Phot of Nuala O'Connor
Entries in the 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition will be judged by Nuala O’Connor, acclaimed author of SEABORNE and editor of the e-journal Splonk. Deadline for entries is 29 September.
NORA by Nuala O’Connor was chosen as Dublin’s One City One Book novel in 2022 and was selected as was a Top 10 historical novel by the New York Times. Her sixth novel SEABORNE about Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny has been published in April 2024 by New Island. Nuala O’Connor won Irish Short Story of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards, and she serves as editor of the flash e-journal Splonk. She lives and writes in Galway.
First-, Second- and Third-Place winners of the Poetry and Flash Fiction awards will read their winning entries at the Literary Lunch at noon on Saturday, 9 November during the 2024 Allingham Festival. In addition to the First-Place €300 cash award, winning entries in the 2024 Flash Fiction Competition will also be published in Splonk.
The 2024 Allingham Festival will run from 6-10 November in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Highlights of the Festival will include a keynote speech on Artificial Intelligence by RTE broadcaster Richard Curran, and a concert by delta-blues prodigy Muireann Bradley. Details of the Festival, including rules and entry forms for the Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions, are available here.