Literature

The Canon Sheehan Short Story Award at Cork County Library and Arts Service

Cork County Library and Arts Service seeks new writing talent. To mark the centenary celebrations of North Cork writer, Canon Patrick Sheehan, Cork County Library and Arts Service has launched The Canon Sheehan Short Story Award for secondary school students.  Cork County Library will select the best ten entries to be published on the County Library website and the overall winning story will be published in the Mallow Field Club Journal in November 2012. Further information from 021- 4346210 and at www.corkcoco.ie/library - closing date for entries Friday 14^th September.

Ó Bhéal

Ó Bhéal poetry night presents guest poet Fergal Gaynor on Monday 14^th May  - the night generally begins with a Poetry Challenge starting between 9.00pm and 9.30pm. Guest poets begin around 10.00 pm – booking and further information from 085-7126299, and at www.obheal.ie.  

Sean O Faolain International Short Fiction Competition

The Sean O Faolain international short fiction competition run by the Munster Literature Centre in Cork, Ireland, is currently accepting submissions – further information including submission guidelines available from info@munsterlit.ie and at www.munsterlit.ie – closing date Sunday 31^st July.

Writing Workshops at Cork International Short Story Festival

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A group of writing workshops has been programmed to run in conjunction with the Cork International Short Story Festival this September. Each course runs for four days from 9.30am to 12.30pm.. Bookings are now being taken for Short Stories for Beginners with Nuala Ní Chonchúir; Advanced Short Story Writing with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne; Flash Fiction with Tania Hershman; Contemporary Fairy Tales with Kate Bernheimer; Writing Children’s Short Stories (for adults) with former Children’s Laureate Siobhán Parkinson and Kevin Stevens; Story into Song with John Spillane; and Story onto Stage with Jack Healy. Further information from Jennifer at info@munsterlit.ie 021 - 4312955 and at www.corkshortstory.net

2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition

In 2012 Over The Edge is continuing its annual creative writing competition, open to both poets and fiction writers. The winning poems and the winning story will both be published in a special Over The Edge Tenth Birthday anthology which will be published during 2013. Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland - contact details on a separate sheet. Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. The closing date is Wednesday, August 8th, 2012. Further information from 087-6431748 and from over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com