Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe...

Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid

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Contents

INTRODUCTION TERMS OF ENQUIRY

SUMMARY SECTION ONE: POETRY PRESSES IN IRELAND

Overview Arlen House Coracle Press Dedalus Press Doire Press Gallery Press gorse editions hardPressed Poetry Lapwing The Lifeboat New Binary Press New Dublin Press Orange Crate Books Revival Press Salmon Poetry Smithereens Press Turas Press

SECTION TWO: MAGAZINES IN IRELAND PUBLISHING POETRY

Overview Abridged Banshee Boyne Berries Crannóg Magazine Cyphers FLARE FourXFour gorse The Honest Ulsterman Impossible Archetype Irish Pages The Moth A New Ulster The Penny Dreadful The Pickled Body The Poetry Bus Poetry Ireland Review Poetry JukeBox Skylight 47 Poetry

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Southword The Stinging Fly SurVision Magazine The Tangerine Trumpet The Well Review The Winter Papers

SECTION THREE: UNIVERSITY LITERARY MAGAZINES HCE (University College Dublin) Icarus (Trinity College Dublin) The Ogham Stone (University of Limerick) The Quarryman (University College Cork) ROPES (NUI Galway)

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INTRODUCTION Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid

November 2018

Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector: Literature in Ireland (MEAS) was established in 2018 to monitor and report on equality in the arts sector in Ireland, with a particular focus on the literary arts. Following the model established by the North American organisation VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts, MEAS gathers quantitative data for the preparation of annual reports to provide an accurate account of the literary landscape in Ireland and to record annual changes. MEAS aims to support existing and emerging organisations addressing gender inequity in the arts sector in Ireland by collecting and presenting data on an annual basis. We believe that by providing concrete statistical data to decision-makers in the arts sector, change can be effected. The efforts of MEAS complement the work of recent feminist movements in Irish arts including Waking the Feminists, Fired!, and FairPlé. While, at present, the attentions of MEAS are focused on gender parity, our objective is to highlight representational inequalities in the arts sector, including artists with disabilities, artists of diverse ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and gender-nonconforming artists, and other marginalised groups. ‘Gender in Poetry Publishing in Ireland, 2017’ is the first MEAS annual report. The preparation of this report was informed by our key objectives:

to provide statistical data and analysis of overall trends in poetry publishing in Ireland at the level of poetry presses and individual literary magazines

to highlight the extent and nature of gender inequity in poetry publishing in Ireland

to recognise existing commitments to gender balance in poetry publishing in Ireland

to observe the relationship between state funding and balanced representation in poetry publishing in Ireland

to equip editors, publishers, and funders working in Ireland with relevant, up-to-date data to enable policy development to improve equality in poetry publishing

The results of our data collection are presented below, divided into three categories: Poetry Presses in Ireland, Magazines in Ireland Publishing Poetry, and University Literary Magazines. Each of these sections offer an overview of certain component elements of the poetry publishing activities in Ireland in 2017, and detailed insight into the specific editorial activities of prestigious and emerging presses and publications.

The Summary below presents what we believe are the key takeaways from this report.

It should be noted that this is the first annual report to be prepared and published by MEAS on this subject. Subsequent reports will track changes and/or consistencies across these presses and publications, starting with ‘Gender in Poetry Publishing in Ireland, 2018’, which will be published in early 2019.

It is our hope that these reports will function to commend those presses and publications that are committed to balance, inclusion, and diversity, while encouraging others to make progress where necessary.

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Terms of Enquiry Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid

- Subject: o Section One: Publishers of volumes of poetry, primarily Anglophone, located on the island of

Ireland o Section Two: Poetry magazines or literary journals featuring poetry, primarily Anglophone,

located on the island of Ireland o Section Three: Irish University literary magazines featuring poetry.

- Dates:

o January-December 2017 (inclusive)

- Categorisation: o Gender as observed: Male, Female, Non-binary

Note: The data below is based on a set of assumptions relating to the correspondence between external appearances and performed identity with heteronormative definitions of gender. As a result, certain errors may have occurred in the collection of this data. If discovered / reported, any such errors will be corrected and this report will reflect the most up-to-date figures currently held.

