New short story competition launched by Ennis Book Club Festival

ENNIS BOOK Club Festival has announced the launch of a new short story competition, with the winner to be revealed at the 2024 festival. 

The 18th annual festival, which will bring a host of international and Irish authors to Ennis to promote and celebrate the joy of reading, will be held from March 1-3, 2024.

Each year Ennis Book Club Festival runs a popular debut authors event and Martina Durac, the Artistic Director, noted that in launching this new initiative the festival aims to support and encourage the development of new writing.

The story competition is open to writers who have not yet published a full collection of work. An entry fee of €20 per story applies, and submissions should be no longer than 2,500 words.

Writers who have had single stories published are still eligible to submit, however the story submitted should not have been accepted for publication elsewhere.

The story competition adds a new dimension to the festival and the winner will have an opportunity to read their story at an event during the festival weekend.

The competition will be judged by writers Aingeala Flannery and Neil Hegarty.  The winner will receive €750 and there will be two runners up with prizes of €500 and €250.

Interested writers should send their entries to [email protected] by the entry deadline of Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

For more details, including full terms and conditions of entry and how to pay the submission fee, see the Ennis Book Club Festival website.