The first issue of Skylight 47 was published in January 2013 to celebrate ten years of Galway’s Over The Edge poetry readings in the City Library. It was only supposed to be a single issue, but founding editors Kevin O’Shea, Susan Lindsay and Nicki Griffin were so taken with what they had produced, they decided to carry on.
Our editors have changed since then: Bernie Crawford, Ruth Quinlan and D’or Seifer are now at the helm of the publication, with Nicki Griffin recently moving into a supporting advisory role. We are still associated with Over The Edge, which provides us with tremendous support, but we now also collaborate closely with other great Galway institutions like Cúirt International Festival of Literature and Galway Civic Trust. Both Galway City and Galway County Councils contribute to the costs for publishing each issue, which is much needed and appreciated.
Our newspaper format allows us room to spread our wings, and gives the work of our contributors space to breath. We hope at some point in the future to be able to pay all our writers as well as giving them a copy of the issue they appear in. Maybe one day the editors will be paid too! In the meantime we strive to produce the best magazine we can.
You can contact the Skylight 47 editing team directly at skylightpoets47@gmail.com.
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To whom it may concern,
What do I do regarding submissions?
Thanking you in advance
Patricia Walsh
Hi Patricia
Our next issue is due out in May and we have all our submissions in for that at the moment. We’ll be taking new submissions for our Autumn issue later in the summer.
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