- Figures: o In an effort to reflect the contribution of each author or editor, rather than counting people

in part, the relevant data below represents the number of male and female authors / editors and reviewers.

o Every ‘poet’ is counted once for an appearance in a single issue of a magazine. Where poets appeared in numerous issues of the same magazine, they have been counted in each such instance.

o The number of texts by authors is presented as a separate category.

Disclaimer:

- These figures have been gathered and calculated for the purposes of this report, but have not been independently verified and may contain minor errors. If discovered / reported, any such errors will be corrected and this report will reflect the most up-to-date figures currently held.

Authors:

- Dr Kenneth Keating is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of English at University College Cork. His current project is titled Transnationalism, Poetic Form, and the Canon of Contemporary Irish Poetry. He is the author of Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Canon: Critical Limitations and Textual Liberations (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017), has published widely on modern and contemporary poetry, and is the editor of Smithereens Press.

- Dr Ailbhe McDaid is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of English at University College Cork. Her current project Domestic Disruptions: Women, Literature and Conflict, 1914-1923 is funded by an Irish Research Council Fellowship. Her monograph, The Poetics of Migration in Contemporary Irish Poetry, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017. Ailbhe has held research and lecturing roles at University of Otago, University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Maynooth University.

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SUMMARY Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid

The purpose of this summary is to foreground the most significant details contained within this report and to attempt to identify patterns suggested by the data. It is intended that these findings are presented in an objective manner, and that it is the function of this report to provide quantitative data to inform the larger critical debates surrounding this issue, rather than actively engaging with these debates itself. It should be noted that this is the first year these statistics have been collected in this fashion. As a result, any findings are inevitably somewhat limited, but as further reports are produced in the future it should be possible to gain deeper understandings of the activities of specific presses and of the overall picture of poetry publishing in Ireland. Initial findings from this data suggests that 2017 was a year in which notable bias was evident in the activities of a number of presses. In most cases, this bias was in favour of male poets, a bias which resulted in the number of volumes of poetry by male poets exceeding that by female poets. Despite the efforts of notable exceptions, the bias in favour of male poets was also present in literary magazines. SECTION ONE: POETRY PRESSES IN IRELAND In 2017 male poets published 10% more volumes of poetry than female poets. This picture may be a little misleading. A general pattern is evident: the larger, more established presses in receipt of more funding from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon displayed a substantial bias in favour of privileging the work of male poets over that of their female peers:

Press Funding Male Poets Female Poets Non-binary Poets

Gallery Press €172,000 87% 13% nil/unknown

Salmon Poetry €41,000 67% 33% nil/unknown

* Please note that a previous version of this chart stated that Dedalus Press, in receipt of €80,000 funding, published 60% male and 40% female. Dedalus Press’s publications for 2017 were 50% male, 50% female, although the press does distribute a publication by Orange Crate Books, edited by Pat Boran, which, if included, would alter these numbers. The distribution by a press in receipt of Arts Council funding of a publication by an independent publisher, even though they share the same editor, is unique in Irish poetry and worth note as a model in publishing and distribution practice.

Contrastingly, smaller presses with relatively little funding produced significantly more collections by female poets than by male poets. Thus the output of presses including Doire Press and Arlen House largely counterbalanced the bias evident in the output of the larger, better-funded presses:

Press Funding Male Poets Female Poets Non-binary Poets

Doire Press €10,900 29% 71% nil/unknown

Arlen House €6,000 0% 100% nil/unknown

The link between funding and gender imbalance must be observed. It is important to note the opportunities afforded by such funding, and the prestige associated with it, for formal and informal promotion of the publications and, by extension, of the poets.

