Latest News from Write By the Sea
The Competition Portal is Open!
Our 2021 Writing Competition portal is now open for entries. We're offering €1,000 in prizes plus trophies! The categories are poetry, short story and memoir and you can submit as many entries as you like. We can't wait to read your work! to enter, click on Writing...
A Masterclass from acclaimed Colombian Novelist, Jorge Franco
Join Jorge Franco for an enthralling Write by the Sea Masterclass on 13 March 2021. Journey with him as he explains how his native Columbia influences his approach to his characters, themes, narrative and voice. In return, Jorge will challenge you to explore the...
The 2021 Writing Competition is Here
Top prize €500 plus two category prizes of €250. It's time to write - our competition is opening soon! While we are still buzzing with excitement from last year’s competition, Write by the Sea is ready to set sail with the 2021 writing competition! As these chilly...
Give a Book on Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine's Day... Support our writers during these challenging times. Give a gift of a book on February 14th and win someone's heart.
2021 Festival News
Welcome to 2021. As Emily Dickinson famously said, "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" and here at Write by The Sea, firmly perched in our souls is the fervent hope that we will stage our 2021 festival from 24-26 September with a live audience....
Happy Christmas from Write by the Sea
Well, what a year it has been for the arts and for Write by the Sea Kilmore Quay. We are grateful to all those who helped us to keep the festival flame alight in 2020. Thanks to our writers and artists who joined us in our Zoom Room to Write to deliver memorable...
Candlelit Tales Replay
Spooky Stories from Candlelit Tales At Halloween Write by the Sea Literary Festival brought you a very special online event. Celebrating the ancient Irish festival of Samhain/Halloween through exciting stories from Irish mythology and folklore. We are delighted to be...
Eleanor McEvoy: When Songs are More Than Words – 5th December 2020, 11:00-13:00
Join us in the Zoom Room on Saturday 5th December for a magical session on Lyric Writing with Ireland's premier songwriter, Eleanor McEvoy: Tickets are only €10 and are available here:...
Write by the Sea presents: Christine Dwyer Hickey – Masterclass on Aspects of the Novel, 14 November 2020 at 11:00 hours.
Join us on the 14th of November for what promises to be another great Write by the Sea masterclass. See you there! https://christine-dwyer-hickey-masterclass.eventbrite.ie
Poetry Workshop with Paula Meehan, 17th October, 11:00-14:00
Write by the Sea is delighted to announce the next workshop in its popular Zoom Room to Write Series. Join award-winning, internationally acclaimed poet, Paula Meehan for a unique morning of poetry when you will have the chance to share ideas and ask questions in a...
A Celebration of New Writing – 21 October 2020
*Please note that due to current Covid-19 restrictions, this event will now take place via Zoom. Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 8.00 pm: A Celebration of New Writing from Wexford and Beyond. Join us online, for live readings of the winning Short Story, Memoir and Poem...
Spooky Halloween Stories from “Candlelit Tales”, 31 October 2020 at 5.00pm
*Please note that due to current Covid-19 restrictions this event will now take place via Zoom Saturday 31 October 2020: Write by the Sea Literary Festival brings you a very special online event to beat the Covid-19 blues and help both young and the young at...
Congratulations to the winners of our 2020 Writing Competition
The category winners of our 2020 writing competition were announced by Colm Tóibín in a special Festival edition of our Room to Write series. The judges were impressed by the particularly high standard of entries this year. Congratulations to our three category...
Colm Tóibín to lead “Festival Edition” Zoom Room to Write, 26th of September, 2020
Write by the Sea is delighted to welcome internationally-renowned author Colm Tóibín to lead the "Festival Edition" of its popular Zoom Room to Write series. Join us for a golden opportunity to meet Colm Tóibín live on Zoom on Saturday the 26th of September 2020. Colm...
2020 Writing Competition Shortlist
Write by The Sea is delighted to announce the 2020 Writing Competition Shortlist for our three categories: Poetry, Memoir, and Short Story. Congratulations to all who have made it to the shortlist. Note: We received almost 300 competition entries and multiple entries...
Announcing the Zoom Room to Write with Cat Hogan, Saturday, 18th July 10:00-12:00
Ready, Steady, Write. Write by the Sea is delighted to welcome Cat Hogan to lead our next Zoom Room to Write workshop. In this two-hour online session, award nominated novelist and scriptwriter Cat will take you through three elements of the writing process and how to...
Join the Zoom Room to Write with Jackie Hayden on Sat 20 June
Room to Write - Memoir writing Workshop “Write Here Write Now” is the title of the next Write by the Sea Literary Festival’s Room to Write Workshop that music journalist, editor and author Jackie Hayden will facilitate by Zoom on Sat 20 June (10:00 am – 11:30...
Colm Tóibín to take part in Rescheduled Write By The Sea 2020/21 from 24th to 26th September 2021
Acclaimed Writer Colm Tóibín for rescheduled Kilmore Quay Literary Festival 2020/21 (We have updated this blog following our festival rescheduling announcement) The Write By The Sea Literary Festival is delighted to announce that it will feature Colm Tóibín, one...
Write By The Sea 2020 Writing Competition – Now Open
Top Prize €500 and Two Category Prizes of €250 In keeping with Kilmore Quay’s maritime location and traditions, the general competition theme is ‘Waves’ and all entries must relate to this theme. There are three competition categories: 1. Fiction Short Story...
Our Early Birds Just Got earlier!
Due to popular demand our Early Bird tickets will now go on sale on the earlier date of 31st of March. Sweep down and scoop up a weekend Write by the Sea Festival ticket at a reduced price. We'll bring you news of our full line up when our programme has fully...
Early Bird Tickets 2020
Write By The Sea Early Bird Tickets will go on sale at the end of April 2020. We're busy putting the programme together and we'll have some surprises about the line up to announce soon. We can't wait!
Room To Write is off to a Flying 2020 Start
The first Room to Write of 2020 took place in the Stella Maris Centre on Saturday the 11th of January. Buoyed up by New Year’s Resolutions to simply make time to write this year, the enthusiastic writers were guided by our skilful Resident Facilitator Fintan Murphy....
Room to Write – a Masterclass from Margaret Galvin
Linked to our Write By The Sea festival, Room to Write takes place in the Stella Maris Centre, Kilmore Quay on the second Saturday of every month. Every quarter we feature a guest facilitator and on the 14th of December 2019, acclaimed Wexford poet Margaret Galvin led...
Happy Christmas
Christmas Greetings from the Write By The Sea crew to you, our funders, sponsors, writers, volunteers and supporters. What began as a spark of inspiration in our small community has now become a vibrant annual literary festival with a national and international...