Fighting Words 2026 Supplement in The Irish Times - Call for Submissions from Young People!

Find out more about how YOU could be published in the annual Fighting Words supplement in The Irish Times!

Every year, Fighting Words publishes a magazine of exciting new writing by young people from all over Ireland with The Irish Times. 

We are now inviting submissions from secondary school students to be included in The Irish Times supplement in 2026. 

Tá an leagan Gaeilge le fáil thíos!

Submission Guidelines 

(this is important, so please read in full)

We are looking for short fiction pieces or poetry on any theme. 

• One (1) prose submission per author, poets may submit two (2) poems.

• Word Count: maximum 500 words

• Preferred format - Times New Roman, font size 12, double spaced. Please submit pieces through this link. 

• Submit your piece as a Microsoft Word document ONLY. Do NOT send PDF or handwritten submissions.

• Deadline for submissions is 5pm on Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Submit Through Our Online Link

We prefer to accept submissions via our online link. Please remember to include all the information requested in the form.

Alternative Submission Method

If the form does not work please click below to download a and follow the instructions in the document to submit your work via email:

Please Note Our Important Terms and Conditions

• Unfortunately we can only publish a limited number of pieces from all the work submitted.  We will contact you to let you know of the outcome of all submissions, whether successful or unsuccessful, once the editorial process has been completed.

• While the supplement will be predominantly short fiction, we will also accept scripts, monologues, and comics, as well as extracts from longer pieces.  All work submitted will be considered.

• We welcome work in any genre or style and on any theme. Please be aware that we may contact the parents and/or school should we have any concerns about the well-being of a young writer due to the nature of the work submitted. This does not have any impact on the editorial process of selecting work for publication.

• Copies of the magazine will go out with The Irish Times in late Spring 2025.  There will be no fee paid for work published.

More Information and Related Links

• If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact mark@fightingwords.ie
• Visit our Publications page to read all our previous supplements with The Irish Times!

Faigh amach níos mó faoin mbealach a bhféadfadh ábhar LEATSA a bheith foilsithe sa bhforlíonadh bliantúil a bhíonn ag Fighting Words san Irish Times!

Foilsíonn Fighting Words irisleabhar gach bliain de scríbhneoireacht úrnua spreagúil ó dhaoine óga ar fud na tíre i bpáirt leis an Irish Times.

Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt go bhfuil muid ag glacadh le hiarratais anois ó dhaltaí meánscoile le bheith curtha san áireamh inár bhforlíonadh san Irish Times in 2026.

Treoirlínte Iarratais

(Tá sé seo tábhachtach. Léigh ina iomláine é le do thoil.)

Táimid ar thóir phíosaí gearra ficsin ar aon téama.

• Iarratas amháin (1) próis an duine, is féidir le filí dhá (2) dhán a chur isteach.
• Líon focal: uasmhéid 500 focal.
• Leagan amach gur mhaith linn – Times New Roman, clómhéid 12, spásanna dúbailte. Le do thoil, seol d'iarratas ag úsáid an naisc seo.
• Ní ghlacfar ach le hiarratais atá i bhfoirm doiciméid Microsoft Word. Ná seol PDF ná iarratais lámhscríofa. 
• Iarratais le bheith istigh roimh 5in Dé hAoine, 5ú Nollaig

Seol d'iarratas ag úsáid an naisc ar líne!

Ní féidir linn glacadh le hiarratais ACH AMHÁIN tríd an nasc ar líne. Ná déan dearmad an t-eolas ar fad atá ag teastáil ar an bhfoirm a chur san áireamh!

(Sé sin le rá, ná seol d'iarratas chugainn ar ríomhphost!)

Cliceáil le d'iarratas a sheoladh

Téarmaí agus Coinníollacha Tábhachtacha

• Ní féidir linn ach méid áirithe píosaí a fhoilsiú ó na saothair ar fad a chuirtear isteach faraor. Beidh muid i dteagmháil leat maidir le toradh na n-iarratas ar fad, rathúil nó mírathúil, chomh luath agus a bheidh críoch curtha leis an bpróiséas eagarthóireachta.
• Bíodh is gur gearrscéalta ficsin is mó a bheidh san irisleabhar, má tá aon duine ag obair ar mhonalóga, scripteanna, dánta, greannáin, srl. tá fáilte rompu iad a chur isteach, mar aon le sleachta ó phíosaí níos faide. Cuirfear gach cineál iarratas san áireamh.
• Cuirimid fáilte roimh obair in aon seánra nó stíl agus a bhaineann le haon téama. I gcás nár cuireadh obair isteach trí mhúinteoir nó trí thuismitheoir/chaomhnóir, áfach, bí ar an eolas gur féidir linn teagmháil a dhéanamh leis na tuismitheoirí agus/nó an scoil má tá aon imní orainn faoi shláinte an scríbhneora óig de bharr na cineál oibre a chuireann siad isteach. Níl aon tionchar aige seo ar an bpróiséas eagarthóireachta a roghnaíonn ábhar le foilsiú.
• Tiocfaidh cóipeanna den irisleabhar amach leis an Irish Times faoi dheireadh an Earraigh 2025. Ní bheidh aon íocaíocht ar shaothar foilsithe.

Ceisteanna?

Má bhíonn aon cheist agat ar chor ar bith, ná bíodh aon drogall ort teagmháil a dhéanamh le mark@fightingwords.ie.