limerick...
Join us Wed 3rd Dec 2015 for the ‘First Wednesday Series’ (in association with Poetry Ireland) at the White House Bar, 52 O’Connell St., Limerick. Special guest readers are Ben Keatinge and Ralph Mendes… plus the amazing Open-Mic, you can book a spot by emailing Dominic at limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com ABOUT OUR GUEST READERS. Ben Keatinge won...
Suzanne Roys will launch her debut collection of poems Growing Hurts on Sunday 23rd November 2025 at The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Sq., Limerick 3.00pm. The book will be launched by poet D’or Seifer. Poet and author Edward O’Dwyer says of Roys work “Growing Hurts, the debut poetry collection from Suzanne, is a...
Liam Horan will launch his debut novel On the Way Out on Saturday, November 22nd at Ballinrobe Library, Co. Mayo at 7:30pm. The book won the 2025 Gerald Griffin Literary Competition for first adult fiction. The novel follows Louise, fighting to save her struggling shop, and Matt, a widower clinging to the past, as a...
Limerick Writers’ Centre has established Savoy Editions, a new fiction imprint joining Revival Press and LWC Publishing in the organisation’s expanding publishing programme. Savoy Editions will publish novels and short story collections across genre and literary fiction, with particular attention to debut authors. The imprint produces small print runs of carefully manufactured books and continues...
Join us Wed NOV 5th 7.30pm in The White House Bar, Limerick for our ‘First Wednesday Series’ poetry and open-mic event. Brought to you by Limerick Writers’ Centre and Lime Square Poets in association with Poetry Ireland. Colm Scully is a poet and poetryfilm maker from Cork. Recently retired as a Chemical Engineer, he now...
