John O’Donnell’s work has been published and broadcast widely. Awards include the Irish National Poetry Prize, New Irish Writing Awards for Poetry and Fiction, and the RTE Francis McManus Short Story Award. He has published five poetry collections. His first short story collection Almost the Same Blue (Doire Press) was a Sunday Independent ‘Book of the Year’. Rainbow Baby, an RTE radio play, won a New York Festivals Radio Award. His documentary about the 1979 Fastnet disaster, Back To The Rock, was broadcast on RTE’s Doc On One. An Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair winner in 2024, his debut novel Second Skin is forthcoming, as is a new short story collection.

Mike Murray is an emerging writer living in South West England, but London/Irish born. He was a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair in 2022, and his work has been published in Envoi, The Honest Ulsterman, The Cabinet of Heed, Here Comes Everyone and Frazzled Lit. He was the winner or placed in competitions run by IHG, Curtis Brown; Exeter Literary Festival, Parracombe Prize, Fish Memoir and Writing East Midlands.

Sylvia Leatham is a debut author from Dublin. She is represented by Laura Bennett of the Liverpool Literary Agency. She recently signed a two-book deal with digital-first publisher Storm Publishing. Her first book, a near-future romantic comedy, is due out in 2025. Her first novel was shortlisted for The Letter Review and the Watson Little x Indie Novella novel prize in 2023. It was longlisted for the Mslexia novel prize in 2024. The first chapter was also shortlisted in the Retreat West First Chapter competition. She has also co-written a romantic comedy screenplay with her husband, the emerging screenwriter Joe Griffin.

Seán McNicholl is an Irish GP who enjoys writing short stories in a variety of genres. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and for the Best of the Net (BOTN) award 2024. His work has been published in Beyond Words, Raw Lit, 34th Parallel, Belfast Review, Intrepidus Ink, and Frazzled Lit, among others.

For more: www.seanmcnicholl.com

June O’Sullivan lives on an island in Co. Kerry. Her writing has appeared in the The Ogham Stone Journal, The York Literary Review, Seaside Gothic, The Storms Journal, The Waxed Lemon, Sonder and Frazzled Lit. She is a student of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. She is represented by Francesca Riccardi of the Kate Nash Literary Agency. Her debut novel “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife” will be published by Poolbeg in early 2025.