Have you always wanted to be a published writer? If so, we’d dearly love to hear from you.

We are accepting submissions for a new online series called A Reader Writes. Write a piece – journalistic report, essay-style or reflection – on your experience of the last eight weeks, between 600 and 1200 words, email it to digital@thegloss.ie with the subject line ‘A Reader Writes’ and editor Sarah McDonnell and team will consider it for publication online in the coming weeks. We are looking for original voices – funny, quirky, thoughtful and thought-provoking. We can’t offer a fee but we look forward to making a connection with writers and would-be writers … who knows where it could lead?

This week we begin the series with submissions from three readers … read them online now … and be inspired to start writing and sending. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note that we can’t enter into correspondence on each submission but if your piece is selected, we will email you back and let you know when it will be published …

A Reader Writes: Facing Grief During a Pandemic

A Reader Writes: How I Learned to Listen During Lockdown

A Reader Writes: Ruminations On The Coronavirus Journey