Sighle Meehan lives in Galway and began
writing poems in 2011. She is a participant in the advanced poetry workshop at
Galway Arts Centre. Sighle has been shortlisted in the Over The Edge New Writer
of the Year competition and her poems have been published in Skylight 47 and elsewhere. She is the
winner of the 2014 Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust poetry competition.
Her winning poem Just the One is currently on display as part of Poems for Patience series at University
Hospital Galway.
Duana Sala is a graduate of Literature and Languages from the
University Cà Foscari, Venice Italy. Born in Italy in 1981 she moved to Galway
in 2008, following her deep wild passion for Ireland. She published her first
short story Dear Diary,1965 in the book Infusions by Java
Writers, a group from Galway who met through Over the Edge literary events and
creative writing classes. They meet regularly in Java’s Cafe to write, chat,
and inspire each other. She is currently writing her first book, a collection
of shorts stories set in Italy. She divides her time between writing, dancing
and performing with Galway Swing.
Dimitra
Xidous is originally from Ottawa, Canada but
now lives in Dublin. Her poems have been published in literary journals in
Canada, Ireland and the US. The featured poet in the Spring 2014 issue of The Stinging Fly, Dimitra was a finalist in the 2014
Malahat Review Open Season Awards, shortlisted for both the Bridport Prize
(2013) and for the Over the Edge Emerging New Writer Award (2013), and
long-listed for the Montreal International Poetry Competition (2011). She
curates The Ash Sessions, a poetry and music showcase in Dublin and co-founded
and co-edits The Pickled Body, a quarterly poetry
& art magazine. Dimitra’s debut poetry collection, Keeping Bees, was published recently by Doire Press.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council.
