Congratulations to Cristina Galvin: winner of the Powers Short Story Competition

Cristina Galvin is the winner of the €10,000 prize for first place in the Powers Short Story Competition. For more and to hear Cristina reading her winning story, Aprés-Match, see here http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0526/1224316639540.html

Cristina was a Featured Reader at the May 2009 Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library and was also chosen to read at the 2010 Cúirt Festival / Over The Edge Showcase reading.

http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-cuirt-over-edge-showcase-reading.html

She is a graduate of the MA in Writing at NUI Galway, having previously taken creative writing classes at Galway Technical Institute with Susan Millar DuMars.

CRISTINA WILL BE READING HER WINNING STORY, APRÉS-MATCH, AT THE OPEN-MIC AT THE MAY OVER THE EDGE: OPEN READING IN GALWAY CITY LIBRARY THIS THURSDAY, MAY 31ST (6.30-8pm).