Congratulations to the winners of our Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions for Secondary Schools. We received entries this year from schools around the country and across the border. It’s great to see that our schools are brimming with talent. Well done to everyone who participated, and don’t forget to try again next year!
The awards ceremony for Secondary School students will take place in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, on Saturday Nov. 9th at 1.40pm. We look forward to seeing you then!!
First & Second Year Poetry
1. Laura McCallan - “Drowning" (Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana)
2. Sophia Brock - “Everything Always Ends" (Buncrana)
3. Ruby Powell - ''Seasons'' (Crana College, Buncrana)
Third Year and Transition Year Poetry
1. Eimear Feeney - "Youthful Rose" (St. Clare's, Manorhamilton)
2. Rachel Conlon - "The Atlantic" (St. Clare's, Manorhamilton)
3. Petra Bodnar - "Tomorrow's A New Day" (Loreto, Letterkenny)
Fifth Year and Leaving Cert Poetry
1. Aoife Lennon - "Cliff Edge" (Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana)
2. Ciara Whoriskey - "Midnight Musing" (Buncrana)
3. Ciaran Alexander - "The Beaches of Sicily" (St. Columba’s)
First and Second Year Flash Fiction
1. Conor Boyle - ''Nuclear Winter'' (Abbey Vocational School, Donegal)
2. Patricia Poprawa - ''That Fairytale Look That Deceived Us'' (Loretto College, Letterkenny)
3. Catherine Brown - “Fainleog” (Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon)
Third Year and Transition Year Flash Fiction
1. Lakshmi Shaji - 'Tears of a Clown'' (Loretto, Letterkenny)
2. Amy Carney - “No Planet B'' (Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon)
3. Eva Carney - ''Frozen'' (Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon)
Fifth Year and Leaving Cert Flash Fiction
1. Aoife Devlin - ''In My Mind's Eye'' (Ursuline College, Sligo)
2. Ciara O Riordan - '' Out of that Place'' (Crana College, Buncrana)
3. Brendan Doherty - ''Purgatory'' (Crana College, Buncrana)
