Consider the Bicentennial Allingham Arts Festival officially launched. We have much to share with you in upcoming weeks about the very special programme that is still coming together. For now, we'll start, as always, with the launch of the 2024 Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions which are now open for entries! First-place winners will receive prizes of €300.
Poet and publisher Kate Newmann will judge the 2024 Poetry Competition entries, and the winner will also receive the Francis Harvey Poetry Award.
Acclaimed author Nuala O’Connor will judge the Flash Fiction entries, and the winning entries will be published in the e-zine Splonk.
The competitions are open to writers who are 18 or older by 6 November 2024. International entries are welcome! Winning entries in recent years have been crafted by writers in Canada, Australia and Dubai.
The 2024 Allingham Festival will run from 6-10 November in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Poetry and Flash Fiction Awards will be presented and the winning entries will be read at the Allingham Literary Lunch on Saturday, 9 November.
Deadline for entries is Sunday, September 29. Competition rules, entry forms and Allingham Festival details are all available here.