The Long-list is as follows:
John Chambers, Dublin
Jean Tuomey, Mayo
Sandra Harris, Dublin
Stephanie Brennan, Galway
Orla McGuinness, Clare
Ron Carey, Dublin
Marie Altzinger, Dublin
Alyn Fenn, Cork
Evan Costigan, Kildare
Ciarán O’Rourke, Dublin
Christopher Meehan, Galway
J. Roycroft, Dublin
Patrick Hewitt
Kevin Murtagh, Kildare
Marie Dolores, Galway
James O’Toole, Galway
Phil McNulty, Southport, Merseyside
Breege Wardein, Galway
Alma Brayden , Dublin
Marie Cadden, Galway
Diarmuid de Faoite, Galway
Fiona Smith, Cork
Rachel Coventry, Galway
Angela Carr, Dublin
Lisa Allen, Galway
Tom Lavelle, Galway
Claire M. Kennedy - Galway
Sighle Meehan , Galway
Liam Duffy, Galway
Liz Quirke, Galway
Erin Fornoff, Dublin
Martin Casey , Mayo
Bernadette Ashe, Galway
Eoin Barton, Galway
Maresa Sheehan, Carlow
Paula Cunningham , Belfast
Barrett Warner, Maryland, USA
Alice Walsh, Dublin
Valerie Sirr, Dublin
Lesley Cassidy, Galway
Colm Reynor, Dublin
Chris Connolly, Dublin
Kiefer Ramberg, Galway
David Meth, Cork
Dearbhaile Houston, Galway
Clodagh O’Brien, Mayo
Fiona Scoble, Galway
Stephanie Flaherty-Klapp, Dublin
Rejini Samuel, Galway
Michael Casey, Dublin
Aidan Hynes, Dublin
Yvonne McEvaddy, Galway
Laura McKenna, Cork
Christopher Rippingale, Mayo
Mary Angland, Cork
Chris Walker, Cork
John Clisham-Sharry, Galway
Simon Fay, Kildare
Micheál Ó’Síocháin, Cork
Marcella O’Connor, Kerry
Margaret Cahill, Limerick
Alex Hijmans, Brazil
Lisa Sedgwick, Galway
Kevin Hora, Roscommon
Alison Wells, Wicklow
Richard Gibney, Dublin
Rich O’Chet, Kilkenny
Alan M. Shine, Galway
Jennifer Davidson, Dublin
Pat McDonnell, Galway
Valerie Ryan, Kildare
Steve Wade, Dublin,
Marie MacSweeney, Louth
David O’Dwyer, Dublin
Sean Kenny, Dublin
Eileen Keane, Kildare
Sheila Armstrong, Sligo
Kathleen Murray, Dublin
Niecy O’Keeffe, Cork
Ruth Quinlan, Galway
Nollaig Rowan, Dublin
Louise Hegarty, Cork
Brian Leeson, Belfast
Gerard O’Brien, Galway
Barbara Leahy, Cork
Over The Edge would like to thank our competition sponsors:
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
ISupply Quay Street,
Ward’s Hotel,
Senator Lorraine Higgins,
Derek Nolan T.D.,
Trevor Sherlock
& The Creole Restaurant, Dominick Street
THE SHORTLIST WILL BE ANNOUNCED
@ the August Over The Edge: Open Reading
in Galway City Library,
next Thursday (August 30th) 6.30-8pm
