Wild Atlantic Words Short Story Competition 2023 to be judged by Donal Ryan
Are you working on the final draft of a short story? Mulling over ideas, or making notes? Now is the time to get your work sparkling—the Wild Atlantic Words short story competition reveals its judge for this year is Donal Ryan.
Donal Ryan is an acclaimed Irish novelist and short story writer, with best-selling books including The Spinning Heart (2012), which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, The Thing About December (2013), All We Shall Know (2016), Strange Flowers (2020) and The Queen of Dirt Island (2022).
He is the first Irish winner of the prestigious Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature for his novel, From A Low And Quiet Sea (2018).
The Wild Atlantic Words short story competition offers a first prize of €500, and a second prize of €250. A reading and prize-giving ceremony will take place during the festival in October.
Entry forms, along with rules and guidelines are available here.
The closing date for entries is Monday, July 31 at 5pm.
