In January 2021, Fighting Words invited writers aged 12 to 212 to explore the world around them and share their creative responses with us.
The response was tremendous and we are delighted to share it here.
Based on the 5km limit that people in the Republic were living with as part of the Government's Level 5 restrictions due to Covid-19, writers interpreted 5x5 as:
I mí Eanáir 2021, d'iarr Fighting Words ar scríbhneoirí ó 12 go 212 bliain d'aois fáil amach faoi domhan mórthimpeall orthu agus a gcuid smaointí agus freagairtí cruthaitheacha a roinnt linn.
D'éirigh thar cionn leis an togra agus tá an-ríméad orainn é a roinnt libh anseo.
Mar chuid de shrianta Leibhéal 5 an Rialtais de bharr Covid-19, ní raibh cead ag daoine i bPoblacht na hÉireann dul taobh amuigh de theorainn 5km ó bhaile. Bhí bealaí éagsúla ag scríbhneoirí ciall a bhaint as 5x5:
Teachers! Are you interested in booking a FREE creative writing workshop for your primary or secondary school group? Bookings for 2021/2022 are now open.
Fighting Words workshops are highly interactive, incredibly creative and fun. We help children to find their voices and tell their stories.
DCU's Neurodivergent Society Creative Collection
For eighteen months, Fighting Words mentors have worked with writers from the DCU Neurodivergent Society, engaging with them online at regular writing sessions.
We are delighted to launch a collection of their work: The Art of Divergence - DCU's Neurodivergent Society Creative Collection.
The launch event on 25 March 2021 is the presentation of work created with the Neurodivergent Society as part of DCU’s autism friendly initiative.
The Fighting Words Clare team was delighted to be part of Clare County Library Teen Week 2021, in collaboration with Ennis Book Club Festival! Fighting Words co-founder Roddy Doyle facilitated a creative writing workshop with Transition Year students from Scoil Mhuire Secondary School, Ennistymon.
Fighting Words Northern Ireland and Fighting Words are delighted to welcome Cathleen Young as our inaugural Fighting Words Writing Fellow in association with The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast.
Cathleen comes to us by way of the HUMANITAS Prize in Hollywood, California where she was the Executive Director from 2007-2021. She is an award-winning television writer as well as a children’s author.
On Wednesday 3rd February 2021, Fighting Words volunteer mentors worked with students from the Trinity Access Programme Linked Secondary Schools in multiple disciplines to create original stories, songs, poems and some short plays.
This project was done in association with Freiraum. Freiraum is a Europe-wide project initiated by the Goethe-Institut in 2017 that deals with the current state of freedom in Europe. The local Freiraum project in Dublin focuses on economic inequality and the resulting limits of freedom.
Fighting Words is delighted to share the news that Fighting Words Northern Ireland, the creative writing network for children and young people, has announced the appointment of Hilary Copeland as Director on 8 February 2021.
Ms Copeland will take up the role in March 2021. She is currently Deputy Director at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin, having joined the team as Acting Director in July 2019. She has worked in literature and arts management since 2008, delivering expertise across business management, strategic planning, creative programming and event delivery for festivals, arts and theatre companies and nonprofits in Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin.
Thank you for your interest in joining this writers circle for educators. The current group is now FULL. Please keep an eye on the website for future groups like this one.
Are You A Teacher or Trainee Teacher Interested in Creative Writing?
Whether it comes from a love of words, a story that needs telling, a quest for personal clarity, or the wish to honour our days by recording something of them, the longing to write is worth heeding.
Are you a teacher or student teacher who is interested in writing? Would you like some company for this stage of your writing journey? If so, this may be the group for you.
Tell Us A Story About An Animal or Creature - Real or Imagined!
Fighting Words is asking young authors aged 7-12 to send us stories about animals.
In this celebration of creativity, ALL the stories will be published on the Fighting Words website and several of the stories will be animated by our team of volunteers!
