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MUNSTER LITERATURE CENTRE IONAD LITRÍOCHTA an DEISCIRT |
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Welcome to the Munster Literature Centre Founded in 1993, the Munster Literature Centre (Ionad Litríochta an Deiscirt) is a non-profit arts organisation dedicated to the promotion and celebration of literature, especially that of Munster. To this end, we organise festivals, workshops, readings and competitions. Our publishing section, Southword Editions, publishes a biannual journal, poetry collections and short stories. We actively seek to support new and emerging writers and are assisted in our efforts through funding from Cork City Council, Cork County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland. Originally located in Sullivan's Quay, the centre moved to its current premises in the Frank O'Connor House (the author's birthplace) at 84 Douglas Street, in 2003. In 2000, the Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork's most beloved authors. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005, coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture. The award is now recognised as the single biggest prize for a short story collection in the world and is presented at the end of the festival. In 2002, the Munster Literature Centre introduced the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize, an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland's most accomplished story writers and theorists. This too is presented during the FOC festival. The centre also hosts the Cork Spring Literary Festival each year. Workshops are held by featured authors in both autumn and spring, allowing the general public to receive creative guidance in an intimate setting for a minimal fee. In addition, the centre sponsors a Writer in Residence each year. We invite you to browse our website for further information regarding our events, Munster literature, and other literary information. Should you have any queries, we would be happy to hear from you.
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THE SEAN O'FAOLAIN SHORT STORY PRIZE All information regarding the 2012 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is available on the Seán Ó Faoláin Prize page.
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2011 Winners
First Prize: P.G. O'Connor (Limerick, Ireland)--'The Haggard' Second Prize: Laura Rock (Ontario, Canada)--'Woman Cubed' Commended Stories Guy Barriscale (Donegal, Ireland)--'Jamesy' Jeremy Castle (Tipperary, Ireland)--'The Smallest Window in the World' David O'Doherty (Cork, Ireland)--'Post Office' Martha Williams (Cornwall, UK)--'Wet Stones'
P.G. O'Connor read his story, 'The Haggard' during the Cork International Short Story Festival and was presented with his prize on the same stage as Edna O'Brien, this year's recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. All of the winning and commended stories (above) will be published in the winter edition of Southword Journal, an online literary magazine in late December/early January.
Congratulations to our winners and commended authors! A sincere thank you to everyone who participated.
Commendations
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2010 Winners
First Prize: Nikita Nelin's 'Eddie'
Second Prize: Bernie McGill's 'No Angel'
Congratulations! Their stories, and those of the other highly commended authors (Dave Wilson, Shannon Cain, Serge Shea & Judy Crozier) was published in issue 19 of Southword Journal Online.
View more commended authors on the judge's long list at Tania Hershman's blog 'Titania Writes'.
Read Nelin's blog on his festival experience as the Seán Ó Faoláín prize winner.
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Announcing the 2010 Seán Ó Faoláín Prize Shortlist Please note that the final results will be posted online after the official announcement at the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, 19 September 2010. We regret that we cannot respond to any further queries regarding the competition until that time.
