Newsletter of the Munster Literature Centre Sullivan's Quay Cork

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NEWS & READINGS

• 'Translating Irelands?  the English Language in the Irish Context'; Prof. Terence Dolan (UCD), The Reading Room, Irish Writers Centre, 9 Dec.7pm
   
• Reading by novelist Hugo Hamilton at Triskel Arts Centre in association with the Munster Literature Centre & IWC 14th December at 8pm. Adm. £3
   
• The Munster Literature Centre presents a night with Hugo Hamilton at Connollys of Leap, featuring bands, Boa Morte and Max  Sand.15th Dec. 8.30pm
   
• Poet Louis de Paor and Singer songwriter John Spillane at The Everyman Palace Sunday 19th Dec. 8pm.
   
• Dennis O'Driscoll has been awarded the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry for his fifth collection, Weather Permitting (Anvil Press) He is the fourth Irish poet to receive this award.
   
• Antonia Logue has won the Irish Times Literary Award for Fiction for her first novel Shadowbox.  Bloomsbury
   

OPPORTUNITIES

• Triskel Arts Centre  invite applications for short-term studio residencies, for a specific project in literature, film, theatre or visual arts. Info: The Director, Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St., Cork.  (021) 272022
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  Between the Lines, Belfast Literary Festival, are holding a Writer's Showcase  in March 2000.  Submissions from prose and poetry writers who have not yet had a collection published. Info: The Writer's Showcase, Between the Lines, Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Rd., Belfast BT7 1NH.
   
• Waterford Corporation are running a series of 10 community-based workshops from Oct'99 to March 2000 for unpublished writers of poetry and prose.  A book of the participants' work will be launched at the Sean Dunne Literary weekend.  Contact: Alan Garvey, Arts Office, City Hall, the Mall, Waterford.Ph (051) 309983 or arts@waterfordcorp.ie
  
   

COMPETITIONS

• The Molly Keane Memorial Creative Writing Award 2000 offers £500 for the best short story, max 2000 words.  Closing date: 25th February 2000.
  Details from Margaret Fleming, Arts Officer, Waterford County Council, Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Ph (058) 41416
   
• Corcadorca Playwright Award 2000 offers £1500 for winning playwright.  Closing date: 28th April 2000.
  For further info send S.A.E. to: Corcadorca, 11/12 Marlborough St., Cork.
   
• The Poetry London Competition is offering prizes of £1000, £500 and £200 for poems max. 80 lines.  Closing date: 14 Feb 2000.  Entry: £3.50 per poems
  For info and entry forms contact Poetry London, PO Box 30104, London E17 4XR, UK. 
   
• The Listowel Writers' Week Poetry Competition are offering £500 for the best poem and £500 for the best collection of poems (6 - 12) with publication and a launch at the Festival of June 2000.  Information: The Administrator, Writers' Week, PO Box 147, Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ph (068) 22893
   
• The Burning Bush are looking for contributions (poetry, prose, reviews, criticism) for issue No. 3, March 2000.  Inquiries to Kevin Higgins, 35 Glenard Crescent, Salthill,  Galway, or kphiggins@hotmail.com 
   
• First annual Salmon Poetry Publication Award.  Details from Jessie Lendennie at Salmon Publishing Ltd., Knockeven, Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ph 065 7081941 or salpub@iol.ie
   
• Spotlight on Skerries are accepting submissions from writers of plays.  Closing date 18th February 2000. Details: Spotlight on Skerries, The Fingal Scribe, Skerries Community Centre, Dublin Rd., Skerries or from the Irish Writers Centre.
   
• Eurochild 2000, an anthology of poetry and illustration by and for children, welcomes entries before 1st January 2000.  Information : Eurochild 2000, CWPC, Thompson Ho., MacCurtain St, Cork. Ph 021 509274 0r admin@cwpc.ie
   
• Submissions invited for Acorn 6, magazine of the Dublin Writers' Workshop.  Closing date Jan.1 2000.  Send to Dublin Writers' Workshop, Bowes Pub, Fleet St., Dublin 2.
   
• Markings; editor Fred Johnston invites submissions poetry/prose not exceeding 1.000 words. He is also editor of Book View, inviting reviews and short articles/info.Submissions and  SAE (if work to be returned) to The Galway Advertiser, 2/3 Church Lane, Galway.

• LISTOWEL WRITERS WEEK
• The Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award   £5000 for a work of fiction by an Irish author.  Adjudicators are Bruce Arnold and Ita Daly.
• The Brian MacMahon Short Story Award   £1500 for the winning story (not more than 3000 words).  Entry fee is £5 for each entry.  Adjudicator is David Marcus.
• Dhuais Bhord na Gaeilge: An Foras Teanga  Duais £500 é seo ar chnuasach beag filíochta nó gearrscéalta (nár foilsíodh mar chnusach go dtí seo) nó ursceál nó saothar drámaíochta neamhfhoilsithe.  Moltóir Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, taille £5 ar gach iontráil.
• Eamon Keane Full Length Play   Adjudicator Michael Twomey.  One act plays are not eligible, plays submitted should be suitable for stage presentation.  Entry fee is £10 with every entry submitted.  (Plays returned only if submitted with SAE.)
  Poetry Competition   Adjudicated by Thomas McCarthy.  £500 for the best single poem, and £500 for the best small collection (6 - 12 poems) plus printing and publication of a slim volume to be launched at next year's festival.  (The latter section of the competition is open only to those who have not yet published a first collection.)  Entry fees are £5 for a single poem and £10 for a short collection.
• Writers' Week Originals Competition  Adjudicated by the Writers' Week Editorial Board, the categories for this competition are: Short Story (max. 1500 words), Humorous Essay (750 words approx), and Short Poems.  The prize fund is £500, entry fee is £5 with each entry submitted.
  Writing in Prisons in Ireland   Prize fund £450.
  Irish Post/Irish Ferries New Writing Competition   Confined to those living outside Ireland; details advertised in 'The Irish Post' in the UK.
• Kerry County Council Creative Writing Competitions for Youth   Categories: 9 years and under, max 300 words.  12 years and under, max 300 words.  14 years and under, max 300 words.  16 years and under, max 300 words, 18 years and under, max 1000 words.  Prize fund of £1000, entry fee £1 per entry.
  The closing date for all submissions is March 1st, 2000.  For rules of entry and information on workshops, contact:  The Administrator, Writers' Week, P.O. Box 147, Listowel, Co. Kerry
   
