Foyle Young Poets 2013 competition

Foyle Young Poets Award 2013

Deadline: 31st Jul 2013

No Entry Fee

The Foyle Young Poets Award is looking for new young poets aged 11-17.

100 winners (85 Commendations and 15 Overall Winners) will be selected and will receive their awards at an annual prize-giving event on National Poetry Day on the 3rd of October.

The overall winners from the 15-17 age category will attend a week-long intensive residential Arvon course where they will develop their creative writing skills alongside fellow poets. The winners from the 11-14 group will benefit from poetry residencies at their school followed by distance mentoring.

For more information, visit their website at http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/fyp/

poems and short story competition- Popshot Zine

Popshot Zine is now open for literary submissions for its tenth issue

Deadline: Thu 25 Jul 2013
The theme is 'Wild'.
Poems up to 25 lines.
Short fiction up to 2,000 words.
Send up to 3 poems/short stories per submission.
Please include a paragraph or two about yourself, and a short description of what inspired the writing that you have submitted.
Submit poems/short stories within the body of the email to submit@popshotpopshot.com by July 25th 2013 at the very latest.

THE SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION

THE SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN SHORT
STORY COMPETITION

Now open for submissions through 31 July 2013. Read guidelines below carefully before submitting.

Open for submissions from May to July annually.The Munster Literature Centre is a not-for-profit organisation; all moneys raised from the competition benefits writers and writing. Click here to view winners and longlisted/commended authors from previous years, and access links to the winning stories.

First Prize: €2,000 (*approx $2602.11/£1700.04), publication in the literary journal Southword,
AND a week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat. 

Second Prize: €500 and publication in Southword.

Four other shortlisted entries will be selected for publication in Southword and receive a publication fee of €120.

*Currency exchange amounts via XE.com, calculated 10.04.13. If the winner is from outside Ireland, the amount paid will be the equivalent of €2,000, subject to market changes as determined by the bank in September 2013.

Submission deadline: 31 July, 2013. Judge: Joyce Russell.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen- Chapterhouse Theatre Company

Something different, we planned an evening out at the theatre.Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility was on stage in this wonderful open air amphitheatre in Kilmanagh.The performance was special with the talented cast playing several characters.We will be back.......!

Summer 2013 event with our writing group.Fabulous venue and performance by Chapter House Theatre.We all really enjoyed the night at Ballykeefe Amphitheatre, a venue



Wolfpack Publishers Short Story Competition 2013

Wolfpack Publishers Short Story Competition

Deadline: 31st July 2013

No Entry Fee

If you think your story will fit with one of their collection themes "Historical Romance, Paranormal, or Thriller" then they want to hear from you.

Word Limit: 5,000 words.

Open to all writers over 13.

The winner will receive a weekend pass to the Roscommon Writing Festival in November 2013, book vouchers worth €25, and publication in a themed anthology.

Full details over at http://www.wolfpackpublishers.com/short-stories.html

The Stinging Fly Summer 2013 Issue

Our summer issue is dedicated to literary translation, and features contemporary fiction from Belgium, Italy, China, Rwanda, Poland, Ukraine, Morocco, Greece, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Brazil, and Finland — as well as interviews and essays from prominent authors and translators.

Please join us next Thursday night — July 18 — for its official launch.

When: Thursday, 18 July, 6:30pm

Where: The Long Room Hub (Trinity College), near the Nassau Street entrance.

There'll be readings from several of the translators who contributed to the issue. Entry is free and all are welcome.

You can purchase the issue from our website, at the launch itself, or from any good bookshop.

The issue is co-edited by Declan Meade and Nora Mahony of Parkbench Publishing Services. It was supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

Intensive Crime Writing Week with Arlene Hunt

	Intensive Crime Writing Week with Arlene Hunt Guest Speakers include Alex Barclay, Louise Phillips, Declan Burke and more
	29th July to 2nd August: 10.30am-5pm. €450/420 members Have you ever considered where you might hide a body? Thought about being the gumshoe who follows clues to find a killer? Daydreamed on a Monday morning where you might like to retire with the proceeds of ill gotten gains? If so, join author and publisher, Arlene Hunt, to explore the underlying themes of crime fiction. Focusing on characters, plot development, story arcs and mystery, we will dissect our story with gory relish. We will explore intent and red herrings, create tension; and ultimately unmask our villain. This is a writing-heavy, intensive course that deals with the complicated business of crime fiction. Over five days we are going to develop and craft a functional crime fiction novella- to be read on the final day. Not for the faint hearted!
Arlene Hunt is the author of seven crime fiction novels, five of which feature the popular QuicK Investigation duo, John Quigley and Sarah Kenny. She is also the co-owner of Portnoy Publishing and regularly reviews novels for RTE's Arena. She lived in Barcelona for five years and now resides in Dublin with her husband, Andrew. Her books have been translated into three languages and her current novel – a stand alone set the US – entitled The Chosen, was voted as TV3's Book of the Month for November 2011. An  earlier novel, Undertow (2008), was short listed for best crime novel at The Irish Book Awards. Arlene has also contributed to many anthologies, including, Down These Green Streets, and Requiems for the Departed.
Booking information:
Members of the Centre can avail of a discounted rate by calling 01-8721302