Dromineer Festival

2009 Dromineer Literary Festival poetry and short story competitions.

Prizes: €500 for first place, €350 for second place and €150 for third place.
Fee: €5 for first poem and €3 for additional entries.
Fee: The entry fee for stories is €10 per story.
Deadline: 7 August 2009
Judges: Vona Groarke (Poetry) David Rice (Short Story)

Maximum length is 40 lines per poem.
The maximum number of words is 600 per story.

Festival Programme

THE VENUE FOR ALL EVENTS IS THE LOUGH DERG YACHT CLUB UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.


THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2009

20.00 ALL-IRELAND POETRY DAY Readings featuring Vona Groarke.

FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER

09.00 - 15.00 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WORKSHOP.
19.30 OFFICIAL OPENING OF 2009 FESTIVAL.
20.00 COMPETITION RESULTS & READINGS: Judges Vona Groarke, Mary Arrigan, David Rice.

SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER

10.00 - 13.00 POETRY WORKSHOP: Vona Groarke.
10.00 - 13.00 SHORT STORY WORKSHOP: David Rice.
10.30 - 12.30 CHILDRENS' WORKSHOP (8 - 12) Printing & Hat Making
14.30 - 16.30 CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP ( 12+) Making a Book.
20.00 - 22.00 MEET THE AUTHOR(S). Peter Cunningham: "The Sea and the Silence".
Michael Harding: "Displaced in Mullingar".

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER

13.00 - 14.20 FAMILY LUNCH & STORY TELLING
15.00 - 17.00 AFLOAT ON LOUGH DERG: David Courtney: "Nine Lives".
20-00 - 22.00 FESTIVAL FINALE: " Darwin / Hooker: The Dromineer Connection"