The Moth Short Story Competition

THE BALLYMALOE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2013 IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES!   There are three cash prizes for a single unpublished poem, and this year they have increased to €10,000, €2,000 and €1,000, making it one of the most lucrative prizes in the poetry world.   The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. The entry fee is €9 per poem, and you can enter as many poems as you like. ENTER ONLINE HERE Or simply send your poem(s) along with a cheque or postal order made payable to The Moth Magazine Ltd. and an entry form (downloadable here) or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of poem(s) attached to:   The Moth 81 Church Street Cavan Co. Cavan Ireland This year’s competition will be judged by the poet Marie Howe, who teaches creative writing at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia, and is the Poet Laureate of New York State. Please make sure you read the rules before entering the competition. CLOSING DATE 31 DECEMBER 2013

THE BALLYMALOE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2013 IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES!   There are three cash prizes for a single unpublished poem, and this year they have increased to €10,000, €2,000 and €1,000, making it one of the most lucrative prizes in the poetry world.   The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. The entry fee is €9 per poem, and you can enter as many poems as you like. ENTER ONLINE HERE Or simply send your poem(s) along with a cheque or postal order made payable to The Moth Magazine Ltd. and an entry form (downloadable here) or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of poem(s) attached to:   The Moth 81 Church Street Cavan Co. Cavan Ireland This year’s competition will be judged by the poet Marie Howe, who teaches creative writing at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia, and is the Poet Laureate of New York State. Please make sure you read the rules before entering the competition. CLOSING DATE 31 DECEMBER 2013

THE BALLYMALOE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2013 IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES!   There are three cash prizes for a single unpublished poem, and this year they have increased to €10,000, €2,000 and €1,000, making it one of the most lucrative prizes in the poetry world.   The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. The entry fee is €9 per poem, and you can enter as many poems as you like. ENTER ONLINE HERE Or simply send your poem(s) along with a cheque or postal order made payable to The Moth Magazine Ltd. and an entry form (downloadable here) or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of poem(s) attached to:   The Moth 81 Church Street Cavan Co. Cavan Ireland This year’s competition will be judged by the poet Marie Howe, who teaches creative writing at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia, and is the Poet Laureate of New York State. Please make sure you read the rules before entering the competition. CLOSING DATE 31 DECEMBER 2013

The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.  There is a 6,000 word limit. The entry fee is €9 per story and you can enter as many stories as you like. You can enter online or simply send your story or stories along with a cheque or postal order made payable to The Moth Magazine Ltd. and an entry form (downloadable here) or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of story attached to: The Moth, 81 Church Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan, Ireland. This year’s competition will be judged by Mike McCormack, a recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature whose debut short story collection was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His novel Notes from a Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award and was described in the Irish Times as ‘the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended’.  CLOSING DATE 30 JUNE 2014

The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.  There is a 6,000 word limit. The entry fee is €9 per story and you can enter as many stories as you like.

You can enter online or simply send your story or stories along with a cheque or postal order made payable to The Moth Magazine Ltd. and an entry form (downloadable here) or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of story attached to: The Moth, 81 Church Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan, Ireland.

This year’s competition will be judged by Mike McCormack, a recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature whose debut short story collection was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His novel Notes from a Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award and was described in the Irish Times as ‘the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended’. 

CLOSING DATE 30 JUNE 2014