Wednesday 30 April 2008

Tubbercurry Literary Festival Competitions


Entries are being accepted for three writing competitions being run in association with the third annual Tubbercurry Literary Festival, in County Sligo.

There is a short story competition; a poetry competition and a rhyming poetry competition to be entered.

Short Story -
Prizes: €100 or €50.
Open to original unpublished short stories in the English language. Limit 1,500 words.
Entry fee €10 per story. There is no restriction on the number of entries.

Poetry competitions:
Free Verse Competition
Prizes: €100 or €50.
Open to original unpublished poems in the English language. Limit 200 lines.

Rhyming Verse Competition:
Prizes: €100 or €50.
Entry fee €10 per poem. There is no restriction on the number of entries
Open to original unpublished poems in the English language. Limit 200 lines.

The author’s identity or contact details must not appear on any poem but be supplied on a separate cover sheet.

Entries must be typed on one side of A4 paper.

Post entries to: Tubbercurry Literary Festival, Rhyming Poetry Competition, Leyney Writers, 25 Ballina Road, Tubbercurry, County Sligo.

Winners will be publicly announced at Tubbercurry Old Fair Day and will be notified in advance so they will be able to read their winning entries at the evening event at Teach Laighne on August 12, 2008.

Deadline: 13th June

3 comments:

Group 8 said...

Oh my God, the frilly carrots in that curry picture! Urgh.
Nice to see a 1500 word limit in the story comp. I love those short shorts. 10 euro is quite steep, though, isn't it?
And I always think lit comps should be called after the local famous writer, to give them extra caché, non?

Mags Treanor said...

I don't think there is a famous writer from Tobercurry. Maybe a famous farmer, or policeman, or publican.... I agree that its expensive. Is there a programme anywhere for the festival itself?
www.magstreanor.com

Emerging Writer said...

thanks for dropping by. Not a lot of information available on the local website www.tubbercurry.ie, just the local writers group.