The Holy Cows Panel is truly grateful and overwhelmed with such a wealth of work from all across the world. The call out received an astonishing response with hundreds of individuals submitting beautiful writing, poetry, and visual art exploring themes of the Sacred Feminine, Brigid, and the Heritage of Kildare.
The submissions window is now closed! We will spend the next few weeks continuing to read and examine your work with the care it deserves. Expect to hear back from the panel by March 15th.
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We are looking for personal responses to the theme of the sacred feminine, Brigid and the heritage of Kildare. The anthology will be published by Arlen House and launched at Kildare Readers Festival October 2024 as part of Brigid 1500 Celebrations. We hope this anthology will become a source book and a tonic. All genres of writing and visual art welcome. Collaborative submissions also welcome.
Submission Guidelines: Please read and follow the below guidelines carefully!
How to submit:
Submit unpublished work (online or otherwise) by email to HolyCowsRedBook@gmail.com as an attachment.
All submissions are read anonymously so please do not have any personal identifiers on your manuscript or art work.(any work that does can not be considered for the anthology)
Please put Poetry or Prose or Visual Art in the subject title – as appropriate to your work.
Include a brief 50-word biography in the body of your email.
What to submit:
Prose: up to 2,000 words, in .doc, .docx, or pdf.
Poetry: up to 3 poems (no longer than 40 lines, excluding title) in .doc, .docx, or pdf.
Visual Art: submissions in jpeg. 2MB; 300 dpi; minimum 2000 pixels in width and height.
When to submit: Submissions will be accepted between Monday 22nd January and Monday 12th February 2024 only. No work can be considered outside these dates.
Submissions Response:
All submissions will be acknowledged by email.
Successful applicants will be informed by email before Friday 15th March 2024.
The decision of the editorial panel is final.
The editorial panel is not in a position to enter into correspondence about submissions or to give any feedback.
Successful applicants will receive a small fee for their work and one paperback copy of the anthology.
Tearing Stripes off Zebras is an anthology of new literary writing by thirty-three women who, at one time or another, have participated in the WEB writers’ group, which grew out of a series of creative writing workshops facilitated by Eavan Boland in the 1980s. The workshops were the brainchild of Arlen House founder Catherine Rose, who appointed Eavan Boland as Creative Director.
This anthology of new poetry, prose and drama, edited by Nessa O’Mahony, is dedicated to the memory of Eavan Boland.
Tearing Stripes off Zebras: Forty Years of Women Writing In Ireland edited by Nessa O’Mahony cover image with art by Mary Burke showing a glass door opening into a house with shades of blue.
Shauna Gilligan Writer 