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Irish Pages A Journal of Contemporary Writing

About

IRISH PAGES is a all-Ireland, biannual journal, edited in Belfast and publishing, in equal measure, writing from Ireland and overseas.

Its policy is to publish poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, memoir, essay reviews, nature-writing, translated work, literary journalism, and other autobiographical, historical, religious and scientific writing of literary distinction. There are no standard reviews or narrowly academic articles. Irish Language and Ulster Scots writing are published in the original, with English translations or glosses.

Each issue includes a number of regular features: From the Irish Archive, an extract of writing from a non-contemporary Irish writer, accompanied by a brief biographical note; In Other Words, a selection of translated work from a particular country; and The Publishing Scene, a commissioned piece taking a critical look at some aspect of the literary world in Ireland, Britain or the United States. Each issue also contains a portfolio of work from a leading photographer.

IRISH PAGES is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, culturally ecumenical, and wholly independent journal. It seeks to create a novel literary space in the North adequate to the unfolding cultural potential of the new political dispensation. The magazine is cognisant of the need to reflect in its pages the various meshed levels of human relations: the regional (Ulster), the national (Ireland and Britain), the continental (the whole of Europe), and the global.

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Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
Published 2 x per year

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, Irish.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words); Up to 2 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, Irish.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known; Up to 2 pieces.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known; Up to 2 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
History.
Literature/Books: General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism.
Nature/Environment.
Religion/Spirituality.
Science.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, Irish.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 8 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Irish Pages Submission Statistics

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Accuracy:
We have not received any complete reports within the past 12 months.
Pending
1 response is pending (90 days waiting). This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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