The Stinging Fly
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
- Pay
- €45/page (min €300, max €1,200)≈ $348–$1,394 USD
- Words
- Page-based; flashcards 1–2 pages
- Eligible
- Open to writers from Ireland and abroad; no stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🇮🇪 Ireland
2 publications are based in Ireland, and 96 in total confirm in their own guidelines that they are open to writers from here. A further 190 do not state an eligibility rule either way.
A listing is an invitation to pitch, never a promise of acceptance or payment. Every entry links to the publication’s own guideline and the date BRYME last checked it.
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Based here
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fiction and long-form nonfiction
Open to you by name
These are based elsewhere, but their own guidelines name Ireland or its region. They are closed to most of the world and open to you.
Poetry
Read the silence
All 2 publications based in Ireland print a pay figure in their own guidelines.
Desk-wide, 184 of the 304 publications BRYME tracks state a rate. The rest are not necessarily unpaid - most simply do not publish a rate card, and BRYME will not print a number the publication has not printed itself. So treat an empty pay row as an unanswered question to put to the editor, not as evidence of anything. Where a record does carry a figure, it is quoted exactly as stated and dated with the day it was read.
Getting these wrong will not sink a good idea, but they are the fastest way for an editor to tell you have not read them.
| Spelling | -ise and -our, following British convention |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 April 2026 — day first |
| CV or résumé | CV, never with a photo |
| Quotation | British usage |
Irish writers are eligible for UK-and-Ireland calls that exclude the rest of the world — see below.
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