Come say hi to us at We Love Markets this Sunday at The Digital Hub 🌞 The July edition of the market is part of the amazing Liberties Festival, one of the oldest community festivals in Ireland🎉 What to expect: books and magazines📚 hot food🍲 live DJ🎧 Container Coffee Dublin☕ See you there!

Our Summer School just wrapped up🌞🎊 We hope all the writers who attended had a productive & enjoyable experience🌸🌟 If you are looking for an opportunity to dedicate more time to your fiction project, our 6-Month Fiction Workshops are open for applications for 1 week stingingfly.org/6-month-work...

NEW on our website: A short story by Max Lury, ‘The Milgrams’ “We resented the fact that she thought we would be impressed by Doug. And we also resented that we were, maybe, impressed by Doug.” Read the full story stingingfly.org/2026/07/16/t...

Thanks to judges, Sarah Moss, Romalyn Ante, WN Herbert, Michael Mullen & Yomi Ṣode Tara Bergin is from Dublin. Her first poetry collection, This is Yarrow, was published by Carcanet in 2013 and was awarded the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize, & Shine/Strong Award.

We heartily congratulate Tara Bergin on being shortlisted for the 2026 Forward Prize for Poetry, in the category: Best Single Poem—Written 🏆 Tara's poem was one of two published in Issue 52, Summer 2025. order your copy of the Summer 2025 issue📚 stingingfly.org/product/summ...

Just over a week to apply for the 6-month fiction workshops 📬 Workshop Leaders 2026/27: Cathy Sweeney, Colin Barrett, Jan Carson, Mary Morrissy, Roisín O'Donnell & Danielle McLaughlin✨ 4 free places available thanks to Arts Council & our Friends/donors💚 stingingfly.org/6-month-work...

NEW PODCAST Thomas Morris joins host Nicole to read from & discuss his story ‘Notes on Contributors’, in Issue 54 The Stinging Fly magazine They talk about how writers discuss their writing routine and about the benefit of maintaining mystery and ambiguity in writing stingingfly.org/podcast/tom-...

TWO MORE WEEKS TO APPLY ✒️ We are offering four 6-month fiction workshops this year Deadline: Thursday July 23rd, 5pm (Irish Time) The 2026-27 workshops will be led by Cathy Sweeney, Colin Barrett, Jan Carson, Mary Morrissy, Danielle McLaughlin & Roisín O’Donnell stingingfly.org/6-month-work...

30% OFF FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ONLY🌞📚🏖️ Kick off your summer reading with our new offer, for a limited time only. Get 30% off any book or magazine until Tuesday 30th June ⏰ Use the code Summer_Reading_2026 at checkout🛒 stingingfly.org/shop/

ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENJOY OUR SUMMER READING OFFER🌞🌞🌞⛱️⛱️⛱️🌅🌅🌅📚📚📚 Our books & magazines are the perfect companion for a day at the beach or lounging by the pool🏖️ Get 20% off any book or magazine until Tuesday 30th June. Use the code Summer_Reading_2026 at checkout stingingfly.org/shop/

3.) Thomas Morris is the award-winning author of the story collections We Don’t Know What We’re Doing and Open Up 4.) Mary Dunne is an emerging writer from Westmeath, whose work can be found in ROPES and Banshee 📍University College Cork 🔗Get tickets www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the...

1.) Chetna Maroo is the Booker Prize-listed author of Western Lane. 2.) Thomas Morris is the award-winning author of the story collections We Don’t Know What We’re Doing and Open Up.

There's less than a week to go until the unique collaborative event between The Stinging Fly x @bansheepress.bsky.social at @corkmidsummer.bsky.social on Saturday, 20th June🎊🌞 In the meantime, lets meet the four writers who will be sharing new writing in response to Seán Mac Erlaine's music 🎤🎵

The 2026 Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize is now open @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social The aim of the award each year is to discover, promote and encourage the talents of new, undiscovered voices in Irish writing. Deadline: Tuesday 30 June, 5pm. Apply Here: stingingfly.org/news/the-iri...

