The opening page of my memoir made this longlist! Title - Twenty-eight to Forty. A Memoir. https://www.retreatwest.co.uk/best-opening-page-competition-longlist/
Author: Shell
Kilmore Quay Write by the Sea Literary Festival
The Shortlist https://writebythesea.ie/2020-writing-competition-shortlist/ I made the memoir shortlist. Na Scealga. Delighted.
Kylemore Abbey Writing Retreat
More treat than retreat frankly. Kylemore Abbey Notre Dame Global Centre A place to write by the lake Reflections in more ways than one.
A Page from my Life
Pendemic Preservation and the President
http://pendemic.ie/take-care-a-poem-by-president-of-ireland-uachtaran-na-heireann-michael-d-higgins/ Very proud to have contributed to this site back in the scary, early lockdown days of March. Delighted it is to be archived, a written record of this time. And to be in such stellar company as the President of Ireland who also happens to be a poet. http://pendemic.ie/category/journal/page/8/
Athens Insider Again
Athens Insider
Bloomin’ marvellous!
A Bloomsday Shortlist
A lovely competition run by the Irish Embassy in Greece. Honoured to be on a shortlist of ten from a high number of international entries especially on the day that's in it.
The Cabinet of Heed Literary Journal
'Isolation.' A stream of consciousness piece about the times we are living in. https://cabinetofheed.com/2020/04/15/stream-of-consciousness-drawer-four/