2011 OVER THE EDGE NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR
THE SHORTLIST
Philip Abbink, Galway, Ireland
Lisa Allen, Galway, Ireland
Bernie Ashe, Galway, Ireland
Stephanie Brennan, Galway, Ireland
Stephen Byrne, Galway, Ireland
Marie Cadden, Galway, Ireland
June Caldwell, Dublin, Ireland
Kimberly Campanello, Dublin, Ireland
Jane Clarke, Wicklow, Ireland
Damian Cunniffe, Galway, Ireland
Madeleine D'Arcy, Cork, Ireland
Philippa Gibbons, Galway, Ireland
Mary Healy, Kilkenny, Ireland
Sandra Jensen, Cork, Ireland
Jean Kavanagh, Clare, Ireland
Tom Lavelle, Galway, Ireland
Barbara Leahy, Cork, Ireland
Rosaleen McDonagh, Dublin, Ireland
Danielle McLoughlin, Cork, Ireland
Sighle Meehan, Galway, Ireland
Lauren Norton, California, USA
Kerrie O’Brien, Dublin, Ireland
Noel O’Regan, Kerry, Ireland
Niall Ó’ Sioradáin, Dublin, Ireland
Evelyn Parsons, Galway, Ireland
Bridget Rowland, Mayo, Ireland
Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Massachusetts, USA
Eimear Ryan, Tipperary, Ireland
Natalie Ryan, Dublin, Ireland
Rejini Samuel, Galway, Ireland
Seamus Scanlon, New York, USA
Maresa Sheehan, Carlow, Ireland
Steve Wade, Dublin, Ireland
John Walsh, Galway, Ireland
Heidi Wickam, Sligo, Ireland
The competition is kindly sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, McGinn’s Bar,
Niall Ó’Brolcháin, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames
& Mike Cubbard.
The winners will be announced
at the September Over The Edge: Open Reading
in Galway City Library
on Thursday, September, 29th, 6.30-8pm
The competition judge is Elaine Feeney