On this Poetry Day Ireland, The Stony Thursday Book is once again seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in late-Autumn 2023. The Stony Thursday Book is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and this will be its 45th edition, No.19 in the new series, funded by The Arts Council & Limerick City and County Council.
On this Poetry Day Ireland, The Stony Thursday Book is once again seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in late-Autumn 2023. The Stony Thursday Book is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and this will be its 45th edition, No.19 in the new series, funded by The Arts Council & Limerick City and County Council. The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975. The Limerick Arts Office, Limerick City and County Council, is delighted to announce that this year's Editor of the Stony Thursday Poetry Book is poet and writer Christodoulos Makris, “one of Ireland’s leading contemporary explorers of experimental poetics” (The RTÉ Poetry Programme). The Editor is particularly interested in the potential of poetry, and welcomes submissions in experimental, innovative, unconventional or pioneering forms.
Christodoulos Makris said:
"I'm honoured to be asked to edit this year's 45th edition of The Stony Thursday Book. A mainstay in Limerick's - and Ireland's - poetry publishing landscape for decades, its constantly changing face, aided by the radical practice of a rotating editorship, both reflects and encourages engagement with poetry's constantly evolving concerns, forms and possibilities. I look forward to making my mark on this remarkable project, which ultimately depends on the generous contribution of new work from the diversity of poets writing in Limerick and elsewhere, within and beyond Ireland, as well as the vision and support of Limerick City and County Council Arts Office."
Christodoulos Makris’ latest book of poetry is Contemporaneous Brand Strategy Document, published by Veer Books in March 2023. It Reeks of Radio, the result of his commissioned creative engagement with the RTÉ Radio archives held at University College Dublin, is forthcoming with BLR Editions (UCD). Awards include a project commission from Irish Museum of Modern Art (2017), Writer in Residence at Maynooth University (2018-19), and a Literature Project Award from the Arts Council of Ireland (2020).
Further information on how to submit see Here