Monday 22 October 2007

Flosca Writing Competition


Flosca Short Story Competition
Deadline: 15 December, 2007
Word Limit: 3500 words.
To enter: Visit www.flosca.com
Entry Fee: €12.50
1st Prize: €1000 + Publication in the Prize-winners’ Chapbook.
2nd Prize: €250 + Publication in the Prize-winners’ Chapbook.
3rd Prize: €50 + Publication in the Prize-winners’ Chapbook.
The judge for this competition is David Means,
author of The Secret Goldfish (2006) and Assorted Fire Events (2000)

See this link for an interesting interview with the committee.

2 comments:

Emerging Writer said...

The winners are posted now:
Bog Woman by Marie MacSweeney
Dogged by Ronnie Nixon
Raw-Red by Patricia Byrne
This Moment Between Things by Wes Lee
Those Edens by Noel Harrington
Westerns by Wes Lee

all to be in the anthology due out soon, imaginatively entitled: Flosca Anthology 2008. Congrats to all.

Emerging Writer said...

The prizes are announced:
Flosca Short Story Competition

1st Prize: Westerns by Wes Lee
2nd Prize: Bog Woman by Marie MacSweeney
3rd Prize: Raw-Red by Patricia Byrne

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