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Finally, a number of smaller presses published only one or two volumes of poetry in 2017. Taken in isolation, these numbers reveal little about the general activities of these presses. Future reports will monitor the output of these presses to obtain a more accurate picture of activities and trends, as they will with the larger presses detailed above. SECTION TWO: MAGAZINES IN IRELAND PUBLISHING POETRY In 2017 male poets accounted for 53.8% of all publications in literary magazines in Ireland, female poets accounted for 45.7%, and non-binary poets accounted for 0.5%. This results in a bias of approximately 8% of in favour of male poets over female poets. This bias increased to an approximate 15% gap when the individual poems are counted. 57.2% of all poems published in literary magazines in Ireland in 2017 were written by male poets, 42.5% of poems were written by female poets, and 0.3% were written by non-binary poets. Those publications which evidenced the largest bias in favour of male poets were:

Publication Title Funding Male Poets Female Poets Non-binary Poets

Impossible Archetype

nil 67% 21% 12%

Irish Pages €14,000 64% 36% nil/unknown

The Moth nil 64% 36% nil/unknown

A New Ulster nil 67% 33% nil/unknown

SurVision Magazine Nil 67% 33% nil/unknown

Contrastingly, a small number of publications featured significantly more female poets than male poets. The output of these literary magazines went some way to counterbalancing the dominant bias in other publications and acted to bring the overall percentages closer to parity, although the 8% gap remained:

Publication Title Funding Male Poets Female Poets Non-binary Poets

Banshee €18,600 25% 75% nil/unknown

FourXFour nil 37% 63% nil/unknown

The Stinging Fly €78,000 39% 61% nil/unknown

The Trumpet (Poetry Ireland) 40% 60% nil/unknown

Finally, it is noteworthy that, while 67% of all poetry published in Impossible Archetype is produced by male poets, this publication includes work by a small but important number of non-binary poets, at 12%, and represents the only publication of a significant number of non-binary poets discovered in the preparation of this report. SECTION THREE: UNIVERSITY LITERARY MAGAZINES This section of the report provides the statistics for the literary magazines currently published in Irish universities. The decisions to consider these magazines separate from non-University literary magazines has been made to acknowledge that the editors of these publications often change annually and those holding

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these positions are often at an earlier stage in their professional and critical development. Such editors are students, not professional or independent editors, and this distinction should be noted.

Nevertheless, tracking the gender breakdown in these publications is important as they often represent the efforts of writers and editors in their most formative years or stages. Some of the editors of these magazines may never act as editors again, but it is quite likely that many will go on to play significant roles in poetry publishing in Ireland at some point in the future. At this crucial time it is important for these editors to be attentive to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and for the writers they serve to witness this attentiveness in action in a positive and welcoming environment.

These figures remain incomplete at this stage, but it is clear that imbalances exist.

Publication Title University Male Poets Female Poets

HCE Review UCD 58% 42%

Icarus Magazine TCD 53% 47%

The Ogham Stone UL 37% 63%

The Quarryman UCC 39% 61%

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SECTION ONE POETRY PRESSES IN IRELAND

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2017 OVERVIEW

* Note: A number of publications in 2017 were dual-authored

* Note: Multiple publications have more than one editor

Male: 7155%

Female: 5745%

Poetry Volumes (120)*

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Anthologies / Essays (7)*

Male: 8 Female: 4

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Arlen House Editor(s): Alan Hayes

Arts Council Funding (2017): €6,000 Total Publications (poetry-related, 2017): 10

TITLES: Cuisli Allta: Wild Pulses, by Deirdre Brennan Fe Gheasa: Spellbound, by Dairena Ni Chinneide Silver, by Mary Coll Mountains for Breakfast, by Geraldine Mitchell Love the Magician, by Medbh McGuckian Available Light, by Maria McManus Feather and Bone, by Ruth Carr The Work of a Winter, by Maureen Boyle

TITLES: Eavan Boland: Inside History, edited by Siobhan Campbell and Niamh O’Mahony Washing Windows?: Irish Women Write Poetry, edited by Alan Hayes

Male: 00%

Female: 8100%

Poetry Volumes (8)

1

2

Anthologies / Essays (2)

Male: 1 Female: 2

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Coracle Press Editor(s): Erica Van Horn and Simon Cutts

Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Total Publications (poetry-related, 2017): 6

TITLES: Peal, by Randall Houch In Nannycatch Beck, by Simon Cutts and Kate Van Houten I prefer the streams of the mountains to the sea, by Simon Cutts when the air is clear, by Erica Van Horn Birdsong, by William M. Roth Fly Falls in Milk Jug: News in Haiku, by Maureen Van Horn

