September 30
IRELAND’S OWN ORIGINAL WRITING COMPETITIONS
In association with Original Writing

Open Short Story section

€600, €200; €100 x 2 runners-up

Beginners Short Story section

(unpublished writers)

1st Prize: €300;

€100 x 3 runners-up prizes

Both: 2,000 words approximately

Memories section: 1st Prize: €200;

€100 x 4 runners-up prizes.

‘some special, memorable moment or event‘. 800 words approximately

Results announced in Christmas Annual, early December

Publication in Winning Writers Annual, next May and inclusion in anthology of winners and highly commended,

to be published in 2015.

Fee: €6/£5. 1 side, A4 (double spaced)

‘should reflect the ethos of Ireland’s Own; non-experimental nature’.

SEND TO: 2012 Original Writing Competitions, Ireland’s Own,

Channing House, Rowe Street, Wexford, Rep. of Ireland

(Clearly mark which section you are entering on the envelope)

SEND TO: Original Writing Competitions, Ireland’s Own, Channing House, Rowe Street, Wexford, Ireland