Poetry Contests!

Poetry Contests!

For those who like to put pen to paper, there are a number of poetry competition where the closing time is looming fast. The Swords Heritage Week 2010 has both a short story and Poet of Fingal contest, but you'll have to get cracking as the closing date for entries is not later than July 30th which is only about two weeks away. Details of the above can be had by dialing 01 8400080 or e-mail swordsheritage@eircom.net , and they do award ceremonies very well! Also closing in fast is The Dromineer Literary Festival, which has a closing date of the 13th of August and details of this can be found by simply googling for the above, or e-mail deborahpowell01@hotmail.com . Couldn't be easier! If you click on the link for "Virtual Writer" and go to the competition page you'll see details for the "Over the Edge" competition, but I don't want to navigate away from this page at the moment to get more exact information so you'll have to look for yourself. The Theme for this year's Saggart Heritage and Arts Centre Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Awards for 2010 is "The Letter" and more information on this can be had by contacting Margaret Ennis "Teach Giuise" Boherboy, Saggart Dublin. I had an e-mail address for this,

but gone! And finally details of The 12th Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award are now posted on The Poetry Ireland Website, and I notice Michael Farry also has information about this on his site as well. Michael O' Flanagan of the above is also the man responsible for bringing out the poetry broadsheet ~Riposte~ every month, and a good number of Meath Writers have been published in this over the years. Good luck with the competitions!

Photo: Donaghmore Church and Round Tower, where I believe Francis Ledwidge was known to spend a few Sundays with friends.