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Creative Corona - Creative Writers produce short reads in this special series
During an April of lockdown, this series shared a daily dose of poems and short stories from the community of writers associated with the MA in Creative Writing at UCC. The online "Creative Corona" series features students, graduates and established writers associated with Creative Writing at UCC.
"Creative Corona" was initially started to provide a shared online platform for MA creative writing students whose courses had been suspended due to COVID-19. Such was the response that the initiative was broadened to include writing contributions from graduates, faculty and established writers associated with the MA. The creative works were published daily during the month of April and offered as a free resource for everyone. The brief was open but many contributors chose to write about the effects of the virus or picked writing that had particular resonance with the current crisis. The initiative was delivered in collaboration with the Munster Literature Centre, O Bheal and Fiction at the Friary.
The platform was shared with the wider writing community and members of the public. Alongside the Creative Corona series, Creative Writing at UCC are running a poetry translation contest which is open to the general public.
- Day 1 - Two poems from Cork novelist, short story writer and poet, William Wall
- Day 2 - A short story, “Viral”, by Eileen O’Donoghue
- Day 3 - “Cocoon”- a poem by Christina Hession
- Day 4 - “Insomnia” by Betty O’Mahony and “Into the Abyss” by Darren Hall
- Day 5 - “Measles” – a poem by Kathy D’Arcy.
- Day 6 - “Fears, Dreams and Trolleys” – by Claire Zwaartman
- Day 7 - “A Question” – a poem by Graham Allen
- Day 8 - “Call the Locksmith” by Beau Williams and “No Covid Blues” by Breda Joyce
- Day 9 - "Life Gives you Lemons" by Catherine Kirwan
- Day 10 - “Underneath” by John Banville
- Day 11 - “The Day Daddy Cried” by Margaret O’Driscoll and “Rear-View Mirror” by Peggy McCarthy
- Day 12 - “STOLEN” by Mary O’Donnell
- Day 13 - “Dearly Departed” by Molly Twomey and “Departure” by Maeve Bancroft
- Day 14 - “Old Love” by Billy O’Callaghan
- Day 15 - “Lost Marbles” by Jessica Militante and “Echo” by Christine Kannapel
- Day 16 - “The Turning” by Rachel Andrews
- Day 17 - “Arctic “by Cathy Ryan and “Head-Land” by Elaine Desmond
- Day 18 - An extract by Fiona Whyte from her novel, Let These Things be Written, and Sue Lewando on the nature of story-telling
- Day 19 - An extract from Danny Denton’s new novel and “Tower of Ravens” by Christine Kannapel
- Day 20 - “May the Bells Sound: Spring 2020″by Alison McCrossan and “Let the Chips Fall where they may” by Irene Halpin Long
- Day 21 - “And I’m Thinking” – an essay by Conal Creedon
- Day 22 - éinín / francach by Ailbhe Ni Ghearbhuigh
- Day 23 - “Mum and Jasper in the Morning” by Laura McKenna and “Sinkhole” by Bridget Sprouls
- Day 24 - “Black and Red” by Robert Feeney and “Revenge on the World” by Mona Lynch
- Day 25 - “When It is Over” by Alison Driscoll and “The End of the Day” by Hayley-Jenifer Brennan
- Day 26 - “Easement” by John FitzGerald and “The Holy Ground” by James O’Sullivan
- Day 27 - “Vector” by Jacqui Corcoran and “Wrong Number” by Debra Fotheringham
- Day 28 - “Somewhere Else” by Mary Noonan and “Visiting Rite” by Breda Joyce
- Day 29 - “Home” by Mark Kelleher and “Expiry Date” by Mary Morrissy
- Day 30 - Last word goes to Matthew Geden with “Second Chance” and Christina Hession with “Mañana”
For more on this story contact:
Mary Morrissy Associate Director of Creative Writing - mmorrissy@ucc.ie