Male: 457%

Female: 343%

Poetry Volumes (6)

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Dedalus Press *

Editor(s): Pat Boran Arts Council Funding (2017): €80,000

Total Publications (poetry-related, 2017): 5 * Note: See Orange Crate Books

TITLES: Bindweed, by Mark Roper Hymn to the Reckless, by Erin Fornoff Transmissions, by Elaine Cosgrove The Eyes of Isaac Newton, by Iggy McGovern

TITLES: The Deep Heart's Core: Irish Poets Revisit A Touchstone Poem, edited by Eugene O’Connell and Pat Boran (with a foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue)

Male: 250%

Female: 250%

Poetry Volumes (4)

2

0

Anthologies / Essays

Male: 2 Female: 0

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Doire Press

Editor(s): Lisa Frank and John Walsh Arts Council Funding (2017): €10,900

Total Publications (poetry-related, 2017): 8

TITLES: All the Barbaric Glass, by David Butler Bloodroot, by Annemarie Ní Churreáin First the Feathers, by Amanda Bell The Rag Tree Speaks, by Emma McKervey Soul Station, by Myra Vennard This Little World, by Karen J. McDonnell What Else is There?, by Adam White

TITLES: Bosom Pals: Eight Poets Share Their Experiences of Breast Cancer, edited by Marie Cadden *

* Note: Doire Press, and the printer CL Print, Casla, produced all copies of this title free of charge, ensuring 100% of proceeds went to Breast Cancer Research

Male: 229%

Female: 571%

Poetry Volumes (7)

0

1


Male: 0 Female: 1

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Gallery Press

Editor(s): Peter Fallon Arts Council Funding (2017): €172,000


TITLES: Deeds and Their Days, by Peter Fallon Given Light, by Michael Coady Lamentations, by Paul Muldoon Live Streaming, by Conor O’Callagahn Rising Late, by Derek Mahon Second Childhood, by John Montague Stay, by Andrew Jamison Foreign News, by Aifric Mac Aodha (translated by David Wheatley, excluded from the figures above)

TITLES: Olympia and the Internet, by Derek Mahon (prose essays)

Male: 787%

Female: 113%

Poetry Volumes (8)

1

0


Male: 1 Female: 0

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gorse editions

Editor(s): Editor: Susan Tomaselli, Poetry Editor: Christodoulos Makris, Eagarthóir: Aifric Mac Aodha Arts Council Funding (2017): unknown


TITLES: Subcritical Tests, by Steven Fowler and Ailbhe Darcy

Male: 150%

Female: 150%

Poetry Volumes (1)

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hardPressed Poetry

Editor(s): Billy Mills and Catherine Walsh Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: hardPressed Dual Poets Reader One, by Sheila Mannix and Nathan Spoon hardPressed Dual Poets Reader Two, by Linda Chown and David Miller

Male: 250%

Female: 250%

Poetry Volumes (2)

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Lapwing

Editor(s): Dennis Greig and Rene Greig Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: Keeping Watch, by Katherine Noone Prisms, by Richard W. Halperin Imperatives, by Pat Farrington Obsession, by Valerie Masters Foxes Don’t Wear Watches, by Belinda Singleton As I Go In The Dark, by Sally Wheeler Lilac & Gooseberries, by Aoife Reilly Pages of Travel, by Silvia Baron Supervielle (trans. Peter Schulman, excluded from figures above) By the Way…, by Geoffrey May Voices in the Garden, by Julieann Rowell Talk, Radio Poems of Transmission, by Seán Street Persephone, by James R. Kilner Burglar: 45 Slight Poems, by Graham Buchan Roots and Wings, by Rose Moran Lords of the Hill, by Amos Greig Going West, by Rosy Wilson Sequences, by Thomas Jackson Everyday Islands, by Julie Fuster Resurrection, by Jack Grady Ancestral Bones, by Judy Russell Molly: Poems to mildly amuse, by James Anthony Rooney Port of Retirement, by John Campbell Lifespun, by Pat Farrington A Want of Absence, by Kevin Saving By Brackfield Bawn, by Sam Burnside Call in the Wild, by Rose Moran Eyeteeth of Goddesses, by Jennifer Hollie Bowles Elements of Distance, by Shelley Tracey UCD Belfield Metaphysical: A Retrospective, by Kevin Kiely

