About
Maeve Keane is a writer and teacher from Cork.
Maeve graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick in January 2023, and was a participant in the Stinging Fly Summer School in July 2023. She was granted an Arts Council Agility Award in 2023 to work on a collection of personal essays.
Recently, Maeve was awarded the Betty and Jenny Bursary by Children’s Books Ireland (sponsored by author Rod Smith) to revise her debut children’s novel during a week-long residency at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig.
Maeve’s writing has featured in journals such as Unapologetic, Swerve 2, Drawn to the Light Press, Ropes, Oranges, The Storms, and The Ogham Stone, as well as on ShorterStories.ie and on podcasts such as The Jealous Wall, and Eat the Storms.
Maeve’s short story, Hazel, was published in the From the Well 2023 anthology and performed at Cork International Short Story Festival. Her story, Checkout Number Four, was highly commended in the Seán Ó’Faoláin International Short Story Competition.
Publications
– A Real Death Sentence (creative nonfiction), placed second in the Creative nonfiction category, and published in The Four Faced Liar, Issue 04, Competition Issue, February 2026
– The Robin (poem), published in Southword, Issue 49, November 2025
– The Removal (poem) published in Southword 46, 2024word 46, 2024
– Checkout Number Four (short fiction) published in Unapologetic Magazine, Issue 3: Invisibility and Ambiguity, 2024
– Hazel (short fiction) published as part of If A Tree Falls, the 2023 From the Well anthology, organised by Cork County Council Library and Arts Services, July 2023
– Good Friday (short fiction) published in Swerve 2, July 2023
– The Bookshelf (poem) published in Swerve 2, July 2023
– Il Dottore (poem) published in Drawn to the Light Press, Issue 9, June 2023
– Safe Home (short fiction) published in Ropes, Issue 31, April 2023
– Safe Home (short fiction) featured on Oranges Journal, March 2023
– Incandescent Obsolescence (short fiction) published in The Storms Journal, Issue Two, February 2023
– Little Green (nonfiction) published in The Ogham Stone, May 2022
Performances
– Performed at The Four Faced Liar, Competition Issue Launch, Waterstones Cork, February 2026
– Reader at The Winter Warmer poetry festival, Cork, November 2025
– Performed Hazel (short fiction) at the From the Well Showcase in Cork City Library, at Cork International Short Story Festival, October 2023
– Read Good Friday (short fiction, extract) at Swerve 2 launch at Skibbereen Arts Festival, July 2023
– Read Incandescent Obsolescence (short fiction) at The Storms Journal, Issue Two launch, Swords Castle, February 2023
– Performed Incandescent Obsolescence (short fiction) for Eat the Storms podcast, companion episode to The Storms Journal, Issue Two, February 2023
– Safe Home (short fiction) [performed by Eimear Keating] on The Jealous Wall Podcast, for Dublin Digital Radio, May 2022
– An Espresso Shot of Thought – spoke about haiku on YouTube as part of a poetry series for the University of Limerick
– performed Little Green (nonfiction, extract) at The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, March 2022
Awards
– A Real Death Sentence (creative nonfiction), placed second in the Creative nonfiction category, and published in The Four Faced Liar, Issue 04, Competition Issue, February 2026
– Mustelid Scat (short fiction), longlisted in The Four Faced Liar Fiction category for The Four Faced Liar, Competition Issue, September 2025
– Just Like That (creative nonfiction), longlisted for the Write by the Sea creative nonfiction competition, July 2025
– Awarded the Betty and Jenny Bursary by Children’s Books Ireland (sponsored by author Rod Smith) to revise her debut children’s novel during a week long residency at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, February 2024
– Checkout Number Four (short fiction) placed Highly Commended in the Seán Ó’Faoláin International Short Story Competition, September 2023
– Arts Council Agility Award, The Arts Council, June 2023
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