In alphabetical order by author's surname:
'Falling' by Elizabeth Baines--Manchester, UK 'We Call this Living; or, Ghosts' by Mac Barrett--Brooklyn, NY, USA 'Red Flyer' by Tom Bryan--Kelso, Scotland 'Ramon' by Shannon Cain--Tuscon, Arizona, USA 'The Tale End' by Susan Kim Campbell--Marina Del Rey, California, USA 'Sidetrack' by Judy Crozier--Preston, Victoria, Australia 'I Want You to Say It' by Alyn Fenn--Schull, Co. Cork 'Mamma' by Julia Gwynne--London, UK 'On the Night South Africa is Effectively Eliminated from the World Cup' by Liesl Jobson--Plumstead, South Africa 'La Cumparsita at Paris Charles de Gaulle' by Claire King--Los Masos, France 'Afterlife' by Wes Lee--Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand 'Seeing Things' by Deena Linett--West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 'No Angel' by Bernie McGill--Portstewart, Co Derry, Northern Ireland 'You Would Feel Your Heart Fall Over' by Sarah Frost Mellor--Bristol, UK 'Sparrow' by Nora Nadjarian--Nicosia, Cyprus 'Eddie' by Nikita Nelin--Brooklyn, NY, USA 'Advice and Sandwiches' by P.G. O'Connor--Castleconnell, Co Limerick, Ireland 'Tarts' by Paul O'Reilly--Enniscorthy, Co Wexford 'Advice re Elephants' by Jonathan Pinnock--St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK 'Boa Constrictor' by Analisa Raya-Flores--Los Angeles, California, USA 'The Opposite of Fog' by Sara Kay Rupnik--Richmond, Virginia, USA 'Sleeping with the Brothers Karamzov' by Terre Ryan--New York, NY, USA 'The Capital of Thailand' by Serge Shea--Brooklyn, NY, USA 'Man is Born to Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upwards' by Terese Svoboda--New York, NY, USA 'Big Bitchin' Cow' by Dave Wilson--Norwich, UK 'Ex-Boyfriend in Prison' by James Armour Young--Recife, Brazil
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2009 Winners
First Place: "Cold Cut" by Alexa Beattie, CT, USA
Second Place: "My Friend Joe" by David Mohan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
2009 Shortlist and Commendation (alphabetical order) "Snow" by Elaine Barnard, California, USA "Harm" by Michael Copperman, Oregon, USA "Southern Hospitality" Alyn Fenn, Co.Cork, Ireland "The Mason's Tale" by Alec Solomita, MA, USA "Holding On" Sheena Wilkinson, Co. Down, N. Ireland Commendation (In order of entry)
“The Shaman Can’t Call the Spirit Home” Benjamin Arda Doty, Mn, USA “Scattered Teeth” Tabitha Roemish, Seattle, USA “The Statistician” Richard Scarsbrook,Toronto, Canada “The Fallen Cone” Sasha Margolis, Ohio, USA “Nel Mezzo del Camin” James Moynihan, Cork, Ireland “The Sky at Night” Robert Keaton Mac Donald, California, USA “Giving Up” Gerry McCullough, Northern Ireland “The Girl in the Window” Brian Kirk, Dublin, Ireland “Island Shaman” René J. Navarro, Pennsylvania, USA “The Girl at the Fair” Howard Petote, North Carolina, USA “ Italian Lesson” Grace French, Dublin, Ireland “The Grind” Dónal Moloney, Waterford, Ireland “Waiting for the Bullet” Madeleine D’Arcy, Cork, Ireland “The Boys” Emily Firetog, Dublin, Ireland “Dancers” Andrew Fox, Dublin, Ireland “Losing Amanda” Andrew Rodgers, North Carolina, USA “Never, Ever bring this Up Again” Luke Woods, New York, USA “A Smudge of Color” Chris Nicholson, New York, USA “The Cost of Fuel” Kathryn Hively, New Jersey, USA "Dilation" Beverly Parayno, California, USA
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2008 WINNERS
JULIA VAN MIDDLESWORTH Julia Van Middlesworth was named the winner of the 2008 Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition. She appeared in person at the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival to receive her award and read from her winning story, "Daddy Dead". Anna May Mangan received 2nd place in the competition.
2008 SHORTLIST ELIZABETH COSTELLO (Dublin, Ireland) NATALIE DIAZ (Arizona, USA) BENJAMIN ARDA DOTY (Minneapolis, USA) COLM KEEGAN (Dublin, Ireland) GENINE LENTINE (San Francisco, USA) ANNA MAY MANGAN (Wembly, UK) TERESE SVOBODA (New York, USA) CATHY SWEENEY (Bray, Ireland) MICHELLE TANDOC-PICHEREAU (Cotes d'Armor, France) JULIA VAN MIDDLESWORTH (New Jersey, USA)
PREVIOUS WINNERS 2007 TOBY MCGRATH 2006 JOYCE RUSSELL 2005 JAMES MOYNIHAN 2004 JON BOILARD 2003 WILLIAM WALL
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Festivals
The Munster Literature Centre hosts two annual festivals. The larger Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival takes place each September, while the Cork Spring Literary Festival, with varying themes, is presented each spring. Further information is available on our drop down menus.
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Workshops run in spring & autumn. Check back in October 2011 for more details!
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