Building upon the diversity of arts and culture already catered for at the festival, the Connemara Mussel Festival is delighted to announce the launch of a poetry competition for 2016. The competition was the brainchild of John Coyle of Renvyle House who suggested at the festival launch in March of this year that there weren’t many poems about the humble mussel and to rectify that situation he would be delighted to sponsor a competition to be run by the Connemara Mussel Festival.
The competition was launched at Renvyle House Hotel on 18th November by poet and Professor of Literature at Vassar University, New York, Eamonn Grennan, who will also judge the entries.
Theme: Mussels. While the poem does not have to be about mussels, it must contain some reference to the mussel.
The two best poems in the opinion of the judge will be awarded €250 and €100 respectively.
Deadline: 13th March 2016.
Link here. It appears to be free to enter. Email your poems.
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