🍎 Calling All Secondary School Educators and English Teachers Across Ireland! Do you have students with a passion for writing? This is their chance to see their work published in a national platform! Every year, Fighting Words partners with The Irish Times to showcase exciting, creative, and powerful new writing by young people nationwide. Submissions are officially open for the 2027 Fighting Words Supplement of New Irish Writing. Whether your students write fiction, essays, or poetry, this is an incredible opportunity to boost their confidence, amplify their voices. 🗓️ Deadline: Friday, 13th November. ✨ Format: Short stories, creative prose or poetry. Please share this with your school’s English department, book clubs or Transition Year coordinators. Full submission details, formatting rules and guidelines can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dUhJtVVy... Supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Fighting Words
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Fighting Words helps people of all ages develop writing skills and explore their imaginations. All programming is free.
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Creative writing organisation offering free creative writing workshops and other writing programmes throughout the year to children, teenagers and adults with additional needs at locations around Ireland. Headquartered in Dublin with workshops offered around Ireland. Charities Regulator Number 20069742 For more information, go to www.fightingwords.ie.
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- 11-50 employees
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- Dublin 1, Dublin
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- 2009
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- creative writing, school workshops, and summer camps
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Do you know a creative young person aged 15–18 in Dublin, Belfast, or Cork? Applications are now open for New Narratives! New Narratives is a unique, 100% FREE cross-border playwriting programme running from December 2026 to May 2027! No previous theatre or playwriting experience is required. This is a brilliant opportunity for young people to build confidence, connect with peers across the island and collaborate with theatre practitioners. What can New Narratives participants expect? 🔹 Workshops with experienced playwrights 🔹An overnight residential trip and free theatre excursion 🔹Their original play staged by professional actors and directors 🔹Their work published in a shared collection Please share this with any parents, secondary school teachers, or youth group leaders in your network. And remember - it's free! Application Deadline: Sunday, 8th November Full details and application link: https://lnkd.in/d44JQJu7 A fantastic collaboration between Fighting Words, Fighting Words Northern Ireland and Graffiti Theatre Company, supported by Creative Ireland.
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We are so excited to be part of the Dublin Book Festival again this year. 🙌 At the Story Slam open mic for teens, young writers will share their stories, poems and songs at a super fun session hosted by Dave Rudden - so be part of it and book your tickets below!
Young readers, writers and artists are at the heart of Dublin Book Festival, so we are thrilled to see the return of the Fighting Words Story Slam open mic for teens this year. Last year’s event was so much fun, high energy and jam-packed with talent! And with Dave Rudden at the helm, you know it’s going to be a great afternoon. https://lnkd.in/dJtF7KsJ #DBF26 #DublinBookFestival #OpenMic #TeenWriters #TeenArtists
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On Friday night, we hosted our fourth Culture Night Event: "WeSpeak.ie LIVE: Healing, Hope and Community". Here’s a sneak peek at the event.. and at some of the incredible creative work that came from the process. We were blown away by the spoken word, poetry, stories, manuscripts, paintings, songs and so much more created and shared by the 23 participants who took part in the project. Each person brought their own voice, perspective and creativity to the space. Some took to the stage, some shared their work in other ways and some chose to remain anonymous.. every contribution was valued. Over a series of creative workshops with Fighting Words, participants explored what "healing, hope and community" mean to them, discovering different ways to express their experiences through art and storytelling. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who took part and everyone who joined us on the night with such warmth and kindness. Thank you to Hen's Teeth for hosting us in your beautiful venue, to our ISL interpreters who ensured we had an accessible event, to the Fighting Words facilitators and mentors, our volunteers on the evening and to all our DRCC staff who make our work possible. Thank you for helping us create a space where stories could be shared, creativity could flourish, and survivors’ voices could be heard. 💜 📲If you need support, the 24hr, National Helpline is available for free, confidential, non-judgmental support. ✍Visit WeSpeak.ie or share your story, art or poetry today. Every story matters.
