Declan Sweeney has previously been published by Stand, and other publications including Orbis, London Magazine, Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, The Moth, Stinging Fly, Revival, Irish Press, Icarus, and Crannog. He has also produced work for stage and radio. A collection of his poems was runner-up for the Listowel poetry collection prize.

Declan Sweeney's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises two contributions of poetry, over a period of nine years.