Listowel Writing Competitions

As always the Listowel Writers Week competitions feature a broad range of competitions across all genres. There are three new titles for 2013: The Nilsson Local Heritage Writing Competition, The Con Houlihan Young Sports Journalist Award and Creative Writing for Special Category.

The closing date for receipt of ALL entries is Friday, 1 March 2013. For full details of all the competitions please click Competitions but here’s a reminder to whet your appetite:

The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the YearAward
The Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
Duais Foras Na Gaeilge
Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award
The Nilsson Local Heritage Writing Competition
The Single Poem Competition
The Poetry Collection Competition
Writing in Prisons Competitions
The Irish Post New Writing Competition
Listowel Writers’ Week Originals Competitions
The Con Houlihan Young Sports Journalist Award
Creative Writing Competitions for Youth

There are also a wide variety of workshops. Details here.

You can also download a copy of the brochure here.