I received a press release from the Mitchelstown Literary Society because I entered the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition last year (my story ‘Omega Point’ was shortlisted).
If you’re interested in entering the competition this year, the closing date is Friday, March 30th, 2012. You can pay online but you have to send your entry by post – entry forms are available on their website.
I’m delighted to hear that my short story ‘Lotso’ will be published in the next issue of Crannog. It will be launched in the Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway, on Friday, February 24th, at 6.30pm. Fellow blogger and talented writer Niamh Boyce also has a story included, titled intriguingly, ‘Since I Became A Monster’.
I plan to read on the night. Hope to meet some fellow writers there.
The submissions link for Crannog is here if you want to give it a try.
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Valerie Sirr 
Well done on ‘Lotso’. Would definitely have gone to your Reading if in Dublin. :o)
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Thanks, Sue. Reading is always easier with a friendly face in the audience
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Thanks Valerie!
I hope to get to Galway, fingerscrossed. Orla Fay will be reading too. It would be great to meet up:)
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That’s interesting about Orla reading too. It’d be lovely to meet up. Hopefully see you then 🙂
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Well done Val – sounds like a great event in Galway:)
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Thanks, Louise. I see some other fellow bloggers will be in it too. Hope to meet some of them. Talk soon 🙂
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Well done with the Crannog publication! ‘Lotso’ is a very intriguing title. Look forward to reading it sometime.
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Thanks, David 🙂
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Congratulations on being short listed.
It must be such a rush.
Beir Bua
Michelle
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Dia dhuit, Michelle. Thanks for that. That’s one of the few Irish phrases I remember!
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Well done indeed. What an accomplishment and its much hardwr than people think as the competitiom is very fierce indeed. Do you have an anthology of your work available anywhere?
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Very kind of you, thanks, Patrick. You should have a go this year. Am hoping to get a publisher for my short story collection soon, but if you like, you can go to ‘publications’ and ‘excerpts’ pages on blog and follow links to some anthologised stories there & flash etc. I’d love to know if you think the Belfast accent is accurate on ‘Robbed’, the Irish Times flash piece. Looking forward to that next episode 🙂
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