​JOURNALS AND ANTHOLOGIES

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2026

‘Digging the family garden’ in Shelton Snowdrops anthology; ‘Lunch’ and ‘Islands’ forthcoming in Edward Thomas anthology; ‘Unmaking me’ in Magma 94 ‘Remix’ issue;; ‘Fishtank’ in Coast to Coast to Coast’; ‘The girl I saw in Avilés’ forthcoming (Aug 12) in After; ‘The funambulist school, or how to learn the art of failing’ in Safety In Numbers; ‘Mothwings’ in Dark Poets Anthology; ‘This poem is a secret’ in Ink, Sweat & Tears, April 25; “Glaciers were once frozen chunks of sky’ forthcoming in Steel Jackdaw; ‘postcard from atta, guyana’ and ‘my mother’s footprints’ forthcoming in Manchester Review; ‘Bus waiting’ forthcoming in London Grip; ‘Unborn’ and ‘university education’ forthcoming in Aftershock 3;

2025

‘Flypast’ in Mslexia; ‘Bread Mountain’, ‘Learning a Trade’ and ‘Monitors’ (in Stand 244); ‘Spiders sense the world through vibrations’ (Pomegranate- London); ‘Red as a fairytale‘ (Ink, Sweat & Tears); ‘Grandmother’s footsteps’. AgeUk; ‘How to mourn a sister’ Live Canon Single Poem competition anthology; ‘me & tree’, ‘signature piece’ and ‘some marys’ in Obsessed with Pipework; ‘How to draw her name in air’ in Ware Poetry Prize Anthology; ‘As I searched for the best window to view the moon’ forthcoming in Leeds University’s Before the Party; ‘Eldest draws the curtains’ in 14 Magazine; ‘Why some rifts heal’ in London Grip; ‘Gold Trader‘ in issue 2 of Eche Poetry; ‘Writing Sisyphus’ in Write Out Loud Anthology; ‘On Pismo Beach‘ and ‘Relationship‘ in Anthropocene Poetry; ‘I call my mother by her childhood nickname,’ in The Marrow International Poetry; ‘The Locket Speaks’ in Six Things by Poetry Plays;’Prayer to a lost son’ Poetry News and video ; ‘lucid dreaming’ forthcoming in Finished Creatures; ‘Christmas Streets’ 31 Dec in Ink Sweat & Tears,

2024

‘Fish and Chips’ in Aesthetica; ‘Snow-globe’ in Live Canon Christmas Anthology; ‘Frankincense’ in Paper Swans Advent Calendar (Christmas Day); ‘Driving home for the new year’ Dark Poets Press (Dec); ‘searching for my grandfather’ (Magma 90); ‘South Rim, Grand Canyon‘ (The Interpreter’s House, issue 82); ‘it came out of nowhere’ (Perverse); ‘elder trees were once planted beside houses for protection’ (Holy Cows: an anthology of writing and art); ‘On top of the world‘ Green Ink; ‘Cake’ (London Grip); ‘Home is the sound of silence’ (Abridged); ‘Carer’s Afternoon Off’ (Hippocrates 2024 Anthology); ‘She is walking’ (Under the Radar); ‘There’s no place for grief in the house that serves the muse’ (Amethyst’s Thin Places & Sacred Spaces anthology); ‘My mother didn’t touch salt’ (Ver 2024 Anthology)

2023

‘mother bear’ (Ink, Sweat & Tears, Dec); ‘Tree’ (Spelt, Dec); ‘Carolling’ (London Grip, Dec); ‘the grandmothers’ (bath magg, Sept); ‘elegy to a pencil’ (Lighthouse 88); ‘Invisible Ink’, (Stand); ‘Off Lindisfarne’ (Finished Creatures); ‘Inner Octopus’, (Raceme); ‘Hymn to Sheep’ (The Rialto); ‘O Womb’ (Arachne Press); ‘All or Nothing Girl’ (Dempsey & Windle Anthology); ‘Heading to the Swamps’ (Candlestick Press ‘I Love You’); ‘The time I saw my father cry’ (Borders and Belonging, Cephalo Press)

2022

‘viburnum’ (Drawn to the light), ‘How to measure a fly life’ (Fenland Poetry Journal, autumn), ‘what the spiders showed me’ (Fenland Poetry Journal, autumn), ‘white’ (14 Magazine, autumn);’how to spell your name‘ Kent & Sussex anthology; ‘Peepholes’ (London Grip, summer); ‘It smells of warm  cabbage’ (Dust issue 8); ‘Diana and her Piano’ (Lighthouse, June); ‘Perdita’ (Allegro issue 28); ‘Airborne’ (Friday Poem, June 25); ‘Stilling Time’ (Marble 11), ‘Kiss’ (London Grip, March). ‘After carving leftover turkey’ (Corrupted Poets’s anthology: Living With Other People, Dec); ‘the beginnings and endings of fairytales’, ‘After my doctor said I’d never have children’ and ‘Tawi Attair, Oman’ (Fragmented Voices’ anthology: in-spire); ‘Ghost Gum’ (Ver Prize Anthology), ‘Mother of Cities’ (Binstead/ South Downs Prize Anthology); ‘inner courtyard’ (Aesthetica CW anthology)

