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Closing Date: March 2nd, 2007 |
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The Winners of the Competitions
will be announced at the Opening Night of the Festival on Wednesday,
May 30th and listed here shortly afterwards.
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Winner |
 
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Prize |
€10,000 for a published work of fiction by an Irish author |
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Adjudicators |
Carlo
Gébler and Anne Enright |
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Sponsor |
Kerry Group PLC |
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Winner |
Susan Knight
“Flowering Cherry”
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Prize |
€2,000 |
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Adjudicator |
Colm Toibin |
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Sponsor |
The
Ireland Funds |
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Entry Fee |
€10 with each entry
submitted |
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Winner |
Sorcha de Brún
“Craiceann” |
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Duais |
€1,500 |
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Moltóir |
Paddy Bushe |
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Urraitheoir |
Foras
na Gaeilge |
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Taille |
€10 ar gach iontráil |
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Catagoírí |
Gearr Sceal (níos
lú ná 1500 focail)
Dán Gearr (níos lú ná 70 línte)
Aiste Greannmhar (níos lú ná 750 focail)
Dráma (táille €15)
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One act plays are not
eligible. Plays submitted should be for stage presentation only
and should not have previously been staged. Plays can only be
submitted once for this competition, re-submissions will automatically
be disqualified. |
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Winner |
Mike Casey
“Tabu” |
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Prize |
€1,000 |
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Adjudicator |
Michael Colgan |
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Sponsor |
Spectra
Photo Group |
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Entry Fee |
€20 with each entry
submitted |
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Prize |
€650 |
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Winners |
Short Story (1500
words max.) |
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Lynda Tavakoli
“Mattress Man” |
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Humorous Essay (750
words max.) |
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John Leahy
“The Wingman”
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Short Poem
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Mary Lennon
“Only Child” |
Jane Clarke
“Daily Bread” |
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Adjudicators |
Writers' Week Editorial Board |
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Sponsors |
Bank
of Ireland and The
Kerryman |
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Entry Fee |
€10 with each entry
submitted |
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Winners |
Prisoners Short Story |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
John Kerr
“Letterboxes are for Letters”
Michael Fogarty
“The Black Face Gang”
John Mould
“Master Me No Master”
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Prisoners Poetry |
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1st
2nd
3rd
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John Connolly
“Back to Yesterday”
Mario Flores
“For when the Rain Comes”
Eoghan O’Haoife
“Still the Years”
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Prisoners Autobiography |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Trevor McCandless
“The Trowel”
Joe Lockhart
“To see myself, to set the darkness echoing”
John O’Mahony
“First Flight”
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Prisoners Overseas Poetry
Competition
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1st |
Sheldon Smith
“Completeness”
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Irish Section, Writing
in Prisons
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1st |
Paddy Deery
“Gildiní Bradáin Thigh na Coille” |
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Prisoners Overseas Short
Story Competition |
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1st |
Peter Groome
“Nobody Heard her Cries” |
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Prize Fund |
€1,500 |
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Adjudicator |
Writers' Week Editorial Board |
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Sponsor |
Prison
Education Service & The Irish Commission for Prisoners
Overseas. |
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Categories |
single poem |
collection of poems (6-12) |
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Winners |
John W. Sexton
“The Green Owl”
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Caroline Lynch
“Lost in the Gaeltacht” |
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Prize |
€700 |
€700 + financial
support towards the publication of a Slim Volume to be launched
at next year's festival. |
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Adjudicator |
Katie Donovan |
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Sponsor |
The American Ireland Funds |
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Entry Fee |
€10 |
€25 |
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This competition is
open to candidates who have not yet published a memoir and will
be judged on submissions of up to 4,000 words. |
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Winner |
Jennifer Farrell
“The Girl in the Wardrobe” |
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Prize |
Original Writing Limited
will publish the completed memoir of the winning entry and list
the book for sale in several on-line book stores including its
own.
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Adjudicators |
Nuala
O'Faolain |
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Entry Fee |
€15 with each entry
submitted
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Sponsor |
Original
Writing Limited |
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This competition
is not open to Irish Residents
Details of this competition will be advertised in the "Irish Post"
UK in mid-January, 2007.. |
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Winners |
Journalism
Short Story
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Joseph O’Halloran
“Paddy Come Back”
Orlaith Mallen
“I wanna be something I’m not” |
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Sponsor |
The
Irish Post and Stena
Line Ferries |
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Prize Fund |
€1,500 |
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Winners |
Creative Writing for 9 years
and under (200 words max.) |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Thomas Healy
“Soccer”
Tara-Anne Smyth
“The Fairies Forest”
Aideen Jane Fox
“The Mirror Girls ” |
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Creative Writing for 12
years and under (500 words max.)
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1st
2nd
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= 3rd
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Ruben Morrissey-Fernandez
“Adventure in the Back Garden”
Sadhbh Ní Bhroin
“Grandpa’s Dancin’ Shoes”
Stephen Cronin
“The Best Race in Limerick City”
Sarah McNamara
“Life without Daddy” |
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Creative Writing for 14
years and under (500 words max.) |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Tom Barrett
“Uncontrollable”
Iseult O’Rourke
“Memories”
Amy Kelly
“Benbulben” |
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Creative Writing for 16
years and under (1000 words max)
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Ciaran O’Rourke
“A Moment”
Jordan O’Regan
“Roots”
Tim Tierney
“Autumn Came Early”
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Creative Writing for 18
years and under (1000 words max) |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Jenny Gilleece
“Liscannor Bay”
Roisin O’Reilly
“Tan, Tiaras and Tantrums…. God, I Love
This Game”
Ailbhe Flaherty
“Ode to an Orange”
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A Limerick for all age groups up to 18 years |
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1st
2nd
3rd |
Niamh Cullinane
“My Eye”
Patrick Ahern
“Hope”
Sean Tangnay
“To be Young”
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Submissions may be in
the form of poems, short stories, essays. Name and address of
entrant/school should appear on each entry.
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Entry Fee |
FREE |
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Sponsor |
Kerry County Council |
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An international story
telling competition dedicated to the memory of renowned Storyteller
Eamon Kelly. In this international competition, candidates should
submit their individual, unique style of story. |
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Winner |
Sonny Egan, Garrynagore,
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry |
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Prize |
€1,500 |
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Adjudicators |
Pat
Speight and Batt Burns |
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Entry Fee |
€15 |
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Sponsors |
Luke Moriarty –
Moriarty Group |
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