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3rd Annual Tubbercurry Literary Festival

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Open to original unpublished short stories in the English language.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Open to original unpublished poems in the English language.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Open to original unpublished poems in the English language.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.

In all competitions copyright remains with the author, said the promoters.

Closing date for entries June 13, 2008.

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