The Irish Writers’ Centre in association with Hotel Doolin is delighted to announce the launch of DOOLIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2013! Prize fund: €1,000 for first place and second/third of €600/€400. Entries can be on any theme and should be no longer than 3,000 words. The fee is €7 and closing date for entries is Monday 8th April, 5pm. Winners will be announced at the inaugural Doolin Writer’s Weekend on 24th - 26th May 2013. 

John MacKenna is this year’s judge: acclaimed author of seventeen books including short-stories, novels, memoir, history and biography. He is a winner of the Irish Times Fiction Award; the C Day Lewis Award; the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award and his most recent novel, The Space Between Us, was short-listed for the Kerry Book of the Year Award.

Doolin Writers weekend will consist of workshops, lectures and readings by some of Ireland’s leading writers, as well as some great local traditional music. It is a great opportunity for aspiring writers as well as literary fans and published authors to get together and celebrate everything that is good about Irish literature. Many artists and writers spent time in Doolin, including J.M. Synge, George Bernard Shaw, Dylan Thomas, Augustus John and Oliver St. John Gogarty. This summer we look forward to welcoming back some of Ireland’s best writers for what we hope will become an annual literary event in North Clare.

All three winning entries will feature on the Irish Writers’ website and the story placed first will also appear in print in The Clare People.

To download an entry form click here.

Entry Fee €7 pay now on PAYPAL our account is dminihane@hoteldoolin.ie