The Word on the Storm is Good!

You have two week left to submit to The Storms issue V. But what have people been saying about The Storms journal? A look back at some of the social media happenings since we launched our inaugural issue in August 2022.

Thank you to all our glorious contributors who we call our star Stormers and to my incredible subeditors. Gaynor Kane joined me as inaugural issue subeditor, Eilin de Paor as 2nd issue subeditor, Nithy Kasa for issue 3, Fiona O’Rourke for issue 4 and Rhona Greene will join me this year for issue 5. You can read about the Storm Team here.

We have had 300+ international contributors, from poets to prose writers to visual artists, been shipped to more than 20 countries and featured in multiply bookshops around the island of Ireland and been supported by Fingal Arts / Fingal County Council, Dublin UNESCO City of Literature / Dublin City Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Become a Stormer by joining us as a contributor to Issue V with full submission details here. Submissions are open and will close at 11.59pm GMT on Sunday 8th June 2025.


The Inaugural whispers…

Meet all our inaugural issue Stormers here


Issue 2

Meet all our issue 2 Stormers here


Issue 3

Meet all our issue 3 Stomers here


Issue 4

Meet all our Issue 4 Stormers here


Join is as a contributor to Issue V with full submission details here. Submissions are open and will close at 11.59pm GMT on Sunday 8th June 2025.

Pick up a copy of the journal at our online store here

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Damien B. Donnelly’s poetry & short stories have appeared in numerous journals. The author of two pamphlets, a micro-collection and a full collection published by Hedgehog Press, his second collection arrives with Turas Press Spring 2024. He’s the host of Eat the Storms podcast and editor-in-chief of The Storms journal.

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