Western Writers Centre Welcomes International Stories and Poems

international | arts and media | press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 18:03 by Fred Johnston - Manager - Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - Galway

Stories and poems in French, Irish and English Welcome.

The Western Writers' Centre website at www.twwc.ie welcomes stories and poems for publication in English, French as well as Irish. Already the site carries a number of works from around the globe; but manager Fred Johnston, who himself translates stories and poems from French into English and received a Prix de l'Ambassade to work on the poetry of Michel Martin, would like to see the actual languages change.

"We need to reach into Europe, we need to bring back writing which reflects the new Europe and the new world we live and write in," he says. "This work will, in turn, one hopes, improve our own literary perspectives."

Short stories should be no longer than 6,000 words and only six poems at a time will be considered from the same author. Johnston, who teaches Creative Writing at NUI, Galway as part of the Continuing Learning programme, is concerned to receive new writing by new authors. But there is one pertinent condition. The Western Writers' Centre will NOT respond to any e-mail contributions which do not also contain a verifiable address and 'phone number.

Submissions should be sent to: westernwriters@eircom.net

Further details may be obtained from 091.526915 or westernwriters@eircom.net