There were a record 457 entries for this year's Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition: 199 poetry entries and 258 in the fiction category.
The short-list is as follows:
Ron Carey, Dublin
Marie Altzinger, Dublin
Alyn Fenn, Cork
Evan Costigan, Kildare
Christopher Meehan, Galway
Kevin Murtagh, Kildare
Phil McNulty, Southport, Merseyside
Diarmuid de Faoite, Galway
Fiona Smith, Cork
Rachel Coventry, Galway
Angela Carr, Dublin
Tom Lavelle, Galway
Sighle Meehan , Galway
Liam Duffy, Galway
Liz Quirke, Galway
Erin Fornoff, Dublin
Martin Casey , Mayo
Bernadette Ashe, Galway
Colm Reynor, Dublin
Chris Connolly, Dublin
Rejini Samuel, Galway
Aidan Hynes, Dublin
Christopher Rippingale, Mayo
Chris Walker, Cork
Simon Fay, Kildare
Micheál Ó’Síocháin, Cork
Marcella O’Connor, Kerry
Alex Hijmans, Brazil
Kevin Hora, Roscommon
Richard Gibney, Dublin
Alan M. Shine, Galway
Jennifer Davidson, Dublin
Pat McDonnell, Galway
Valerie Ryan, Kildare
Steve Wade, Dublin
David O’Dwyer, Dublin
Sean Kenny, Dublin
Eileen Keane, Kildare
Sheila Armstrong, Sligo
Louise Hegarty, Cork
Gerard O’Brien, Galway
Barbara Leahy, Cork
Paula Cunningham, Belfast
We 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 WINNERS
WILL BE ANNOUNCED @
the September Over The Edge: Open Reading
in Galway City Library,
Thursday, September 27th 6.30-8pm