Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition and a Chance to Win €2,000
By: Munster Literature CenterLast update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Skillswriting skills, مهارات الكتابة
Age
- No specific age required
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldMusic, Art and Graphic Design
Fees€19
LocationRemotely
Needed documentsCV, Sample of your work
Opportunity description
Munster Literature Centre invites writers and creatives from all over the world to participate in the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition. It welcomes unpublished and unbroadcast short stories on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality. Just send your best stories and you will have a chance to win €2,000.
Benefits
If you are among the winners, you will have one of the following awards:
- 1ST Prize
- €2,000
- Featured reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival (with a four-night hotel stay and full board)
- Publication in Southword
- 2ND Prize
- €500
- Publication in Southword
- Four Runners-Up
- €250
- Publication in Southword
Eligibility criteria
You should follow the following criteria:
- The competition is open to original, unpublished, and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer.
- The story can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world.
- Translated work is not in the scope of this competition.
- Entry fee: €19 per story.
- Entrants may submit more than one entry.
- Once entered, no alterations can be made to the submission.
- Due to the large volume of entries, the judge will not be able to notify the authors of non-winning entries or give individual feedback.
- A shortlist will be posted on the website homepage by late September/ early October, with winners and runners-up contacted before the public announcement.
About Munster Literature Centre:
Founded in 1993, the Munster Literature Centre is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion and celebration of literature, especially that of Munster in Germany. To this end, it organizes festivals, workshops, readings and competitions. The publishing section publishes a biannual journal, poetry collections and short stories, and the organization actively seeks to support new and emerging writers and are assisted in their efforts through funding from Council.
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