​Sponsored by Mill Cove Gallery

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Poets Meet Painters is a competition organized by Mill Cove Gallery for original, previously unpublished poems in English, inspired by the paintings featured on the website: www.kenmareartsfestival.com.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

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Judges:

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

 

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

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