• Older Women's Network Ireland  are seeking submissions for an anthology of short prose pieces and poetry "which reflect the lives and experience of women growing older."  Work accepted from men and women of any age.  Submissions to:  The Older Women's Network, c/o Age and Opportunity, Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.  Tel:  01 837 0570, email: ageandrop@indigo.ie, deadline 25th February.
   
• Workplace Anecdotes  sought by a publishing team who are compiling a collection of "funny, ridiculous, embarassing and simply unbelievable stories" to do with work and the workplace.  £50 for each story accepted.  Submissions to 'It Could Only Happen To...' PO Box 7237, Dublin 1.
   
• The Cathal Buí Summer School Writing Competitions   Prizes for poetry and prose, £100 each category and publication, runners up £50.  Judges Noel Monaghan and Carlo Gebler.  Max length: poems 40 lines, short stories 2000 words.  Closing date 17th March 2000.  Contact Jim Nolan, Cornagee, Blacklion, Co. Cavan.
   
• The Salmon Poetry Publication Award has extended its deadline to the end of July 2000.  For details contact Salmon Publishing Ltd, Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare.  Tel: (065) 81941, email: salpub@iol.ie
   
• Peterloo Poets Open Competition  First prize £2000,  2nd prize £1000.  Judges Clare Brown, Peter Porter, Stephen Stuart-Smith and Harry Chambers.  Entry fee stg£5 per poem, closing date 1st March 2000.  Contact: The Administrator, Peterloo Poetry Competition, The Old Chapel,  Sand Lane, Calstock, Cornwall PL18 90X UK.
   
• The King of Laois March Competition   Nóirín Ní Riain, Artist in Residence with Laois Co. Council, would like to hear from anyone interested in writing verses to accompany the tune Máirseáil Rí Laoise/ The King of Laois's March.   The fee to the successful applicant is £500: entry forms, more details and a copy of the tune on tape from: Muireann Ní Chonaill, Arts Officer, Laois Co. Council, Tel (0502) 22044.
   
• Poetry London Competition  Prizes £1000, £500, £200.  Max length 80 lines, fee £3.50 per poem.  Closing date 14th February 2000.  Judge Matthew Sweeney.  For information and entry forms contact: Poetry London, PO Box 30104, London E17 4XR, England.
   
• Marches Literary Prize  Short Story (max 2000 words), Poetry (max 50 lines).  Entry fee £3.  Prizes £200, £100, £50.  Contact: The Competition Secretary, 48 Erw Wen, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7HL.  Closing date 31st MArch 2000.
   
• The Market Square Short Story  Max word length 3000.  1st Prize £500.  Entry fee £5stg for 1-2 stories, £12 for 3.  No entry form required.  Send to:  Armagh Writers Group, c/o Patricia McAllister, 11 Killuney Crest, Armagh BT 61 9EY.
   

NEW TITLES

• Watching the River Flow  A Century in Irish Poetry  Ed. Noel Duffy & Theo Dorgan, Poetry Ireland, £10pb & £17hb
   
• The Lie of The Land: Journeys Through Literary Cork.  Mary Leland. Cork University Press £9.95
   
• A Raid into Dark Corners and Other Essays. Benedict Kiely CUP £14.95
   
• Then the Walls came Down- A Prison Journal. Danny Morrison
  Mercier Press  £9.99
   
• Black Cat in the Window -A Family Album with Much Love and Squalor. Liam Ó Murchú. The Collins Press
   
• Sna Fir agus Fís & Teanga,  ag Pádraic Reaney & Micheál Ó Conghaile, filíocht & focal le h-údair éagsúla, ina measc Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill agus Alan Titley
   
• SmashingThe Piano John Montague   The Waterhorse, by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill with translations by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. Gallery Press
   
• From Anvil Press: Thomas McCarthy's Mr Dineen's Careful Parade £9.95 : Dennis O'Driscoll's Weather Permitting
   
• From Bloodaxe: Guillevic's Carnac, translated by John Montague, Brendan Kennelly's Begin
   
• From bradshaw books: Cork Literary Review: ed. Eugene O'Connell  £5.99 & Poets For the Millenium ed. Ian Wild £5.99  021 509274
   
• Wild December by Edna O'Brien. Weidenfield and Nicolson 245pp £16.99stg.
   
• The Way We Were by Declan Hassett
  Mercier £9.99
   
• One Foot in Laos Dervla Murphy