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Very lovely to have been placed third in The Plaza Prose Poetry Prize with my poem ‘anticipation of anaphylaxis’. Feel honoured to have another poem shortlisted. Huge gratitude to judge Carrie Etter and much thanks to Simon Kerr for curating this competition.

Lovely to be in the 19th edition of Skylight 47 with my wee lobster poem ‘The Sentient’. Fantastic to read in Galway at the launch. Gratitude to all the Skylight 47 team!

Honoured to have my creative non-fiction piece, ‘searching for something that looks like home’ within the pages of a journal I wholeheartedly admire. Grá & gratitude to editors Eimear and Laura and all at Banshee. My essay examines displacement, sensitivity, and crows!

Beyond thrilled to be chosen for the Dedalus Press Mentorship Programme. So fortunate to be shape-shifting poetry with the ever-giving poet Leeanne Quinn.

Thrilling to have my poem The Somnambulist of Sceilig Mhór selected by the extraordinary poet/editor Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe. Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 141. Published December 2023.                                                                                                                                          

Honoured to be highly commended by poet Jane Draycott in this competition with my poem, ‘Morning’. Gratitude to Jeremy Mitchell and all at the Edward Thomas Fellowship.

Lovely to have my poem selected for this fine curation. The woman I wish to have met is a poem dedicated to a woman of great courage — my grandmother. Huge thanks to Maria McManus, Catherine Wilsdon, and all at University College Dublin.

So lovely to have my poem published in Issue 3. The Cryptographer is dedicated to The Tyrone Guthrie Centre resident cat Ariel, who would follow me down to the lake on my night walks. Huge gratitude to the previous director of The Tyrone Guthrie Centre — Dr Eimear O’Connor. Published July 2023.

Delighted to be selected as a featured writer for the July issue of Visual Verse. Huge thanks to Kristen Harrison for the invite. My ekphrastic response – The Undocumented Escapades of Lizzie. Published July 2023. — Lizzie would often escape the hemmed-in stuffiness of the big house. Nipping out the back door, swinging a left,Continue reading “Visual Verse”