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The 2024 William Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are open for entries with the 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 November 6 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 November 6-10 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, November 9.
Festival website www.allinghamfestival.com
Deadline for entries is Sunday, September 29. Competition rules, entry forms and Allingham Festival details are also posted on the website.
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