Francis Mac Manus competition now open for entries

Short Story Competition 2013

in memory of

                    Francis Mac Manus

Details and entry form on the website

www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus

Judges for the

2013 competition

Brendan Barrington

is a Senior Editor at Penguin Ireland, and editor of The Dublin Review.

Evelyn Conlon

is currently finishing her fourth short story collection. She has been published this year in Italy, Austria, USA and Australia. Her fourth novel is to be published in 2013. Her work has been anthologised and translated widely; most recently her short story Taking Scarlet as a Real Colour has been translated into Tamil. She is a member of Aosdána.

Christine Dwyer Hickey’s

short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies world-wide and have won several awards including Listowel Writers Week (twice) and the Sunday Observer/Penguin competition. She has published six novels, the latest of which The Cold Eye of Heaven (Atlantic Books UK 2011) has received wide critical acclaim and was winner of the Kerry Group Irish novel of the year 2012. She is a member of Aosdána.

RTÉ RADIO 1

SHORT STORY COMPETITION

2013

The competition was founded in memory of Francis Mac Manus, the Kilkenny born novelist, biographer and former Head of Talks and Features at Radió Éireann. Since its establishment in 1986 the competition has been a launching pad for several new and emerging writers who have subsequently achieved national and international acclaim. They include Molly McCluskey, Anthony Glavin, Claire Keegan, Mary O’Donnell and Ivy Bannister.

The author of the overall prize will receive €3,000 and prizes of €2,000 and €1,000 will be awarded to the second and third prize winners.

The judges for 2013 are Brendan Barrington, Evelyn Conlon and Christine Dwyer Hickey. The chairman of the judging panel is Clíodhna Ní Anluain, series producer of the RTÉ Radio Short Story Competition in memory of Francis Mac Manus.

Each of the 25 short-listed stories is produced in studio at RTÉ Radio. The judges listen to these recordings and read the stories to consider their broadcasting and short story qualities before they select the winning entries. All of the short-listed stories are broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 following the announcement of the competition winners.

The 2012 short-listed entries can be heard on the RTÉ Player at ww.rte.ie /radio1/francismacmanus

www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus