The Stinging Fly
@stingingfly
Magazine for new writers, new writing – first published in March 1998. Now also doing books, workshops, seminars, podcast, etc. Supported by the Arts Council.
Excited to announce this year’s line-up of brilliant writers who will lead our three 6-month fiction workshops. Concession rate for writers on low income - also one free place available on each workshop. Applications are open now and will close on July 22 at 5pm. Please share.…
The deadline for applications to our 6-month fiction writing workshops is today at 5pm!
Have you applied for our 2025-26 Fiction Workshops yet? If not, there is less than one week left. Applications for all three workshops will be accepted until 5pm (Irish time) on Tuesday July 22nd 2025. We are particularly interested in receiving applications for the in-person…
Have you applied for our 2025-26 Fiction Workshops yet? If not, there is less than one week left. Applications for all three workshops will be accepted until 5pm (Irish time) on Tuesday July 22nd 2025. We are particularly interested in receiving applications for the in-person…
NEW: on this month's episode, host @nicoleflattery is joined by James Hudson @townmice to read from and discuss his story ‘Dog Story’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of @stingingfly Issue 52 Volume Two. Listen 🔗 stingingfly.org/podcast/james-…
Applications for our 6-month fiction workshops are currently open. Two weeks to go. Please share widely. stingingfly.org/workshops/
Excited to announce this year’s line-up of brilliant writers who will lead our three 6-month fiction workshops. Concession rate for writers on low income - also one free place available on each workshop. Applications are open now and will close on July 22 at 5pm. Please share.…
Apply apply apply - it's mega!
Applications for our 6-month fiction workshops are currently open. Two weeks to go. Please share widely. stingingfly.org/workshops/
Tomorrow! There are a few tickets left for this free webinar.
Our next @Bruneluni publishing webinar is Thurs 10th - Submitting your Work to Literary Journals with Lisa McInerney from @stingingfly, @_josiemitchell from @GrantaMag and Jamie Cameron from @TheLondonMag - please register here to join us: eventbrite.com/e/submitting-t…
The praise keeps pouring in for Every One Still Here, this time from @thetimes. The collection is out now in UK from @GrantaBooks & forthcoming in US with @fsgbooks “The writing here is stark, unflinching, bald. It feels genuinely new. I get the feeling that Ní Chuinn would…
A reminder that you can find us on Instagram: instagram.com/stingingfly/ And Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/stingi…
Our next @Bruneluni publishing webinar is Thurs 10th - Submitting your Work to Literary Journals with Lisa McInerney from @stingingfly, @_josiemitchell from @GrantaMag and Jamie Cameron from @TheLondonMag - please register here to join us: eventbrite.com/e/submitting-t…
Great to see this fantastic review for Every One Still Here in the Guardian today. The collection is out now across England, Scotland and Wales with @GrantaBooks, which means more readers for Liadan Ní Chuinn’s brilliant and important work. Book is also forthcoming in US with…
NEW on our website, a new short story by Juliana Adelman "I remember hearing the screams of the jumpers as I gathered greasy paper plates and empty crisp packets. The lake stays cold all year round, colder than the sea, so even in the middle of a heatwave the water is a shock.…
NEW on our website, a new essay by CAMILLA GRUDOVA, part of our ongoing series of reflection on the writing life edited by Olivia Fitzsimons (@oneflawediris) "The problem with writing money is you never know. It doesn’t follow the normal rules of other jobs where it arrives on a…
🇵🇸 Join us on Sunday at 5pm for this conversation with Fatena Al-Ghorra! ✨ We'll be exploring the role of language, storytelling and feminist resistance in times of oppression and resilience 💪 Full Gaza Remains The Story exhibition info ⏩ eventbrite.ie/e/gaza-remains…