Brain of Forgetting

This project is believed to be defunct. (October 2016)

About

Brain of Forgetting is an international journal of English-language poetry and short fiction that aims to negotiate the boundaries between past and present, creative imagination and historic record, lyricism and bare-boned data. The title is drawn from the Irish legend of Cenn Fáelad, who lost his 'brain of forgetting' when his skull was split open by a sword-blow in battle. Cenn Fáelad developed a photographic memory for historical and legal information, which he wrote out in verse and prose on tablets. The human (mis)understanding of history is not only susceptible to forgetting, but also a natural tendency to impose a narrative structure on the past and invest it with meanings determined by the present. Even the academic study of the past is grounded in the current, subjective concerns of scholars; pure, neutral historical fact does not exist in itself. Yet the process of 'digging' into the past and uncovering new meaning is vital to individual and collective understandings of ourselves in our present-day context—and doesn't necessarily involve a catastrophic blow to the head.

Country of Publication

Ireland

Publication Media & Frequency

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 900 words; Up to 2 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 1,200 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 100 lines; Up to 4 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026