The announcement of the long-list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition will take place at a special Salmon Poetry reading at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway on Saturday, August 20th , STARTS 6.30 PM. Majella Cullinane will read from her just published collection ‘Guarding The Flame’ and there will also be readings by Over The Edge co-organisers Susan Millar DuMars & Kevin Higgins.
For more about Majella Cullinane see http://www.salmonpoetry.com/bookshop-search.php
THE LONG-LIST WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON THE OVER THE EDGE WEBSITE LATER THAT SAME EVENING
This year's competition has received a record number of entries; the competition judge is Elaine Feeney.