Wednesday, February 6, 2013

SiarScéal Festival (Celebrating the Gathering 2013)

The Hanna Greally Literary Competition 2013.

The above festival runs from March 7th to 9th in Roscommon Town and has a closing date of  Friday 15th of February which gives you about one week to get your entries in to their poetry and prose competitions. Full details if you go to www.siarsceal.com and please do. Poems should be no longer than 60 lines and Short Stories/Prose no longer than 500 words which seems very short. The telephone number to contact is 00353 (0) 872628191 and forward your entries to SiarScéal Festival C/O Richie Farrell, County Librarian, Roscommon County Council Library Service, Abbey Street, Roscommon, Ireland. €10/  $10/£10 for up to three submissions. School entries: €2.The Mayor of Roscommon Cllr. Tom Crosby will present the winners with the Awards. The winners will be invited to read during the Festival Launch. And good luck!  

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