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Tea
Chests and Dreams - A Night of First Nights
A chance is offered to seven new writers to hear their words on
stage as part of a new production by Dermot Bolger, in Dublin. Staged
by Axis in Ballymun the production will run for just seven nights
in Ballymun and the Civic Theatre, Tallaght from Wednesday April
11, 2012. Bolger's new play, Tea Chests and Dreams, is
about what we do when the final box is unloaded from the removal
van or taxi; about where our minds go as we unwrap cups, clocks
and family heirlooms. Women of all ages are invited to submit a
600-word account of their recollections of their first night in
a new home. Each performance of Bolger's play will commence with
a once-off public reading of one such text, either by the woman
who wrote it, or, by an actress. more
Cúirt
New Writing Prize 2012
Cúirt
International Festival of Literature is accepting submissions
for the Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012. Entries will
be accepted for both fiction and poetry categories. Prizes
are €500 to the winner of each category. Entry fee is
€10
Two winners will be given the opportunity to read during the
Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2012 on
Wednesday April 25 at the Cúirt/Over the Edge Showcase
event. more
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Laureate
na nÓg
Childrens Books Ireland are accepting nominations for the
position of Laureate na nÓg 2012 –14. The position
of Laureate was instigated in 2010 with the inauguration of
Siobhán Parkinson (right) as Ireland’s first
children’s literature laureate. Nominees must be Irish
and should be an internationally recognized author or illustrator
who has made a significant contribution to the field of children’s
literature in Ireland. more
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Inter-Action
Fun Art Bus could tour your play
The Inter-Action Fun Art Bus takes to the roads of London
in 2012. The project is implemented in collaboration with
11 London Boroughs. If you live in the United Kingdom you
may wish to have a play performed on it. Plays should be:
between two and twelve minutes in length, for a cast of one
to five with gender and race balanced appropriately. Plays
may be of any genre, but should be suitable for a mixed audience,
of all ages. more
YouTube
could make you famous
YouTube has offered everyone with a story to tell an opportunity
of a lifetime in a free-to-enter competition. You have 15 minutes
to tell a story. Millions of people may watch it. And you might
win $500,000 to make a new one for the world to see. Your Film
Festival is described by YouTube as a global search for the world's
best storytellers. Submit a short, story-driven video. There's
no entry fee to pay. more
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Write
to win a competition
In a twist away from writing on keyboards a national contest is
asking children handwrite entries to the 2012 EBS/INTO National
Handwriting Competition. The competition is celebrating its 20th
year and is open to all national schools throughout Ireland. Children
can enter through their local primary schools. The competition
traditionally attracts entries from more than 100,000 children
each year. Entrants this year are asked to write a piece of prose
or a poem about their own family or copy in their best handwriting
a piece connected to family in some way.
more
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Wild Escape Competition
Sheldrake
Press is accepting entries to a travel writing competition. The
best entry will be published on the publisher's blog and win a
set of Wild Guides on Italy, Britain and Ireland, said the publisher.
Entrants to the competition must write a piece of no more than
1,000 words on a wild travel experience. more
Telling
Tales on the radio
The resources of askaboutwriting are used in the compilation of Telling
Tales the radio show broadcast on Saturday at 1.30pm.
listen live
A
fresh tale is broadcast each week on WDAR 96FM; or, you can listen to
the archived shows online.
Programme
108
features writer Laurence O'Bryan
on his book The Istanbul Prize. The
Grimm's story of Thumblingis recalled by
Brendan Nolan.
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