Male: 1954%

Female: 1646%

Poetry Volumes (35)

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The Ironmonger’s Wolf, by Paul T. Dillon Soft Notes and Departures, by Clare Sawtell Three Artists, by David Pollard Purple Coat, by James Conway Feathers Ruffled, by Joe Cushan The Art of Unpicking, by Ruth Smith

20

The Lifeboat

Editor(s): Stephen Connolly and Manuela Moser Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: I had some very slight concerns, by Susannah Dickey

Male: 00%

Female: 1100%

Poetry Volumes (1)

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New Binary Press

Editor(s): James O’Sullivan Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: Holes: Decade I, by Graham Allen

TITLES: The Elysian: Creative Responses, edited by Graham Allen and Billy Ramsell

Male: 1100%

Female: 00%

Poetry Volumes (1)

2

0


Male: 2 Female: 0

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New Dublin Press

Editor(s): Jonathan C. Creasy Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: Cabaret, by Nerys Williams

Male: 00%

Female: 1100%

Poetry Volumes (1)

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Orange Crate Books *

Editor(s): Pat Boran Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: A Man Is Only As Good…: A Pocket Selected Poems, by Pat Boran

* Note: Orange Crate Books is an independent publisher edited by Pat Boran which does not receive Arts Council funding.

The publications of this press are distributed by Dedalus Press.

Male: 1100%

Female: 00%

Poetry Volumes (1)

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Revival Press Editor(s): Dominic Taylor

Arts Council Funding (2017): unknown Total Publications (poetry-related, 2017): 7

TITLES: The Age of Glass, by Michael Farry Rage, by Patrick Stack Where it Began, by Michael Durack The Birth and the Cry, by Martin Vernon From Doll House Windows, by Lorraine Carey Building Bridges Slowly Falling, by Christy O'Donnell

TITLES: Voices from the Cave, edited by Ron Carey and Dominic Taylor

Male: 583%

Female: 117%

Poetry Volumes (6)

2

0


Male: 2 Female: 0

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Salmon Poetry

Editor(s): Jessie Lendennie Arts Council Funding (2017): €41,000


TITLES: Crossing Places, by Nicki Griffin Courting Katie, by James O’Sullivan Will You Be My Friend?, by Gabriel Fitzmaurice For Crying Out Loud, by Edward Denniston After the Fall, by Brian Kirk Vacant Possession, by Anne Fitzgerald Equal Night, by Graham Fulton Morningrustle, by Arno Kramer The Yellow House, by William Wall Santiago Sketches, by David McLoughlin where the lost things go, by Anne Casey Map and Atlas, by Joan McBreen Flight Paths Over Finglas, by Rachael Hegarty Dreampaths of a Runaway, by Louise C. Callaghan Ghostlight: New & Selected Poems, by Mark Granier Song of Songs 2.0, by Kevin Higgins Rise, by Elaine Feeney Tides Shifting Across My Sitting Room Floor, by Anne Tannam Bad News, Good News, Bad News, by Edward O’Dwyer gotta get a message to you, by Frank Golden Salt Moons: Poems 1981-2016, by Lex Runciman I Offer This Container: New & Selected Poems, by Jeffrey Skinner The Belfast Notebooks, by Jeffrey Thomson And There Is Many a Good Thing, by Jon Tribble The Green House, by Joyce Sutphen Ordinary Gods: Truths, Lies, & Exaggerations Built South of the Border, by Christopher Locke Asbestos Brocade, by A.E. Stringer What the Dust Doesn’t Know, by Richard Schiffman Planet of the Best Love Songs, by Ron Houchin

Male: 2467%

Female: 1233%

Poetry Volumes (36)

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Rendering, by Jo Pitkin The Time of Hunger / O Tempo de Chuva, by Alice Pettway Allow the Stars to Catch Me When I Rise, by Adam Hughes Squaring the Circle, by Philip Fried Our Sudden Museum, by Robert Fanning Activities of Daily Living, by Larry O. Dean Lost Addresses: New & Selected Poems, by Diann Blakely