2021

‘My red shoes lead me home’ (Ink Drinkers, autumn);  ‘Christmas Eve in Paris’ (MIR online Dec); ‘playing with snakes’ (Orbis 197, autumn); ‘stop!’, (Orbis 197); ‘Scent’ (Marble 10, Oct) 2021; ‘Misreading the blueprint’ (RSL  Write Across London Poetry Map); ‘Let me tell you about love’, (Snakeskin, May);’Kaieteur’ (London Grip, Apr); ‘The Art of Daydreaming’ (Poetry News, Mar);  ‘What would I see in a portrait of me’ (AMBIT 242);  ‘Silent Majority’ (Finished Creatures); ‘Diptych’, (Aesthetica CW anthology); ‘Lamb Sandwiches’ (Arc Poetry Journal), ‘Still Life’ (Winchester Prize anthology: un-seaming the tendon),  ‘A Short History of Frankincense’ and  ‘Who is She Who Comes’ (Amethyst Review); ‘Pointing North’ (the Poetry Health Service);

2020

‘D is for Change’ (Under the Radar); ‘Madness of Crowds’ (The Fenland Poetry Journal); ‘Muse’ and ‘Berlin Break’ (Cadena Magica) ; ‘The Tasmanian Spider is a Good Mother like You’, ‘Twenty Seven’ and ‘By Any Name’ (The High Window); ‘The Making of Dreams’ and ‘Restocking after the Break’ (Blue Nib Poetry Journal); ‘Bluebeard’s Cousin’ (Ink Sweat & Tears)

2019

‘The General’s Widow’ and ‘The Chemistry of Tears’ (Momaya ‘Masks’ Poetry Review);  ‘Moth-wings’ (Bridges Journal); Breton Girl Spinning’ (Sentinel Quarterly Poetry Journal, 2016).Dempsey and Windle’s What Next anthology, Coldweather Anthology,2018, 2019; Metaphor for Women, 2015; Bridges Anthology, 2018, 2019; Poetry from Tate Modern, 2010, 2011.

COMPETITION MENTIONS

2026

2 highly commended in Edward Thomas Competition;

Highly Commended, Shepton Mallett

Honourable Mention, Cafe Writers

Shortlisted, Dark Poets Prize IV, Live Canon Pamphlet Prize

2025

‘relationships’ nominated (by Anthropocene) for the Pushcart Prize

winner of Poetry Society Members competition with ‘Prayer for a lost son’

finalist for Poet in Residence for the Laurel Prize

3rd-equal place, Write Out Loud

Highly commended: Erbacce Prize, Ware Competition, AgeUK, Primers 8

Shortlist: Live Canon Single Poem competition, Mslexia Single Poem Competition, FreeVerse, Fish, Templar Pamphlet Competition

Longlist: Fish; Cinnamon Pamphlet Competition, Dithering Chaps; Aurora; Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet, Live Canon Poem competition,

2024

finalist: Winchester, Mslexia

shortlisted: Bridport (flash fiction), Aesthetica Prize, Hammond House,

highly commended: Fool for Poetry Pamphlet Competition, Munster

Commended: Hippocrates, Welshpool, Ver, South Downs, Coast-to-Coast-to Coast

Honourable Mention: Dark Poets Prize

Longlist: Bedford Prize, Fish Prize, Bridport, Bad Betty

2023

2nd prize: Indigo Dreams

3rd prize: Teignmouth Prize; 3rd equal, Wolves Lit Fest competition

Highly commended: Bridport; Buzzwords;

Commended: Poets Rrattlers Pandemonialists; Ware Poets; Ver Poets; South Downs Poetry Prize; Coast to Coast to Coast pamphlet (special mention)

Shortlisted: Plough, Bedford, Fish

Longlisted: National Poetry Prize (2022); Rialto Nature & Place; Bedford, Fish

2022

1st prize IAmInPrint, Winchester,

4th Prize, Kent & Sussex

Highly commended: Rialto Nature & Place

Commended: Hippocrates Open, South Downs Poetry Prize

Shortlist: Bridport; Aesthetica Creative Writing Award; Verve Poetry Publishing Collection, 2022

Longlist: Paper Swans Pamphlet Prize; Mono Prize

2021

1st equal Poetry News Members’ ‘Lucid Dreaming’ competition

Longlist:

2nd Sentinely Lit Quarterly

3rd Sentinely Lit Quarterly

Shortlist: Live Canon Single Poem competition;

Longlist: Beford, AUB; Fish (2)

2020

Ist prize (equal) Poetry News Members’ ‘Vision’ competition

Commended: WInchester; Aesthetica Creative Writing Award; Artlyst;

Shortlist: Trim, Buzzwords; Plough;

Longlist: Segora; Acumen

2019 and before

1st prize, Momaya International Competition (2019)

Shortlist: Bridport (2013,14,15,16,18); Wasafiri (2011); Torbay (2018);

Longlist: Primers 1 (2016), Mslexia Memoir Prize 2014

Endorsements

“Mary Mulholland is an accomplished poet, consistently producing rich and varied work. Unafraid to experiment, her poems kindle a range of emotional responses, and we are always left stirred by something original.  Dedicated, engaged and inspiring, it has been a pleasure to work with Mary.” Rebecca Goss (2023)

Mary Mulholland is an exciting fresh voice on the poetry scene whose playfulness and wit is matched by a joyous intellect that is ever alert to personal and political issues, and who happens to be a superb reader of her work!” Daljit Nagra (2021)

“Mary Mulholland writes with a rich alchemy of words, turn of phrases, precise and clear with a sense of vulnerability under the surface on subjects of womanhood, family, nature, place and many more subjects.” Roy McFarlane (2022)