Saturday, 20 March 2010

Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition

The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre. It's now open for really, really early submissions

Warning: They do have a history of being heavy on North American winners. Not sure why. Do they get proportionally more or are the pre-readers biased to the North American style? Does such a thing exist?

First Prize: €1,500 (approx US $2000) and publication in the literary journal Southword.
Second Prize: €500 (approx US $650) and publication in Southword.
Four other shortlisted entries will be selected for publication in Southword and receive a fee of €100 (approx USD $130).
There will be a long list of twenty entrants published.

Judge: Tania Hershman

Up to 3,000 words

Fee: €15, US $20 or £15.
Deadline: 31st July 2010

You can submit by email.
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown20 March 2010 at 16:42

    I always forget about this competition for some reason. When's the deadline?

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  2. Emerging Writer20 March 2010 at 18:07

    31st July. Halfway through summer. Maybe you should send early!

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  3. Tania Hershman20 March 2010 at 23:05

    Hi EW!,
    thanks so much for publicising this. I am honoured to be the judge this year and wanted to say that I would love to see stories that are a lot shorter than 3000 words too, and yes, get your entry in early! (It's all anonymously judged, of course)

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  4. Emerging Writer20 March 2010 at 23:13

    Thanks Tania. Do you read all entries or are they filtered?

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  5. Tania Hershman21 March 2010 at 00:02

    I actually do read all the entries, which is great because I get to pick the stories I love!

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  6. Totalfeckineejit21 March 2010 at 00:10

    FIFTEEN EUROS!!!??? At least you can save on the stamp.I'll also be saving on the entry fee.

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