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"
2 comments:
I attended Dromineer last year, won second prize in the poetry competition. A beautiful corner of the country I had never visited before and a wonderfully welcoming festival. Recommended.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment :)
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