Cover of Washing Windows IV featuring artwork showing a woman by a lake reaching up to a tree surrounded by wild flowers, daffodils, and reeds
Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry will be launched with readings by contributors on Saturday May 4th at the brilliant Strokestown International Poetry Festival.
Thanks to editors Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor for including my poem “I Left My Womb In Napoli” in Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry.
The Holy Cows Panel is truly grateful and overwhelmed with such a wealth of work from all across the world. The call out received an astonishing response with hundreds of individuals submitting beautiful writing, poetry, and visual art exploring themes of the Sacred Feminine, Brigid, and the Heritage of Kildare.
The submissions window is now closed! We will spend the next few weeks continuing to read and examine your work with the care it deserves. Expect to hear back from the panel by March 15th.
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We are looking for personal responses to the theme of the sacred feminine, Brigid and the heritage of Kildare. The anthology will be published by Arlen House and launched at Kildare Readers Festival October 2024 as part of Brigid 1500 Celebrations. We hope this anthology will become a source book and a tonic. All genres of writing and visual art welcome. Collaborative submissions also welcome.
Be honest; tell your truth. Crash the clichés! Surprise us.
Submission Guidelines: Please read and follow the below guidelines carefully!
How to submit:
Submit unpublished work (online or otherwise) by email to HolyCowsRedBook@gmail.com as an attachment.
All submissions are read anonymously so please do not have any personal identifiers on your manuscript or art work.(any work that does can not be considered for the anthology)
Please put Poetry or Prose or Visual Art in the subject title – as appropriate to your work.
Include a brief 50-word biography in the body of your email.
What to submit:
Prose: up to 2,000 words, in .doc, .docx, or pdf.
Poetry: up to 3 poems (no longer than 40 lines, excluding title) in .doc, .docx, or pdf.
Visual Art: submissions in jpeg. 2MB; 300 dpi; minimum 2000 pixels in width and height.
When to submit: Submissions will be accepted between Monday 22nd January and Monday 12th February 2024 only. No work can be considered outside these dates.
Submissions Response:
All submissions will be acknowledged by email.
Successful applicants will be informed by email before Friday 15th March 2024.
The decision of the editorial panel is final.
The editorial panel is not in a position to enter into correspondence about submissions or to give any feedback.
Successful applicants will receive a small fee for their work and one paperback copy of the anthology.
Shauna Gilligan Writer 