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NORTH WEST WORDS<br />
SPRING / SUMMER ISSUE 9<br />
Art Ó Súilleabháin now lives in Cornamona in north Connemara, on the west coast of Irel<strong>and</strong>. He has published<br />
a number of books in Irish for children <strong>and</strong> is now working on a collection of poetry in English for adults.<br />
He has recently been shortlisted for the Bridport, Ex Ophidia, Over the Edge <strong>and</strong> Words by Water literary<br />
events. He has six wonderful children Aoibhinn, Eoin, Cian, Darach, Fiachra <strong>and</strong> Art óg. Fiachra, who is an<br />
artist, now lives with him in Cornamona, while working towards an exhibition in Dublin in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Lynda Tavakoli facilitates an adult creative writing class in Lisburn, Northern Irel<strong>and</strong>, where she lives for most<br />
of the year. Her poetry <strong>and</strong> prose have been broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster <strong>and</strong> RTE Sunday Miscellany <strong>and</strong><br />
she has been selected as The Irish Times Hennessy poet of the month for her poems about dementia, a recurring<br />
theme in much of her poetry. Lynda has won poetry <strong>and</strong> short story prizes at Listowel <strong>and</strong> her poems<br />
have been included in a wide variety of publications across Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the UK. Most recently her poems have<br />
been translated into Farsi while others have seen publication in Bahrain. She is presently in Oman where she<br />
is working on her debut poetry collection which she hopes to publish later on this year.<br />
Sharon Thompson lives in Donegal <strong>and</strong> writes anything at all. Her debut crime novel The Ab<strong>and</strong>oned was released<br />
by Bloodhound Books UK in Jan this year at #1 in Irish crime fiction on kindle. She has signed for two<br />
more crime novels with Bloodhound Books. Her regular column is Woman's Words on Donegal Woman <strong>and</strong><br />
she founded #Indulgeinbooks on Indulgeme.ie <strong>and</strong> a trending writing tweetchat called #WritersWise. Her<br />
website is http://www.sharontwriter.com<br />
Leo V<strong>and</strong>erpot lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. His poems <strong>and</strong> fiction have appeared in a number of<br />
journals, most recently in The Aurorean <strong>and</strong> Third Wednesday. His poem 'Gerald,' came out in the first issue<br />
of the now-gone-dark journal Anon, published in Edinburgh, Scotl<strong>and</strong>. “Fear,” a memory-piece about growing<br />
up in the Boston area, saw light at Snowbound. Email him: leov10571@yahoo.com<br />
Submissions welcome<br />
North West Words is published in May <strong>and</strong> November. The next submission deadline is September<br />
30th <strong>2018</strong> <strong>and</strong> submissions will be accepted from 01 st August <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Please submit no more than 3 poems or 1 short story (max 2000 words), non-fiction piece (max 800<br />
words) or flash fiction (max 500 words) or jpegs of photography/art, as an email attachment with<br />
‘<strong>NWW</strong> magazine submission’ <strong>and</strong> whatever category you are submitting to, as the subject of the<br />
email. Include a short biography (50- 100 words) in the third person <strong>and</strong> a photo along with any<br />
links to your website/blog/twitter/etc.<br />
All work must be the original work of the writer/artist <strong>and</strong> previously unpublished. Copyright remains<br />
with the writer/artist.<br />
At the moment, we cannot pay for work we publish.<br />
Email Submissions to: northwestwords@outlook.com<br />
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