Tuesday, 22 July 2008

LAST CHANCE - WIN €1500 FOR A STORY



This is my last reminder to you before the 31ST JULY deadline for the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize, run by the Munster Literature Centre, judged this year by me.
See here.

Win €1500 first prize and publication in Southword and get your work read by Lucy Luck, UK Literary Agent to writers such as Catherine O'Flynn and Kevin Barry.

Second Prize is €500 and publication in Southword.

Four other shortlisted entries will be selected for publication in Southword and receive a fee of €100.

I am off to Dublin to talk to some American writing students about the writing life. And for the week-end my best pal and me are going to Sligo to take part in the Strandhill Summer Fest - a week-end long writing workshop. Should be fun!

p.s. The first person to guess the significance of the picture of the seagull accompanying this post wins a signed copy of Tattoo : Tatú!
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16 comments:

  1. Tania Hershman22 July 2008 at 10:26

    Well, I have a wonderful signed copy, but I say the significance is that the pic is where you got the name of your blog from! I was wondering about that...

    Have a fabulous week, hope you get loads more entries for the comp.

    Tania xx

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  2. Sheila Killian22 July 2008 at 11:15

    "p.s. The first person to guess the significance of the accompanying pic wins a signed copy of Tattoo : Tatú! "

    Is it Chekhov's The Seagull? He being a fabulous Short Story writer and all?

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  3. Sheila Killian22 July 2008 at 11:24

    Oh no - I got it!!

    It's Seán O'Faoláin's "Bird Alone", isn't it?

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  4. Frances22 July 2008 at 11:36

    Is it your birthday?

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  5. Group 822 July 2008 at 11:39

    Sorry, gals, all wrong!
    Though you were on the right track with the first guess, Small Island.

    I'll give a clue later if you are all still stumped.

    Tania - I meant the pic with this blog entry. But 'Women Rule' came from a word collage I made ages ago (blog pic) and I just lifted it randomly, adding 'Writer' from my noticeboard when I named my blog.

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  6. Group 822 July 2008 at 11:57

    Hi Frances. Nope, not my birthday.

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  7. Sheila Killian22 July 2008 at 12:08

    Jonathon Livingstone Seagull?

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  8. Group 822 July 2008 at 12:14

    No, Small Island. Oh God, this is probably too obscure.

    OK, the clue is in the name of the competition: Seán O Faoláin...

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  9. Sheila Killian22 July 2008 at 12:17

    Oh god yes - faoláin is the Irish for seagull

    I'm so dense sometimes

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  10. Group 822 July 2008 at 12:21

    Yay!!
    I knew you'd get there! So, contact me through the contact page on my website
    www.nualanichonchuir.com
    to give me your address and I'll post on your prize.
    Well done!

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  11. Sheila Killian22 July 2008 at 12:23

    Yay - thank you!!

    So looking forward to reading it
    Thanks

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  12. Tania Hershman22 July 2008 at 12:27

    oops, when I read your blog post there was no pic! Sorry for being an idiot. I would never have guessed it either....Well done to On a Small Island!

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  13. Group 822 July 2008 at 12:55

    Hey T, I guess it was only going to make sense to Irish people. Sorry to all the non Irish speakers. I'll do a different competition anon for another book.
    WRW

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  14. Frances22 July 2008 at 20:07

    well now i know that faoláin means seagull - so thank you!

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  15. Unknown23 July 2008 at 10:44

    You learn something new every day! My goodness!

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  16. Group 823 July 2008 at 10:57

    Before the Celtophiles dance on my head, I must point out that I am aware that 'Faoláin' the name and 'faoileán' meaning seagull, are spelt and pronounced slightly differently.

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