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    • Ireland Chair of Poetry
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    • Writing Groups
    • New Students...
    • SHC X Fighting Words
    • Hear from Alumni
  • First Collection Poetry Prize
    • Poetry Prize 2025
    • Poetry Prize 2024
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    • Poetry Prize 2022
    • Poetry Prize 2021
    • Poetry Prize 2020
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Student Showcases and Opportunities

Our graduates go on to do wonderful things and we’re proud to be able to give them a platform in the early days of their careers. Each year we produce a series of Student Showcases of poetry, prose and script, alongside masterclasses designed to support a professional life of writing.

Some of our showcase projects run as one off or annual events, while some are ongoing throughout the year. All students at the Seamus Heaney Centre are encouraged to participate, and bring their own ideas for events and projects forward. 

Open Calls

The Friday Critique

Flash-criticism of new works by new writers. Find out more...

The Saturday Matinee

Film reviews in partnership with Queen's Film Theatre. Find out more....

BBC Storytellers

New short stories by our writers, commissioned and produced for BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sounds. Find out more about this year's Open Call...

Tiny Masterclasses

Introducing ideas and exercises for younger readers and writers, in partnership with Fighting Words NI. Find out more...

Notions

Our writers explain theories and share ideas, in five minutes or less. Watch here....

Projects and Partnerships

BBC Storytellers

Short stories by Seamus Heaney Centre writers, broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sounds...

Ekphrasis at the Ulster Museum

We explore art through writing at the Ulster Museum, with gallery tours, curator insights and an annual pamphlet of student writing. Find out more...

Belfast Book Festival Volunteer Team

Our friends at the Belfast Book Festival need exceptional volunteers with a passion for literature. More info coming soon...

FWNI Volunteer
Fighting Words Writing Mentor

Our students are offered free training every year so they can become a Writing Mentor with Fighting Words NI, and help young writers tell their stories. Contact shc@qub.ac.uk or visit...

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