TITLES: Migrant Shores: Irish, Moroccan & Galician Poetry, edited by Manuela Palacios

0

1


Male: 0 Female: 1

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Smithereens Press

Editor(s): Kenneth Keating Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: dikt/actions osl/London, by David Toms and Maren Nygård The Beautiful Untogether, by Catherine Walsh The Immediate Future, by Trevor Joyce female corpse, by Sheila Mannix

Male: 240%

Female: 360%

Poetry Volumes (4)

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Turas Press

Editor(s): Liz McSkeane Arts Council Funding (2017): nil


TITLES: So Long, Calypso, by Liz McSkeane How to Sleep with Strangers, by Ross Hattaway

Male: 150%

Female: 150%

Poetry Volumes (2)

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SECTION TWO MAGAZINES IN IRELAND PUBLISHING POETRY

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2017 OVERVIEW

Male: 754 (53.8%)

Female: 641 (45.7%)

Non-binary: 8 (0.5%)

Poets (1403)

Male: 1189 (57.2%)

Female: 883 (42.5%)

Non-binary: 8 (0.3%)

Poems (2080)

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Abridged

Editor(s): Gregory McCartney and Susanna Galbraith Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (0-1979, 0-49) Notes: Online and print publication featuring poetry and visual art

Banshee

Editor(s): Laura Cassidy, Claire Hennessy, and Eimear Ryan

Arts Council Funding (2017): €18,600 Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#4, #5)

Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and non-fiction

Male: 2050%

Female: 20

50%

POETS (40)

Male: 2451%

Female: 2349%

POEMS (47)

Male: 1025%

Female: 3075%

POETS (40)

Male: 1224%

Female: 3776%

POEMS (49)

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Boyne Berries

Editor(s): Orla Fay Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#21, #22) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry and fiction

Crannóg Magazine

Editor(s): Sarah Bunting, Tony O’Dwyer, Ger Burke, and Jarlath Fay Arts Council Funding (2017): €12,500

Issues Published in 2017: 3 (#44, #45, #46) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry and fiction

Male: 3747%

Female: 4253%

POETS (79)

Male: 3747%

Female: 4253%

POEMS (79)

Male: 4445%Female: 53

55%

POETS (97)


55%

POEMS (97)

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Cyphers

Editor(s): Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Macdara Woods (Consulting Editor: Joseph Woods) Arts Council Funding (2017): €11,700

Issues Published in 2017: #83, #84 Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, fiction, and reviews. Issue #83 dedicated to Leland Bardwell,

featuring three poems by Bardwell. Issue #84 featuring nine poems by Burmese poets (6 male, 3 female, figures included in the charts below)

Male: 3557%

Female: 2643%

POETS (61)

Male: 3956%

Female: 3144%

POEMS (70)

Male: 150%

Female: 150%

AUTHORS OF REVIEWS (2)

Male: 4100%

Female: 00%

AUTHORS OF BOOKS REVIEWED (4)

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FLARE

Editor(s): Eamon Mag Uidhir Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 4 (#3, #4, #5, #6) Notes: Print publication featuring only poets and poems heard at The Sunflower Sessions

FourXFour

Editor(s): Colin Dardis Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 5 (#18, #19, #20/21, #22, #23) Notes: Online publication featuring poetry

Male:4852%

Female: 4448%

POETS (92)

Male: 4852%

Female: 4448%

POEMS (92)

Male: 937%

Female: 1563%

POETS (24)

Male: 3637%

Female: 6063%

POEMS (24)

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gorse

Editor(s): Susan Tomaselli, Christodoulos Makris (Poetry Editor), and Aifric Mac Aodha (Eagarthóir) Arts Council Funding (2017): €19,900

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#8, #9) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, essays, interviews, and fiction

The Honest Ulsterman

Editor(s): Greg McCartney Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 3 (Feb 2017, June 2017, Oct 2017) Notes: Online publication featuring poetry, prose, and interviews

Male: 556%

Female: 444%

POETS (9)


54%

POEMS (24)

