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Word limit: 3,000 words
Closing date: Tuesday the 31st of July (midnight)
Entry fee: €15 per story

The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. The story can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Translated work is not in the scope of this competition.

First Prize: €2,000, a week-long residency at Anam Cara Retreat and publication in the literary journal Southword Second Prize: €500 and publication in Southword

Four more shortlisted entries will be selected for publication  in Southword and receive a publication fee of €120.

How to submit (email or post)

Email entry

Send to: sofcomp@munsterlit.ie Subject: "SOF entry 2018" Attachments:

2. >span class="style38">A cover letter (separate word document attached to the same email). The cover letter should include  - Your name  - Story title - Email address  - Phone number  - Postal address  - Image of PayPal receipt or the Paypal transaction ID  number  - How your heard about the competition  - A brief bio (optional)  Please ensure that this information is in the attachment and not in the body of the email.
3. Payment of the €15 entry fee can be made through PayPal (see below)

Postal entry: Please include:

1. Submission manuscript (typed). To ensure anonymity, please do not write your name or any other personal details on the manuscript.
2. Cover letter - see details above. Cover letter should be on a separate page to ensure anonymity.
3. Payment: If you have paid through Paypal, just quote the Paypal transaction ID. Alternatively we accept cheques and bank drafts (see details below)

lternative methods of payment (Postal entries)

• Cheques payable to THE MUNSTER LITERATURE CENTRE
• Bank drafts
• Other currencies: We can also accept cheques and bank drafts in Euro, U.S. Dollars or Pounds sterling at a rate of US $20 or £15 for each story
• Postal order (Republic of Ireland only)
• Please note that we cannot accept cash payment

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About the competition The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world, submissions accepted from March to July annually. It is dedicated to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists and is sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre.

If the winner comes to Cork to collect their prize the centre will pay for hotel accommodation, meals and drinks at the Cork International Short Story Festival (September 12-15, 2018) - Ireland's only dedicated short story festival.

Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat www.anamcararetreat.com is again awarding a week-long residency to the first prize winner of the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition. Located just outside the colourful village of Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork, Anam Cara is a tranquil spot structured to provide support and sanctuary for people working in the creative arts. It offers private and common working rooms as well as five acres of walking paths, thirty-four nooks and crannies, a river cascades and a river island, gardens, and a labyrinth meadow. Editoral consultation is also available. The additional prize is valued at €700.

(The dates of the residency will be arranged between the writer themselves and Anam Cara, and can be scheduled before or after the week of the Cork International Short Story Festival. Otherwise, the week can be scheduled for another time of the year, at Anam Cara's discretion.)

The Munster Literature Centre is a not-for-profit organisation; all moneys raised from the competition benefits writers and writing.