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In addition to cash prizes the winners of the Cavan Crystal/Windows Publications 18th National Student & Adult Poetry Competition will be presented with a Cavan Crystal goblet sponsored by Cavan Crystal Design. First prize for each of the student categories is €100. The adult category first prize is €500. more
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The 2010 Over The Edge competition is open to both poets and
fiction writers. oOo Wordlegs is a quarterly online journal for Irish writers. It is currently seeking submissions of short stories, flash fiction and other literary forms. Writers should be from or living in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished. more
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PLR rate announced Payments to authors continue for the public borrowings of their books under the new Irish PLR system. The Rate Per Loan for PLR Year 2009 is 13.93 cent. Authors who chose Euro cheque will receive a cheque and a statement in the post in February 2010. more oOo Brit Writers' Awards The Brit Writers’ Awards is accepting entries in a number of categories. Poetry category for adults: collection of five entries. Poetry category for children: collection of three entries. The competition is open to all British citizens worldwide and people resident in the UK who are aged five years or more. The overall winner will receive £10,000. more
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The
troubled Google Book Settlement has received another setback. This
time from the United States Department of Justice. The Department
has advised the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York that class
certification, copyright and antitrust issues remain, despite
the substantial progress reflected in a proposed amended settlement
agreement in The Authors Guild Inc. et al. v. Google Inc. 
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fresh tale is broadcast each week on WDAR 96FM; or, you can listen online,
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Programme
thirty-three
features
an interview with writer Clare Mulvany.The story of The Smoking Momma
is told by Brendan Nolan.
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It takes a few seconds to buffer and download.
Please be patient... It's worth the wait.
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