Need some great holiday reads? Our summer reading offer continues for the rest of June so you can stock up on our books & magazines for your summer holiday 🌞 Get 20% off any book or magazine until Tuesday 30th June ✨ Use the code Summer_Reading_2026 at checkout📚 stingingfly.org/shop/

An excellent read for the weekend✨ Dane Holt's new short story 'Nor in Deep' ‘He brings his bottom lip over his top lip and makes it touch his small nose. It makes him look older somehow and like he’s disappointed in me.’ Read the full story: stingingfly.org/2026/06/04/n...

Gustav Parker Hibbett reviews Salvage: Readings from the Wreck by Dionne Brand @fsgbooks.bsky.social “Salvage is no exception. It arrives—meticulously, tenderly, wryly—to address a dishonesty, a bad-faith elision in Euro-America’s relationship to its own literature.” stingingfly.org/review/salva...

NEW | Gustav Parker Hibbett reviews Salvage: Readings from the Wreck by Dionne Brand. "Part of the joy Salvage gives me is in Brand’s centring of the perspective of a ‘reader like [her]’, which returns me to the making of my own reading self." Read the full review: stingingfly.org/review/salva...

This one-off event will feature new writing and improvised music, with writers from The Stinging Fly and Banshee responding to music by multi-instrumentalist and composer Seán Mac Erlaine Writers: Chetna Maroo, Billy Ramsell, Mary Dunne and Thomas Morris Sat 20th June, 5pm at UCC Granary Theatre

There are just five days left to register for the next event in our Second Tuesday Series🦋 The series is intended to offer writers a space to gather, share their experiences, and learn from one another 🌸 Register for free: stingingfly.org/news/second-...

NEW FICTION | 'Nor in Deep' by Dane Holt is now available on our website ‘Once, when Jenny called me from the hospital I stood there listening to the sounds of the A&E department behind her—the different frequencies of beep—and felt the most relaxed I’d ever felt.' stingingfly.org/2026/06/04/n...

It's the perfect time to start stocking up for your summer reading needs 🌞✨ Use the coupon code on our website: Summer_Reading_2026 Offer ends on Tuesday 30th June stingingfly.org/shop/

Judging were novelist & short story writer Yan Ge, Stinging Fly contributing editor and author Danny Denton and FBA agent, Carrie Plitt. The panel was chaired by programme manager, Eoin Rogers. "Breathwork is an example of how the best short stories are their own contained world.” 📸Patrick Fleming

Rosa’s winning story, Breathwork appeared in Issue 52 Volume Two, published in May 2025. stingingfly.org/product/summ... Rosa was announced as the winner of the award at the launch event for our Summer 2026 issue at @ilfdublin.bsky.social last Saturday. stingingfly.org/product/summ...

We are delighted to announce Rosa Mäkelä as the 2026 winner of The Stinging Fly/FBA Fiction Prize🎉 Along with a €2000 prize, sponsored by Felicity Bryan Associates, the 2026 prize include a 1-week residency at The Mill France, a writing retreat in rural France stingingfly.org/news/rosa-ma...

Tomorrow is the launch of our Summer 2026 Issue. Join us for this exciting celebration featuring contributor readings, conversation and a DJ session by Siobhan Kane. When: Saturday, 20th May, 8pm Where: The Synge Tent, Merrion Square Park Tickets: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes... 📸Ger Holland

Five Days to Go ✒️ We are currently accepting submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry for our Winter 2026-27 issue until May 20th, 5pm. Poets writing in the Irish language are invited to submit their work for the Comhchealg section of the magazine. stingingfly.org/submissions/

Our Summer 2026 issue is now available to order on our website 🌞 Thanks to all our contributors for trusting us with their words, and to our brilliant editorial team for putting together another magnificent magazine issue✨ Orders will be sent out May 18th onwards📮 stingingfly.org/product/summ...

TWO DAYS TO GO until our Summer 2026 Issue Launch in partnership with @ilfdublin.bsky.social🌞 The event will feature our brilliant contributor readings & a special DJ set by Siobhan Kane responding to our cover artist Diarmuid Breen’s evocative painting🎶 🎨 Book now: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

Join us for Summer 2026 Issue Launch this Saturday in partnership with @ilfdublin.bsky.social sky.social 🎪🌞🍦 The event will feature contributor readings / DJ session by Siobhan Kane / announcement of the winner of 2026 Stinging Fly & FBA Fiction Prize Book your tixs: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...