Male: 6755%

Female: 5445%

POETS (121)

Male: 8754%

Female: 7546%

POEMS (162)

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Impossible Archetype

Editor(s): Mark Ward

Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#1, #2)

Notes: Online publication featuring LGBTQ+ poetry

Male: 3967%

Female: 1221%

Non-binary 7

12%

POETS (58)

Male: 4167%

Female: 1721%

Non-binary: 7

12%

POEMS (58)

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Irish Pages

Editor(s): Chris Agee, Kathleen Jamie, and Cathal Ó Searcaigh Arts Council Funding (2017): €14,000

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (#10.1) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, memoir, essay reviews,

nature-writing, translated work, literary journalism, and other autobiographical, historical, religious and scientific writing

Male: 964%

Female: 536%

POETS (14)

Male: 2870%

Female: 1230%

POEMS (40)

Male: 583%

Female: 117%

AUTHORS OF ESSAYS (6)

Male: 2100%

Female: 00%

SUBJECTS OF ESSAYS [IF APPLICABLE (2)

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The Moth

Editor(s): Rebecca O’Connor and Will Govan Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 4 (#28, #29, #30, #31) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, short fiction, and visual art

* The gender of two poets is unknown: Buko, and Sam Holdstock. These two figures have been excluded from the data above. This is not to state these poets are non-binary, but rather that we could not find sufficient information.

A New Ulster*

Editor(s): Amos Greig Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 13 (#52-63, and Special Poetry Day Issue) Notes: Online publication featuring poetry, fiction, and art

* A New Ulster also published online an anthology of work by female poets, The Hidden and the Divine: Female Voices in Ireland. This included work by 30 poets. As this was a separate, one-off publication, these figures are not included in the charts above.

Male: 4164%

Female: 2336%

POETS (64)*

Male: 4164%

Female: 2336%

POEMS (64)*

Male: 10567%

Female: 5133%

POETS (156)

Male: 41475%

Female: 13725%

POEMS (26)

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The Penny Dreadful

Editor(s): Cethan Leahy Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#7, #8) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry and fiction

The Pickled Body

Editor(s): Dimitra Xidous and Patrick Chapman Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#3.2, #3.3) Notes: Online publication featuring poetry and visual art

Male: 1053%

Female: 947%

POETS (19)

Male: 1454%

Female: 1246%

POEMS (26)

Male: 741%

Female: 1059%

POETS (17)


54%

POEMS (26)

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The Poetry Bus

Editor(s): Peadar O’Donoghue and Collette O’Donoghue Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 0 Notes: Print publication. No issues published in 2017

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Poetry Ireland Review

Editor(s): Eavan Boland Arts Council Funding (2017): Unknown

Issues Published in 2017: 3 (#121, #122, #123) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, reviews, essays, and interviews

Male: 7255%

Female: 5945%

POETS (131)

Male: 7655%

Female: 6145%

POEMS (137)

Male: 1461%

Female: 939%


Male: 3058%

Female: 22

42%


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Male: 440%

Female: 660%


Male: 660%

Female: 440%

SUBJECTS OF ESSAYS [if applicable] (10)

3

0 0 00

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

M Interviewer / MInterviewee

M Interviewer / FInterviewee

F Interviewer / MInterviewee

F Interviewer / FInterviewee

Interviews (3)

Interviews (3)

Male: 133%

Female: 267%

FEATURED POETS (3)

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Poetry JukeBox

Editor(s): Curators Maria McManus & Deirdre Cartmill Arts Council Funding (2017): nil (Funding: ACNI, Belfast International Festival, and crowdfunding)

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (Curation1: October 2017 - March 2018) Notes: On-street Audio / Public Art Installation

Male: 1048%

Female: 1152%

POETS (21)

Male: 1048%

Female: 1152%

POEMS (21)

44

Skylight47 Poetry

Editor(s): Bernie Crawford, Nicki Griffin and Ruth Quinlan Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#8, #9) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, reviews, interviews, and a ‘poetry masterclass’

Male: 4249%

Female: 4451%

POETS (86)


54%

POEMS (92)

Male: 00%

Female: 4100%


Male: 375%

Female: 125%


45

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1

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0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

