Bio

Derville Quigley is a writer from Monaghan, Ireland based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her poems and short stories have been published in The Ogham Stone, Trasna, Hidden Peak Press, HOWL New Irish Writing, Hooghly Review, CommuterLit and Abridged among others. She placed 2nd in Litro's Surreal and Strange Prose Poetry Contest 2022 judged by Jose Hernandez Diaz, 2nd runner up in the Mairtín Crawford Poetry Award 2024 judged by Dawn Watson and Kathleen McCracken and highly commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2024 judged by Victoria Kennefick. Her play Cat and Dog People featured as part of a 10x10 sold-out run at Cork Arts Theatre. Derville graduated with an MA in Screen Arts and, as an award-winning filmmaker, has written and directed short films and documentaries for the Arts Council Northern Ireland, the BBC and Channel 4. She was selected to attend the Seamus Heaney Poetry Summer School at Queens University Belfast in 2024. She is co-founder of Strange Birds a writing feedback community.