Original Writing supports new authors
Our primary purpose is to help authors self publish their books quickly, easily and economically. We also seek to provide as much support as possible to first-time authors and those who have had difficulty finding their audience in the past. With this in mind we have sponsored a number of competitions for Irish writers in the last number of years in addition to setting up our sister site Writing4all to encourage writers at the beginning of their writing career.
Writing Spirit Competition at Writing4all
Writing4all is delighted to announce the third annual Writing Spirit Award for Short Fiction. The first prize is €1000 and the competition is open to all nationalities and all genres. Entry fee is €7 per story. The prize-winning stories, along with 17 merited stories will be published in an anthology at the end of the competition. Maximum word count is 4000 for each story.
The deadline is November 30, 2011.
For more information on rules, judges, and the submission process, please visit the Writing Spirit page.
Listowel Writers Week memoir competition
For the last 2 years we have been delighted to sponsor the Original Writing Memoir Competition at the prestigious Listowel Writers Week Festival in Co. Kerry. Writers Week has long been one of Ireland’s premier literary events and occupies a special place in the hearts of many authors and readers worldwide. The Original Writing Memoir Competition is aimed at providing an opportunity for first time memoir writers to share their stories with the world.
Irelands Own Short Story competition
Irelands Own has been one of Ireland’s most popular family magazines for over 100 years and we are delighted in the last year to have been involved in sponsoring their always popular short story competition. This competition is particularly popular with first-time authors and provides a valuable outlet for new narrative voices that we are pleased to be associated with.