M Interviewer / MInterviewee

M Interviewer / FInterviewee

F Interviewer / MInterviewee

F Interviewer / FInterviewee

Interviews (1)

Interviews (1)

Male: 150%

Female: 150%

POETRY MASTERCLASS (2)

46

Southword

Editor(s): Mary Noonan and Patrick Cotter Arts Council Funding (2017): Unknown

Issues Published in 2017: 4 (#31, #31A[Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition], #32, #32A[archives])

Notes: Online publication featuring poetry and reviews

Male: 5654%

Female: 4846%

POETS (104)

Male: 6655%

Female: 5445%

POEMS (120)

Male: 114%

Female: 686%


Male: 862%

Female: 538%


47

The Stinging Fly

Editor(s): Declan Meade Arts Council Funding (2017): €78,000

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#36.2, 37.2) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, fiction, and reviews

SurVision Magazine

Editor(s): Anatoly Kudryavitsky Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Issues Published in 2017: 1 (#1)

Notes: Online publication of surrealist and irrealist poetry

Male: 2039%

Female: 31

61%

POETS (51)

Male: 2233%

Female: 45

67%

POEMS (57)

Male: 2267%

Female: 11

33%

POETS (33)

Male: 5466%

Female: 28

34%

POEMS (82)

48

The Tangerine

Editor(s): Tara McEvoy

Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Issues Published in 2017: 3 (#2, #3, #4)

Notes: Print publication featuring poetry, short fiction, and writing with a journalistic focus

Male: 1746%Female:

1951%

Non-Binary: 1

3%

POETS (37)

Male: 2345%Female:

2753%

Non-Binary: 1

2%

POEMS (51)

49

Trumpet

Editor(s): Paul Lenehan Arts Council Funding (2017): Unknown

Issues Published in 2017: 2 (#6, #7) Notes: Print publication produced by Poetry Ireland, featuring poetry, reviews, and essays

Male: 640%

Female: 960%

POETS (15)

Male: 637%

Female: 10

63%

POEMS (16)

Male: 444%Female: 5

56%


Male: 1346%

Female: 15

54%


Male: 571%

Female: 229%


50

The Well Review

Editor(s): Sarah Byrne Arts Council Funding (2017): Unknown

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (#1) Notes: Print publication featuring poetry and visual art

* Note that at the time of publication, no figures could be collected for the poems in The Well Review #1

The Winter Papers

Editor(s): Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith Arts Council Funding (2017): €27,800

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (#3) Notes: Print publication primarily featuring prose, with a small number of poems included

Male: 1257%

Female: 943%

POETS (21)

Male: 00%

Female: 00%

POEMS (0)*

Male: 133%

Female: 267%

POETS (3)

Male: 233%

Female: 467%

POEMS (6)

51

SECTION THREE UNIVERSITY LITERARY MAGAZINES

52

HCE Review (University College Dublin)

Editor(s): Misc. Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 5 (#I.III, #I.IV, #I.V, #I.VI, #II.I)

Icarus Magazine (Trinity College Dublin)

Editor(s): Sophie Fitzpatrick & Sean Pierson / Leo Dunsker & Will Fleming

Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Issues Published in 2017: 3 (#67.2, #67.3, #68.1)

Male: 2258%

Female: 16

42%

POETS (38)

Male: 4162%

Female: 2538%

POEMS (66)

Male: 2553%

Female: 2247%

POETS (47)

Male: 3557%

Female: 2643%

POEMS (61)

53

The Ogham Stone (University of Limerick)

Editor(s): Carrie Griffin Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (Spring)

The Quarryman (University College Cork)

Editor(s): Unknown Arts Council Funding (2017): nil Issues Published in 2017: 1 (#III)

Male: 637%

Female: 10

63%

POETS (16)

Male: 637%

Female: 1063%

POEMS (16)

Male: 939%Female:

1461%

POETS (23)

Male: 939%

Female: 1461%

POEMS (23)

54

ROPES (NUI Galway)*

Editor(s): Unknown Arts Council Funding (2017): nil

Issues Published in 2017: 1 (Silence)

* No data available at time of publication

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