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Hello,

I'm abhainn.


I am an author and poet based in Dublin, Ireland, but with strong ties to Denver, Colorado, USA and Portland, Oregon, USA. My work explores transness, queerness, falling in love along the Wild Atlantic Way, and more. 


I am so glad you're here. Pull up a poem and stay awhile.

as seen in

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Buy a copy here

Oxford Poetry, Issue 94

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Buy a copy here

Banshee Press, Issue 13

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136

Banshee Press, Issue 13

Buy a copy here

HOWL: New Irish Writing

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Banshee Press, Issue 13

Buy a copy here

Spectrum Anthology

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Buy a copy here

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Edinburgh Anthology Volume 1: The Outlier and other stories

Buy a copy here (To be released Nov 2024)

Order my debut poetry collection, DEADNAME

Pile Press, Issue 1, August 2021

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

Anti-Heroin Chic, Issue 22, August 2021

@pilepress

pilepress.com


we were worried about our weight


it is my queer name-giving


Interview, July 2021, Patreon

Anti-Heroin Chic, Issue 22, August 2021

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

Anti-Heroin Chic, Issue 22, August 2021

@antiheroinchic


Stray Dog Day

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

https://impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com/10-2/


Love Doesn't Hurt

Splonk, Issue 6, December 2021

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022

Impossible Archetype, Issue 10, August 2021

https://splonk.ie/2021/11/21/the-queers-of-drawda-sea-swim-claire-connolly/


The Queers of Drawda Sea Swim


(Flash Fiction)

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022

https://www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/claire-connolly


Poppy


The Nights of Lost Cause


Poem in the Voice of the Author's Adultery


Baby Gay of Clifden


You Are The Only One To Ask Me To Stay, and I Didn’t



Write Bloody, Jack McCarthy Book Prize, 2021

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022

Hole in the Head Review, No. 3, Issue 1, February 2022


http://www.writebloody.com


Finalist



Banshee Lit, 13th Issue, 2022

Frontier Poetry, New Voices Contest, 2022

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136, 2022


https://www.bansheelit.com/read/introducing-issue-13-springsummer-2022


Car Tattoo



Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136, 2022

Frontier Poetry, New Voices Contest, 2022

Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136, 2022

https://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/poetry-ireland-review/current-issue/



Why I Am No Longer a Lesbian



Frontier Poetry, New Voices Contest, 2022

Frontier Poetry, New Voices Contest, 2022

Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

https://www.frontierpoetry.com/poetry-awards/


Longlisted




Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

https://www.writebloodyuk.co.uk/submissions


Winner



HOWL, New Irish Writing, Fall 2022

Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

HOWL, New Irish Writing, Fall 2022

https://www.howlwriting.ie/


Cuir Oideachas Ar Do Mhac (Educate Your Sons)



HAD, July 2022

Write Bloody UK, Full-length Collection Competition, 2022

HOWL, New Irish Writing, Fall 2022

https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/modern-miracle


Modern Miracle



Oxford Poetry, Issue 94, Fall 2022

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/


July 31, 2021

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

https://renardpress.com/spectrum-poetry-anthology-competition/#shortlist


T4T (Trans 4 Trans)


Shortlist

MONO. Poetry Prize 2022

Spectrum Poetry Competition & Anthology 2022

Lucky Jefferson, 365 Collection, February 2023

https://www.monofiction.org/poetryprize


Longlisted: 


Praise Kink


Misophonia, or How To Be Trans & Be Quiet


Coming Out, Age 32


Lucky Jefferson, 365 Collection, February 2023

Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024

Lucky Jefferson, 365 Collection, February 2023


https://luckyjefferson.com/365-collection/page-11/


Misophonia, or How To Be Trans & Be Quiet


Pile Press, Issue 006, May 2023

Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024

Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024


Good Morning, Joyfriend


I Counted Your Teeth Before I Met You


A Collection of Missed Connections


Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024

Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024

Dear Mx. Lonelyhearts Anthology, Black Sunflowers Press, 2024

(Anthology canceled due to lack of funding)

https://www.blacksunflowerspoetry.com/


Cuidigh Liom, a Chara



Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story


Longlisted:


Blue Juice

2024 Waterford Poetry Prize

Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

https://youtu.be/27fLdn1t65M?si=ZMgp3KWGwFSIRKhw


Winner


The Transgender Mirror

Edinburgh Short Story Award, Scottish Arts Trust 2024

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