WILLIAM TREVOR/
ELIZABETH BOWEN
International
Short Story
Competition
2013.
Prize Fund € 4 ,500
International
The Society was founded to celebrate the lives and works of two of Ireland’s literary greats with Mitchelstown connections. The short story competition evolved as a natural adjunct to our annual literary festival and aims to provide a competitive outlet for new and emerging
writers in the short story genre. The continued support
of William Trevor includes sponsoring the very
generous First Prize.
Our adjudicators are both well-known short story
writers and book reviewers. They will select a short list
of approximately 25 stories to be passed on for final adjudication.
Drumshanbo born, Dublin resident, Ita Daly, who will again be our main adjudicator, was married to writer and editor, the late David Marcus. Educated at U.C.D., Ita holds a Masters Degree in English. She has published five novels, a collection of short stories and two children’s books. Two times winner of the Hennessy Literary Awards and an Irish Times Short Story Award winner, Ita’s last novel
‘Unholy Ghosts’ was long listed for the Impact Award.
Each story should contain a maximum of 3000 words and should be submitted, by post only, on or before Friday 5th April 2013.
First Prize €3,000.00
Second Prize €500.00
Five runners up will receive cash prizes of €200.00 each.
There is an entry fee of €20.00 per entry and
each entry must have an official entry form attached.
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