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    • New Students...
    • SHC X Fighting Words
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    • Poetry Prize 2021
    • Poetry Prize 2020
    • Poetry Prize 2022
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    • SHC Publications
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    • Tiny Masterclasses
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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 2021/22

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 every year. Find out more...

Writing and the City

This year we're sharing new writing in city centre venues, in partnership with Belfast City Council and supported by the Queen's Annual Fund. Find out more...

Pamphlets and Podcasts

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Poetry Pamphlet and Film 2021

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MA Showcase 2021: Prose & Drama (Part 1)

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MA Showcase 2021: Prose & Drama (Part 2)

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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...

Student Showcases and Opportunities
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  • Showcases 2020
  • BBC Storytellers X SHC
  • Writing and the City
  • The Blackbird Anthology 2022
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