​Submissions for Poets Meet Painters 2025 Open Until 7 July 2025

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Sponsored by Mill Cove Gallery and PFK Goldsmiths Kenmare

Telephone   064 6640780         All enquires to poetsmeetpainters@gmail.com

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Poets Meet Painters is a competition organized by Mill Cove Gallery for original, previously unpublished poems in English, inspired by the paintings featured on the website: www.kenmareartsfestival.com.

Poems can be in any style and must not exceed 30 lines.

 

Eligibility: Open to poets of all ages, genders, and nationalities.

Submission Deadline: 7 July 2025

Notification of Selected Poems: On or before Monday, 28 July 2025

Awards Presentation & Readings: 10 August 2025, 6:30pm, Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

Selected poems will be read and published in the anthology Poets Meet Painters 2025.

 

Prizes: Winner: €600    2nd Place: €300   Third place: €100

 

Submission Fee: €10 for one or two poems (Administration Charge €1.00)*

* There is no administration charge if you submit directly to Mill Cove Gallery

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Judges:

Robert Mohr (Principal Judge), Pamela Muller, John W. Sexton, Eileen Sheehan

 

How to Enter

Pay your fee online at www.millcovegallery.com, or by cheque/postal order (in euros only), or via bank transfer.

Submit your poems: Online at www.millcovegallery.com

By email (as Word attachments or in the email body) with your entry form to: poetsmeetpainters@gmail.com

By post (see address in Rule 14)

 

 Rules & Privacy Policy for Poets meet Painters

 

1. Poems must be in English, unpublished, and not accepted for future publication elsewhere before the competition results.

2. Maximum length: 30 lines (excluding title). Single-spaced, typed.

3. Up to two poems may be submitted per entry. Fee: €10.

4. Online/email submissions preferred. Postal submissions must be on separate sheets with no author name on the poem.

5. Author's name and contact details must appear on the entry form.

6. Winners and commended poets will be notified by email or text.

7. Winning/commended poems will be read at the Carnegie Arts Centre and published in the competition anthology.

8. Results will be posted on www.millcovegallery.com and www.kenmareartsfestival.com.

9. Poems will not be returned. Keep a copy.

10. Personal information will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations.

11. By entering, you agree to be contacted with competition results.

12. Copyright remains with the author. By submitting, you grant Mill Cove Gallery the right to publish and present the work.

13. Entries are anonymized before judging. Judges’ decisions are final.

14. Postal entries: Poets Meet Painters, Mill Cove Gallery, 21 Main Street, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, V93 X4DX

15. Email entries: poetsmeetpainters@gmail.com

16. Submission of entries implies acceptance of these terms.

17. Mill Cove Gallery reserves the right to disqualify entries deemed libellous or legally problematic. Entry fees are non-refundable.

 

About the Judges

Robert Mohr, Ph.D. – Based in Wicklow, specializes in Anglo-Irish and American poetry. Author of How to Write: Tools for the Craft. Founding figure behind the Open Window Gallery, Rathmines.

 

Pamela Muller – Born in South Africa in 1958, she has lived in Southwest Ireland since 1978. She has been writing poetry for over 20 years. Her early work appears in Perspectives (2005), Since then, she has won poetry prizes and been widely published, including her collection ’New Soil’ (2024). 

  

John W. Sexton – Poet in the Aisling tradition with seven collections, including Visions at Templeglantine. Recipient of the Listowel Poetry Prize and a Kavanagh Fellowship.

 

Eileen Sheehan – Killarney-based poet whose work was featured on the Leaving Certificate English syllabus. Widely published and former Bealtaine Writer in Residence at the Seanchaí Kerry Writers’ Museum.

 

 All enquires to poetsmeetpainters@gmail.com

 

Key Dates to Remember

Submission Deadline: Submit your entry form, fee, and poems by 5:00 PM on Monday, 7 July 2025

Notification of Selected Entries: On or before Monday, 28 July 2025

Anthology Publication: Poets Meet Painters 2025 – featuring selected poems

Awards Presentation & Readings: 10 August 2025 at 6:30 PM - Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare. Featuring readings of the winning and commended poems