Splonk is very happy to team up with the Allingham Flash Fiction Prize this year, to offer publication to the winners in this our twelfth…
Your Heartās Right There Jo Nestor Every night this week after supper Iāve watched you, a stranger to me, linger in Palazzolaās communal refectory, hesitant…
Author of the 2023 Fool for Poetry Prize-winning chapbookĀ Levis Corner HouseĀ and Grolier Poetry Prize-winning collectionĀ Some Far Country, Partridge Boswell is co-founder of Bookstock Literary Festival…
Jo Nestor, retired adult educator, won the Leitrim Guardian Literary Award 2020. Her workhas been published in the FISH Anthology 2024 with an Honorary Mention.…
Jo Nestor, retired adult educator, won the Leitrim Guardian Literary Award 2020. Her workhas been published in the FISH Anthology 2024 with an Honorary Mention.…
Ciaran Cunningham grew up in the shadow of Sliabh Liag in the village of Carrick, south-west Donegal. On moving to Letterkenny, Ciaran worked in education…
Author of the 2023 Fool for Poetry Prize-winning chapbookĀ Levis Corner HouseĀ and Grolier Poetry Prize-winning collectionĀ Some Far Country, Partridge Boswell is co-founder of Bookstock Literary Festival…
Sunk Ciaran Cunningham He drifted where the boat had ruptured. Its goat skinned belly burst on the unforgiving rocks. Frank watched young clouds like goose…
The Questions after Rilke and Maggie Smith Partridge Boswell What does āreconcileā mean? he asks me on our drive to school, the way heās bounced…
Editorial: Five Years of Splonk With this issue ā Issue 11 ā we celebrate five years of Splonk; five years of showcasing fabulous flash and…