Short Story Competition: We are currently taking entries for this year’s New Writing Prize. Competition will close at 5pm on June 30th.
News 16th June 2026
Established in 2022, the €2000 prize, sponsored by Felicity Bryan Associates, is awarded annually to an emerging fiction writer published in the magazine during the previous year. Rosa’s winning story ‘Breathwork’ was published in our Summer 2025 issue.
News 20th May 2026
Join us on June 9th for an in conversation event with Danielle McLaughlin and Caitriona Lally discussing their recent books and writing life.
News 19th May 2026
We’re inviting visual artists living on the island of Ireland to submit work to be considered for future covers of our magazine.
News 13th April 2026
News 3rd April 2026
‘Non-fiction has the power to change the world and I can't think of a time—in recent memory—when the necessity of doing things differently has felt more immediate.’
News 5th November 2025
Ellen Flanagan has won the Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize for her short story ‘A Typical Barbie’.
News 18th September 2025
The winning story ‘Missing the Eclipse’ was published in our Summer 2024 issue.
News 21st May 2025
News 11th February 2025
The Stinging Fly Online Seminar Series 2025 includes seminars from K Patrick, Akhil Sharma, Susannah Dickey, Sarah Moss and Ross Raisin.
News 18th December 2024
News 30th October 2024
Roisin Kiberd announced as the new non-fiction editor.
News 10th July 2024
News 12th April 2024
News 14th March 2024
JC Niala awarded bursary for her translation of ‘The Mighty Bahari’ from the original Swahili.
News 27th February 2024
News 19th December 2023
News 18th December 2023
News 7th November 2023
News 19th September 2023
News 15th September 2023
News 7th September 2023
News 28th August 2023
We're inviting artists to submit potential cover art for our magazine.
News 1st July 2023
The Sligo author was awarded the €2000 prize for his “eerie” debut story, ‘The Afterlife’, described by the judges as an “uncanny, expertly controlled, chilling fable”.
News 25th May 2023
We are delighted to introduce two additional online workshops to this year's summer school programme, aimed at people who have only recently started writing fiction. Application deadline: May 3rd, 11:59pm!
News 21st April 2023
‘Reaching beyond Maurice’s work in search of an analogy, the closest I can think of is that of the painter Paul Klee. There’s the same curiosity as to what the medium can do, a similar interest in small effects writ large, a shared fascination with the compositions of those often thought below serious consideration.’
News 14th March 2023
We are delighted to announce that The Stinging Fly is partnering with Chinese literary journal, One-way Street, on its exciting New Voice project.
News 25th January 2023
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