publications

Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition

We Fall, We Carry by Róisín Leggett Bohan Cork, Ireland. I’m buoyed with joy to be the joint first-place winner for my manuscript, ‘We Fall, We Carry’. My chapbook will be published next year and launched at my favourite festival, the Cork International Poetry Festival. Huge gratitude to the adjudicators for selecting my collection and to the Munster…

The Echo

Huge thanks to Jennifer Horgan for hosting this interview. We chatted about Patrick Kavanagh, the shape of words, and the supportive writing community of Cork.

Waterford Poetry Prize 2025

Thrilled to have been placed third by adjudicator Jessica Traynor for the Waterford Poetry Prize. Thank you to Margaret Organ, Arts Officer of Waterford City and County Council.

Books Ireland 2025

Thank you to Ruth McKee from Books Ireland for this discussion on all things bookish.

The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025

What an honour to be the recipient of The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025. This year’s adjudicator was acclaimed poet Victoria Kennefick who described Róisín’s winning collection ‘We Fall, We Carry ‘ as “poems of sometimes devastating vulnerability, humour and considerable skill with an intelligent point-of-view that is all Leggett Bohan’s own “.  A very worthy winner. …

RTE Radio 1

So lovely to have my poem featured on RTE Radio 1 in conjunction with a Culture Night commemorative compilation heralding the late and brilliant Seán Rocks. Huge gratitude to Belinda McKeon for curating this thoughtful programme and for selecting ’13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts’.

RTE Radio 1

I’m so honoured to have my poem chosen from 900 entries for The Prompt series curated by Zoë Comyns. Huge gratitude to Belinda McKeon for selecting my poem ‘Pair’.

National Mentoring Programme Award 2025

Huge thanks to the Irish Writers Centre and the Arts Council of Ireland for their support as I finely tune my debut collection with the guidance of a trusted mentor.

Southword Poetry Competition 2025

3rd Prize ‘Fall Risk’ by Róisín Leggett Bohan Róisín Leggett Bohan has work in PIR, Banshee, The Stinging Fly, The Pomegranate London and Beginnings Over and Over (Dedalus Press). Forthcoming poems in The Manchester Review and RTÉ Radio 1.

Books for Breakfast Podcast

What an honour to have ‘Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland’ graciously reviewed by Mary O’Donnell, Enda Wyley and Peter Sirr on this episode of Books for Breakfast. Humbling to hear such insightful thoughts on my work.

The Stinging Fly

Delighted to have two poems, ‘Missing my Father with Caravaggio in Belfast’ and ‘My Sister Glued Jesus’, in the summer issue of The Stinging Fly. Huge gratitude to Annemarie Ní Churreáin for seeing my work.

Poetry Day with Poetry Ireland

Delighted to have my poem selected by Poetry Ireland for Poetry Day. Thrilled to know my poem will be displayed on Irish Rail, DART services and in libraries. An iteration of this poem is published in ‘Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland’ (Dedalus Press, 2025).

The Poetry Society

Overjoyed to be longlisted for The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition from over 21,000 entries. Huge thanks to the judges, John McAuliffe, Romalyn Ante and Stephen Sexton.

The Stony Thursday Book

Delighted to have my poem ‘Morning’ featured in The Stony Thursday Book, edited by the brilliant Victoria Kennefick. Gratitude to Limerick City and County Arts. Thrilled to read at the fabulous launch.

The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2024

Thrilled to be runner-up for my collection ‘in our mouths we carry’. Delighted to have two poems featured in The Monster’s Back, a gorgeous publication that celebrates this year’s stellar poets.

The Seamus Heaney Poetry School 2024

Huge grá to the fab people of The Seamus Heaney Centre for my placement at the Poetry Summer School. Looking forward to traversing the corridors of Queen’s University, Belfast, seeking out the big man’s shadow.

The Single Poem Award 2024

Thrilled to be highly commended for the Listowel Writers’ Week Single Poem Award with my poem ‘Instructions for the members of the Non-Evacuation of Tears Society Post Bereavement NEOTSPB’. Huge gratitude to judge Victoria Kennefick.

The Plaza Prose Poetry Prize 2024

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.

Skylight 47

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!

Banshee #17

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!

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

Grateful to have been shortlisted for this international award. My poem, 13 ways of looking at ghosts was selected by a jury comprising of the UK’s most renowned editors and publishers, including representatives from the Guardian, Hodder & Stoughton, The Rialto, and The Poetry Exchange. Huge thanks to Zoë Brigley, Chair of the Poetry Jury. Published…

Poetry Ireland Review

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.                                                                                                                                          

The Edward Thomas Poetry Competition 2024

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.

Poetry as Commemoration

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.

The Guthrie Gazette

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.

Visual Verse

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, she…

Magma Poetry

Thrilled to be placed 3rd in the Editors’ Prize for The Recovery Room. Huge gratitude to the panel of Magma editors for seeing my poem. Published July 2023.

Washing Windows III & IV

Lovely to have my poems featured in the Washing Windows III & IV anthologies. Published April 2023 and April 2024 respectively. Gratitude to Arlen House & Nuala O’ Connor.

Poetry Ireland

Publication of two poems and an essay entitled Conversing with the dead. ePub Anthology. Sparks of the Everyday. October. 2022.

Going Fishing and Other Short Stories

My highly commended short story Boy was published in this anthology in conjunction with From the Well Short Story Competition and Cork County Library. July. 2022.

Southword Issue 42

Publication of winning flash fiction Francisco and the Lobster. June. 2022.

Atlantic Currents II

Winner of Creative Non-Fiction in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts Lowell and University College Cork. Publication of my essay Everything Possible Happens Somewhere. Loom Press. Massachusetts. Autumn 2022.

Hammond House

Shortlisted with poem Birthday. Published by Hammond House. UK. February 2022.

New Irish Writing

My poems Inside Pocket & If I hadn’t been wearing my helmet were selected for this feature. Míle buíochas to Ciaran Carty – editor and long-time supporter of emerging writers. The Irish Independent. January 2022.

Cork Words 2

Delighted that my poem Mentor was chosen for this delectable anthology. A fitting space for my piece which is dedicated to the poet Afric McGlinchey. Curated by Patricia Looney. Cork City Libraries. December 2021.

Cork Poetry in the Park

My poem Inhale was selected for this inspiring showcase. Curated by Patricia Looney of Cork City Library. Exhibited in Ballincollig Regional Park. July 2021.

The Same Page Anthology

A compilation of poetry and prose. Edited, designed, and published by myself and my fellow cohorts of MACW. Front cover artwork Spill my own. September 2021.

Ó Bhéal

Vol XIV. Poem -swallow- selected and published. February 2021.

The Disposable Stories

Short Story The Unsaid published – an ekphrastic exercise curated by Emily Titsworth. Cork. March 2021.

Visual Verse

An international anthology of art and words. One image, one hour, 50-500 words. Prose pieces Bodil, Carrot Top, and PPE selected and published online, an ekphrastic exercise. 2020-2021.

Quarryman VII

My prose and poetry pieces were selected for this UCC literary journal. April 2021.

Amsterdam Quarterly

Short Story Run published in print and online. The Netherlands. December 2020.

Strange Days Books

Eyelands International Flash Fiction Competition. Red shortlisted and published. Greece. June 2019.

Bunker and other Stories

From the Well Short Story Competition. Short story of historical fiction Waves of Life shortlisted and published by Cork County Library. June 2016.

Film Documentary

Shortlisted by Kerry International Film Festival for this narrative-led documentary. I Sea is a visual and audio ode to my father and his experiences of WW2. Kerry Film Festival. 2008.