Little Fires of Brigid Poetry Competition 2025

To honour St. Brigid’s Day and the Bank Holiday in Ireland celebrating Lá Fhéile Bríde, Drawn to the Light Press is pleased to announce the second Little Fires of Brigid Poetry Competition. The competition is now open and closes on Sunday, 19th January 2025 at midnight. Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or ‘mother saint’) of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba.

1) Send poems to orla.a.fay@gmail.com using the subject line Little Fires of Brigid Poetry Competition 2025. Poems should be 40 lines or less and previously unpublished.

2) Poems should be on the theme of Brigid, Spirituality, Nature, Spring, Fire and Renewal. 

3) Poems are judged anonymously and the poet’s name must not appear on the poems themselves. Details should be included on a separate page or in the body of the email.

4) There is an entry fee of €10 for a single poem entry. Poets may submit as many poems as they wish. Please include your PayPal reference number in your entry email. Those who wish to enter by post may do so by contacting the email address above. 

The overall judge is poet and editor Orla Fay. Orla’s first full collection, ‘Word Skin’, was published by Salmon poetry in December 2023. She is the author of the chapbooks, ‘Drawn to the Light’, ‘What Became of the Horses’ and ‘Olde Songs for Sarah’. She is a former editor of ‘Boyne Berries’ and the founding editor of ‘Drawn to the Light Press’. Orla is a Poetry Town laureate for Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath. She holds a MA in Digital Arts and Humanities. Her poetry has been widely published and has won, or been placed in several competitions.

The winning poet will receive €250 and their poem will be published in Issue 14 of Drawn to the Light Press. A runner-up will also have their poem published in this February Issue. 

Winners will be announced on Monday, 3rd February 2025. 

Enter here https://drawntothelightpress.com/little-fires-of-brigid-poetry-competition/