This year's Battle of the Books is an international writing competition for both poetry and prose entries with a closing date of the 1st of July. Niamh Boyce will judge and the shortlisted competitors will read their material at the festival on Saturday the 12th of July. Writers who cannot attend will have their pieces read for them by an actor or other writers. Their is a prize of €500 for the winning entry so well worth getting the pen out. Prose entries must between 800 to 1000 word and the poetry verse between 40 to 60 lines. The entry fee is €5 per individual item or three for €10 and as many entries as you like but see the website for details. The festival celebrates the life and work of Jonathan Swift who lived at Laracor just outside the town and the writing competition pays homage in some way to his wonderful talent as both a satirist and storyteller. The prompt for this year's competition, suggested by the organisers, comes from the first page of Gulliver's Travels and is, " You prevailed on me to publish a very loose and incorrect account of my travels". So that should give you plenty of licence to play around with the subject material! An unusual rule that should appeal is that the material submitted may have already appeared or have been published elsewhere. So could be a fair old standard! Identity or contact details on a separate cover sheet and a number of ways of paying. For full details see link: www.swiftsatirefestival.com
Postal address: Paddy Smith, Swift Satire Festival, 25 Saintjohns, Trim, County Meath, Ireland,
Entries to be accompanied by a personal cheque, postal order, bank draft or international money order, made payable to the "Trim Swift Festival Ltd", and only in euros , sterling or US dollars.
Online payment details at link above.
A long list of 30 entries will be published on the website as will the shortlist AND the winner!
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