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Louise Hegarty to judge this year’s Ó Faoláin Competition
Louise Hegarty will judge this year’s Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, which is open for submissions until 31st July. First prize includes €2000 and a featured reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival (14 – 17 October 2026). Last year’s winning and shortlisted stories can be read in our latest issue of Southword. Louise Hegarty’s…
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Southword Subscriber Competition Results 2026
Every year we hold a free-to-enter flash fiction competition and poetry competition exclusively for subscribers to Southword. For each category, all current subscribers are emailed a link in the spring and may submit up to three poems and/or three pieces of flash fiction; it is judged anonymously by James O’Leary and winners are published in…
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Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Open
The Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, which includes a first prize of €2,000, is now open for entries. Word limit: 3,000Closing date: 31st July (midnight)Entry fee: €19 per story The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. More details at our competition page.
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Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award Results
The first prize winner of the inaugural Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award is Judy Crozier, whose winning story will be published in issue 49 of Southword (winter 2025). Nine others were shortlisted and their work will be published in Southword over the next three issues. Southword 49 (winter 2025): Remember November 1963 by Judy Crozier, How…
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Southword Editor’s Poetry Award: Two weeks till deadline
The Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Competition is open for entries until the end of September €1000 FOR THE BEST ENTRY OF THREE POEMS Each entrant for their €24 entry fee will receive a complimentary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword. Poems will be read and judged anonymously. Poems must be previously unpublished. The winning poet will have…
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Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Results
The first prize winner of the 2025 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, Tim Collyer, will read his winning story on 18th October at the Cork International Short Story Festival. The first prize, second prize, and shortlisted stories will be published in Southword (summer 2026). Laura Jean McKay was the judge and she kindly…
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Southword Subscribers’ Competition Results
Every year we hold a free-to-enter flash fiction competition and poetry competition exclusively for subscribers to Southword. In April all current subscribers are emailed a link and may submit up to three poems and/or three pieces of flash fiction; winners are published in our summer issue and receive the following: 1st Prize €150, 2nd prize…
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2023 Southword Editor’s Poetry Award Result
The inaugural Southword Editor’s Poetry Award has been won by Simon Costello for the best entry of three poems. The winning poems will be published in Southword 46 (summer 2024) and he will receive €1000. Each entrant for their €20 entry fee will receive a complementary postage-free, one-year subscription to Southword. Winner Simon Costello Simon Costello’s…
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2023 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition Results
The first prize winner of the 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, Tom Harvey, will read his winning story on 14th October 2023 at the Cork International Short Story Festival. The first prize, second prize, and shortlisted stories will be published in issue 46 of Southword in summer 2024. Alexander MacLeod, the 2023…
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Alexander MacLeod to judge Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
The Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition, open until 31st July to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer, will be judged by Alexander MacLeod. McLeod will also take up the appointment of Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow in October. Alexander MacLeod’s work has appeared in The…
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