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On Friday night, we hosted our fourth Culture Night Event: "WeSpeak.ie LIVE: Healing, Hope and Community". Here’s a sneak peek at the event.. and at some of the incredible creative work that came from the process. We were blown away by the spoken word, poetry, stories, manuscripts, paintings, songs and so much more created and shared by the 23 participants who took part in the project. Each person brought their own voice, perspective and creativity to the space. Some took to the stage, some shared their work in other ways and some chose to remain anonymous.. every contribution was valued. Over a series of creative workshops with Fighting Words, participants explored what "healing, hope and community" mean to them, discovering different ways to express their experiences through art and storytelling. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who took part and everyone who joined us on the night with such warmth and kindness. Thank you to Hen's Teeth for hosting us in your beautiful venue, to our ISL interpreters who ensured we had an accessible event, to the Fighting Words facilitators and mentors, our volunteers on the evening and to all our DRCC staff who make our work possible. Thank you for helping us create a space where stories could be shared, creativity could flourish, and survivors’ voices could be heard. 💜 📲If you need support, the 24hr, National Helpline is available for free, confidential, non-judgmental support. ✍Visit WeSpeak.ie or share your story, art or poetry today. Every story matters.
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Young readers, writers and artists are at the heart of Dublin Book Festival, so we are thrilled to see the return of the Fighting Words Story Slam open mic for teens this year. Last year’s event was so much fun, high energy and jam-packed with talent! And with Dave Rudden at the helm, you know it’s going to be a great afternoon. https://lnkd.in/dJtF7KsJ #DBF26 #DublinBookFestival #OpenMic #TeenWriters #TeenArtists
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We were so pleased to support the 'Our Special Day' book project with Tosú - new beginnings for people with convictions in Ireland and Shelton Abbey. Developed by writers at Shelton Abbey, the book helps fathers in prison maintain strong relationships with their children. Presented in a creative, child-centred format, it follows a child's first visit to their father after his sentencing. Thank you to the brilliant team who supported the writers: Shane Hegarty, Colm Quearney, Una Ward, Kenny Doyle, Neala Murphy, Mark Davidson, Iryna Avalishvili, Lorcan Brenna and Rosa Devine.
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Last week, we had a great time with fourth-class students from Catherine McAuley National School at the Ogier in Ireland offices. The students began their story in the boardroom, joined by Editor McConkey via Teams. They completed their stories individually in the canteen during a pizza lunch. Their story, featuring a marshmallow and a pickle, impressed our editor and was published both as a booklet and online. We sincerely thank Neasa and the Ogier team for their partnership and warm hospitality. We also appreciate basis.point for their ongoing support, and especially thank the young authors for their outstanding creativity. #FightingWords #WritetoRight
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Today is International Literacy Day and a day to celebrate the writers of Shelton Abbey! It's 2 weeks until we officially launch 'Our Special Day', a creative storybook in which the writers re-cast a child's first visit to Daddy in prison. The book transforms the visit into an adventurous trip to a castle with knights at the gate and a friendly dog to welcome you! The writers imbued the images and words with a lot of love. The creative process, facilitated by Shane Hegarty and supported by Tosú - new beginnings for people with convictions in Ireland's Neala Murphy, was filled with humour and solidarity between dads. And we're grateful to SOLAS (An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna) for the support via the Adult Literacy for life fund. The storybook is a testament to the commitment of the writers to helping other dads in closed prisons who are longing to see their kids while worried about their absence from the family. Please contact us if you'd like to attend the launch of this magical storybook on 22nd September where we will also share our Tosú Annual Report 2025. #tosu #tosunewbeginnings
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Launch of Dromcollogher Voices: Stories From the Town and Around On Thursday 3rd September, Fighting Words staff and interns attended Dromcollogher Culture Night, part of the Dromcollogher Centenary Commemorative Programme. Over several weeks in June, our facilitators had the pleasure of working with the Dromcollogher26 committee, local writers and students from Dromcollogher National School. The result is a fantastic collection of creative works entitled Dromcollogher Voices: Stories From the Town and Around We would like to express our thanks to our brilliant partners at Limerick City and County Council and Limerick Library for their support of this project. #Fightingwords #Dromcollogher26 #WritetoRight
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