We had a huge number of entries to both the Flash Fiction and Poetry competitions. The judges have been hard at work reading all the entries, and now they are ready to share the shortlists in each category. Congratulations to all, and best of luck to all the finalists!
First, Second and Third Place winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 7 November at 1:00 pm in Dorrian’s Hotel, Ballyshannon. Winning entries will be posted on the Allingham Art Festival website www.allinghamfestival.com
The Flash Fiction Shortlist
A Half Packed Life – Claire Keogh
An cailleach dhubh – Jane Breen
A Boyhood of Brief Enthusiasms – Chris Cottom
Department of Impossibilities – Chris Cottom
Sean McNicholl – Everyone Knows
Losing It All – Kathryn Crowley
Maha Kalpa – Deborah Templeton
Ownership – Caroline Jenner
The Steadfast Soldier – Norman Thomson
Unwinding – Sean McNicholl
The Poetry Shortlist
A terrible devastation – David Simpson
An Offering – Kathy Donaghy
Clay – Eileen Casey
Duration – Anni Wilton-Jones
In Commemoration of Francis Harvey – Anna Calhoun
No Longer a Headline – Paddy Donoghue
Nothing Said – Kenneth Somerville
Rust Lesson – John Goode
Sea Ghosts of Sorts – Loretta Fahy
The Women Who Were Never Farmers – Jenny Abbott
Unravelling – Breda Joyce
We should have been killed – Rhona Trench
What was Buried – Ger Duffy
Winged Like Hermes – Caitriona Lane