Brian Moore Short Story Awards Now Open to All Writers of Irish Descent
BELFAST - For the first time ever, the Brian Moore Short Story Awards are open to anyone of Irish descent.
You can submit as many stories as you like to the competition. The first prize is £500, second prize is £300 and third prize is £200.
Stories must be the entrant's own unpublished work, 2,000 words maximum. They must be in English, double-spaced and one size of letter-size paper. Entry fee is £5 and each story much be submitted with its own entry form. No submission will be officially accepted until payment is received.
The entrant's name should not be on the submission anywhere. E-mail entries are preferred. The competition was launched on October 11 and closes on January 31.
The Brian Moore Short Story Competition is a highly prestigious literary award. It was held for the first time in 1996, 11 years ago. Since then the competition has become one of the major literary competitions in Northern Ireland.
It has been open to everyone who lives in or was born in Northern Ireland in the past, but with the new spirit of internationality and Glasnost, it is now open to anyone of Irish descent.
It is judged, every year, by a respected member of the literary community in Northern Ireland. Past judges have included Maeve Binchy, Carlo Gébler and Colin Bateman. There is no question of the literary standing and judgement of these authors. To have your story selected by them is something to be proud of and a stamp of quality.
The worth of the award can be seen in the careers of the winners who have gone on to
write professionally.
Belfast-based Sam Millar won the Brian Moore Short Story Award in 1998 with his short story, Rain. Since then he has gone on to write his autobiography, On The Brinks and the novel Dark Souls. His second novel, The Darkness of Bones, is out now in bookshops. The short story, Rain, that won the Brian Moore competition has gone on to be published elsewhere.
This year's winning short story will be published in the Ulster Tatler. Organizers would also like to thank all the generous sponsors who support both CWN and the Brian Moore Short Story Competition; Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, Linen Hall Library, Belfast Telegraph, Blackstaff Press, Lagan Press and the Ulster Tatler.
All entries to be sent to the Brian Moore Awards, CNW, 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 IFF. For more details, e-mail the Creative Writers Network at: belfastwriters@gmail.com. To download an entry form online, visit: www.nawe.co.uk/metadot/index.pl?id=37239&isa=DBRow&op=show&dbview_id=2428.
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