Cairde Word Short Story Competition Awards
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Cairde Word Short Story Competition Awards
With Sinead Gleeson and Louise Kennedy
6:00pm | Sat 10th July
Sinead Gleeson and Louise Kennedy
Event Details
Time & Date:
6:00pm | Sat 10th July
Duration:
60 Minutes
Event Categories:
Live Event | Word | Live Stream | Online
Admission:
Free but booking essential
Venue:
The Model, The Mall, Sligo
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The introduction of the short story competition this year is a very welcome addition to the growing literary strand of the arts festival programme.
The short stories were judged by writers Sinéad Gleeson and Louise Kennedy.
A big thank you also goes to our filter judges, Una Mannion and Julianna Holland.
This evening will feature the announcement of our winning entries with award giving, readings and conversation.
Please see a list of our long listed writers here.
For the short list of writers please see here.
Sinéad Gleeson is an Irish essayist and a short story writer. She was the editor of ‘The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories’ which was published by Head of Zeus in August 2020. Her essays have been Published in Winter Papers (edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith), Granta, Gorse, Banshee, Elsewhere: A Journal of Place and Autumn: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons. In May 2019 her short story ‘The Lexicon of Babies’ appeared in Being Various: New Irish Short Stories. In April 2019 her book of essays entitled Constellations: Reflection from Life was published in Ireland by Picador and in March 2020 it was published in the US by HMH. She is currently working on a novel. More information about the author can be found at: http://sineadgleeson.com
Louise Kennedy’s writing has appeared in literary journals including The Stinging Fly, The Tangerine, Banshee, Wasifiri and Ambit. Her debut short story collection The End of the World is a Cul-de-sac is due to be released on April 1st. She has written for the Guardian, the Irish Times, BBC Radio 4 and RTE Radio 1. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award in both 2019 and 2020. She currently lives in Sligo with her husband and two children.