2019 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year SHORTLIST

FICTION

Eamonn McGuinness,  ‘Names’

PJ Moore,  ‘Noddy’

Kathryn Burke, ‘Interim’

Kate Ennals, ‘Cobbler’

Colin Kerr, ‘When’

Kirsty Warren, ‘Lionheart’

Aongus Murtagh, ‘Puppet’

Eileen Keane, ‘Summer’

Helena Farrell, ‘Journey’ & ‘Where’

Rory Duffy, ‘Soul’

Molly Harris,  ‘Last’

POETRY

Kathryn Burke, ‘Sherbrooke’

Gavan Duffy, ‘Subjective’

Molly Twomey, ‘Atalanta’

Evan Costigan, ‘Trouble’

Rob Childers, ‘Fish’

Kevin Chesser, ‘Off-Roading’

Denise Nagle, ‘Racer’

Helena Kilty ‘Battlecry’

Stephen de Búrca, ‘Scoping’

Andrea Ward, ‘Abbey’

Grace Wilentz, ‘Coral’

Jon McLeod, ‘Versus’

Sacha Hutchinson, ‘Last’

Caroline Bracken, ‘Coral’

Lorraine Wood, ‘Snuff’

We would like to thank our competition sponsors: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Ward’s Hotel, Clare Daly MEP, & Kenny’s Bookshop.

This year's competition judge is Liz McSkeane. 

The longlist can be viewed here. 

THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED @  the  Over The Edge: Open Reading on Thursday, October 31^st,  6.30pm   @ Galway City Library

2015 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year SHORTLIST!

FICTION

Michelle Coyne

Paul Duffy

Selina Oram

Aidan Hynes

Lauren Foley

Chris Connolly

Niall Bourke

Dermot Duffy

Adam Trodd

Brian Leeson

Mark Stevenson Curry

Paul Anthony Corbett

Maeve Galvin 

POETRY

Breda Spaight

Niall Bourke

Jessamine O’Connor

Stephen De Burca

Majella Kelly

Rachel Coventry

Wilma Kenny

Paul McCarrick

Jayne Brogan

Lisa Allen

Bennet McNiff

Bernie Ashe

We would like to thank our competition sponsors: 

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,  

Dock No. 1, ISupply Flood Street, Ward’s Hotel, 

Clare Daly TD,  Kenny’s Bookshop 

& Derek Nolan TD

We also thank our competition judge Dave Lordan 

for his ongoing work on the competition. 

THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED

@ the October Over The Edge: Open Reading

in Galway City Library,

 Thursday October 29^th 

The longlist can be viewed here.  

2013 OVER THE EDGE NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR-SHORTLIST!

2013 OVER THE EDGE NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 

The winners will be announced at the October Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, October 31st, 6.30-8pm.

THE SHORTLIST

which was announced at 

the Over The Edge Culture Night event @ Kenny's 

is as follows:

Sheila Armstrong, Dublin

for her story 'To Come Home'

Bernie Ashe, Galway 

for 'Crow' & other poems

Eileen Bennett, Co, Galway

for her story 'John Byrne Rides Again'

Marie Cadden, Co. Galway 

for 'Up To Scratch' & other poems

Alvy Carragher, Galway

for 'Broken Symmetry' other poems

Brian Colgan, Galway 

for 'From Babi Yar to Bethlehem'

Teresa Coleman, Mayo

for her story 'Elizabeth'

Denis Collins, Wexford 

for 'Pete' & other poems

Maurice Devitt, Dublin 

for 'A Stranger in the House' & other poems

Cal Doyle 

for 'The Heist' & other poems

Kevin Doyle, Cork

for his story 'Whatever It Was About Men'

Erin Fornoff, Dublin

for 'On Planes' & other poems

Sean Glynn, Co. Galway

for his story 'Hackett's Hole'

Sandra Harris, Dublin

for her story 'A Death'

Mary Healy, Kilkenny 

for her story 'What's Worth Keeping'

Aidan Hynes, Dublin

for his story 'Hair'

Anne Irwin, Galway

for 'The Stations of the Crossbar' & other poems

Katherine Janeczeck, Galway 

for 'Genesis' & other poems

Rupert Jenkins, Scotland

for his story 'Tender To The Shore'

Susan Kelly, Mayo

for 'Mother Superior' & other poems

Brian Kirk, Dublin 

for his story 'The Creaseless Society'

Jennifer Matthews, Cork

for 'Planning Permission' & other poems

Anna McCarthy, New York

for her story 'An Inventory of Slights'

Pat McDonnell, Galway

for his story 'Three Sisters in the Sky'

Christopher Meehan, Co. Galway 

for 'The Ever Changing Definition of Youth in Revolt'

Brendan Murphy, Co. Galway

for his story'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Sinner'

Catherine Myddleton-Evans, London, UK

for 'under the sea' & other poems

Gerard O’Brien, Co. Galway

for his story 'Nissen Hut'

Clare O’Reilly, Kildare 

for her story 'Hey Presto!

 Eleanor O’Reilly, Wicklow

for her story 'Classifieds, Fags And Coconut Creams' 

Anita Ouellette, Massachusetts, USA 

for 'Almost Afraid To Talk To God While Others Are Listening'

Micheál Ó’Síocháin, Cork

for his story 'The Last Days of The Pavilion'

Maeve O’Sullivan, Dublin 

for 'Agent of Confusion' & other poems

Christine Paintner, Galway

for 'Remember' & other poems

Valerie Ryan, Kildare

for her story 'The Postman'

Breda Wall Ryan, Wicklow

for 'Inheritors' & other poems

Rejini Samuel, Galway

for her story 'The Alleyway'

Ashlie Schweitzer, Galway

for her story 'Prairie Lights'

Fiona Scoble, Galway

for her story 'What have you brought for us?'

Breda Spaight, Limerick

for 'Final Cut' & other poems

Ekaterina Tikhoniouk, Laois

for her story 'Katie'

Alison Wells, Wicklow

for her story'The Memory-Jar'

Dimitra Xidous, Dublin

for 'The science of hands' & other poems

We would like to thank our competition sponsors: 

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,

ISupply Flood Street, Ward’s Hotel,

Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan T.D

Competition judge Sarah Clancy

THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED

@ the October Over The Edge: Open Reading

in Galway City Library,

Thurs October 31st,6.30-8pm