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Kerrie O' Brien has been published in various Irish and UK literary journals. In February 2012 she was the first poet to read as part of the New Writers Series in Shakespeare & Co. Paris. Her poem Blossoms was chosen as the winning entry in the Emerging Talent category of the 2011 iYeats Poetry Competition. She recently won the RTE Arena Flash Fiction Competition 2012 and Culture Ireland have sponsored her to read in Los Angeles in June.

She was also highly commended for the Over the Edge New Writer of The Year Competition 2011. She was recently featured poet in The First Cut. Her new poetry book Out of the Blueness is now available for purchase here. Read an article she wrote for writing.ie about the Paris Literary Scene. For advice on poetry and self-promotion, check out the guest blog piece she wrote for the Foyles website here.

She will have new poems coming out in Cyphers and The Stinging Fly.

Online Publications

Wordlegs Anthology
Southword Issue 19
Southword Issue 21
The Cathach
Daydreamer
College Green
Wordlegs
Minus 9 Squared
The First Cut Issues 2, 3, 4 & 6
Raft Magazine
Neon Literary Magazine


Print Publications

Crannóg Issues 24 & 27
Orbis Issue 154
Revival Issue 15
The Poetry Bus Issue 2
Boyne Berries Issue 6
Ropes 2010
Icarus Volume 59 Issue 2