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The Lonely Voice: Short Story Introductions |
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Monthly short story competition and reading at the Irish Writers' Centre. |
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Free entry. |
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Celebrate Your Teacher |
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Here’s a chance to pen a small portrait of a teacher who inspired you or positively influenced your life. A collection of such accounts is being published in a volume by The Super Generation – see their web site for two offerings by Ruairi Quinn and Mary Harney www.thesupergeneration.com. They want such stories from writers, but also from the general public. Your story should be e-mailed to: annmarie@examcraft.ie.
It should be approx 500 words but no more. Please include your name and contact details, for verification purposes, though these will not be published if you so request. Photos of the individuals involved may also be submitted. The writers of all published stories will be invited to the book launch and entered into a draw for a Dell Laptop Computer. |
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| Leaf Books Poetry Competition |
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Entry: £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10 |
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Poems of max 35 lines. |
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First Prize: Winner receives £200 and a free copy of the anthology. |
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| Swift Satire Competition 2010 |
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Entry: €7/£5/$10 |
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Length: Prose - 600 to 800 words. Poetry - 30 to 100 lines. |
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The Boyne Writers Group, Trim, County Meath are holding a competition for satirical writing in commemoration of Jonathan Swift in conjunction with the Trim Swift Festival which takes place from Thursday July 1, to Sunday July 4, 2010. |
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First prize: €500, second prize: €300, third prize: €200 |
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| The Patick Kavanagh Poetry Award |
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Entry: €25 |
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The Patrick Kavanagh Society presents The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2010 for a first unpublished collection of poems in English. The award is open to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or long term resident in Ireland.The collection must be original and consist of 20 poems. Individual poems should not be more than 40 lines. The only works eligible are unpublished or magazine published work. The winner of this year’s award will receive €1,000.Two typed copies of the collection must be submitted with an entry form and €25.For more information, please contact the Patrick Kavanagh Society at infoatpkc@eircom.net or visit their website. |
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| Bridport Prize |
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£7 per story, £6 per poem or £5 per flash fiction. |
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Stories of up to 5,000 words, poem of up to 42 lines, short story of under 250 words. |
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First prizes: £5,000 for short story, £5,000 for poem, £1,000 for flash fiction. |
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| Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Competition |
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Entry: €10 |
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Fiction of up to 3,000 words and 3 poems up to 40 lines. |
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| National Poetry Competition |
| Now in its 33rd year. Winners include both established and emerging poets. Add your name to a roll-call of winners that includes Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Duhig, Philip Gross, and Jo Shapcott – and have your work published in the Poetry Society’s leading international journal, Poetry Review. The judges this year are poets George Szirtes, Deryn Rees-Jones and Sinéad Morrissey. The prizes are: £5,000 for the overall winner, £2,000 for the second, £1,000 for the third and seven commendations of £100. The deadline is 31 October. Enter online or download an entry form at www.poetrysociety.org.uk |
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| 2nd Annual Writing Spirit Award |
| Entry fee is €7 per short story or collection of poems. Stories can be up to 4,000 words and poems up to 20 lines in any genre.Short-listed entries will be announced at the end of March, June, September and November. |
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