Doire Press
is pleased to announce its 2012
1st annual poetry & chapbook competition
Winners will each receive 75 copies of their own professionally edited and printed chapbook (one for poetry, one for fiction), published by Doire Press. Chapbooks will be perfect-bound, contain up to 40 pages, feature colour front and back covers, as well as their own isbn and barcode.
Fiction entries: one short story per entry (4,000 words max)
Poetry entries: 4-6 poems per entry (10 pages max)
Deadline: January 9, 2012
Entry fees: €10 for first entry, €8 for each additional entry (you may submit multiple entries in either fiction or poetry, or submit to both fiction and poetry).
Judges:
Fiction: Alan McMonagle is an award-winning writer living in Galway. Shortly after receiving his MA in Writing from NUI, Galway in 2007, he published his debut collection of short stories, Liar, Liar (Wordsonthestreet, 2008). He has won several awards for his work, including second prize in the Séan O'Faoláin short story contest, joint-first prize in the Jonathan Swift Awards and a short-listing for the inaugural William Trevor-Elizabeth Bowen writing award. He was also one of four Irish authors placed on the long-list for the 2009 Frank O'Connor Award for his short story. His stories have appeared in many journals in Ireland and North America including The Adirondack Review, Grain, Prairie Fire and The Stinging Fly.
Poetry: James Martyn is from Galway and his work has appeared in The Sunday Tribune, The Stinging Fly and The Shop. He has had work broadcast on both RTÉ and BBC and has won the Listowel Writers’ Week Original Short Story Competition. He was short-listed for a Hennessy Award in 2006, for the Francis McManus award in 2007 and 2008, and for The William Trevor International Short Story Competition in 2007 and 2011. He won second place in the 2011 Dromineer Poetry competition. His first collection of poetry, Shedding Skin, was published by Arlen House in 2010.
The judging for the contest is completely anonymous. Entries must include cover page with full contact information and title of story or first poem. Entrant’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
Entrants must not have any books published in the genre to which they’re applying (not including self-publication or chapbooks); however, they can enter the other category. For example, if you have published a poetry book, you are not allowed to enter the poetry competition but can enter the fiction.
Entries must not have won any other competition but can have been published in literary journals or magazines.
Use standard formatting (one poem per page for poetry/double-spaced for fiction, 12-font for both).
Send entries via postal mail to:
Doire Press
Aille, Inverin,
County Galway
Ireland
Make cheques or money orders payable to Doire Press. Entry fees can also be paid via Paypal (see bottom of page).
Email submissions will also be accepted with an additional €1 per entry printing fee.
To submit via email: Put complete contact information in body of email. Attach manuscripts as a Word (.doc file only, no X) or PDF file. Use size A4 page. For poetry submissions, put all poems in one document. Send email to doirepress@gmail.com. Put the words ‘Competition entry’ in the subject line of email.
To pay by Paypal:
1. Log onto Paypal website at www.paypal.com.
2. Send money to email address: doirepress@gmail.com.
3. Send the correct amount (€10 for first entry; €8 per additional entry; €1 for printing charges per entry if sending entries via email).
4. In Message box enter your name and title of story or first poem.
5. Note transaction number
6. Include Paypal transaction number on contact page, if submitting via post, or in body of email, if submitting via email.
The long list of twenty-five in each category will be announced on the Doire Press website on January 30th. The short list of ten in each will be announced on February 13th and the winners will be announced on February 20th. 2nd and third place winners in each category will receive a certificate.
The judges’ decisions are final.
Winners of competition agree to submit final manuscripts to editors within three weeks of winning competition. Winners agree to work cooperatively with editors to produce a mutually-agreed upon chapbook. Chapbooks will be a maximum of forty pages, which includes opening pages, such as title page, contents, etc. Winners may submit artwork to be considered for cover, but cover is designed by publisher. Winners receive all copies of chapbook to be sold, given away, etc. At the winners’ request, competition judges will contribute forward or back cover blurb. If winner lives outside Galway area, winner agrees to pay shipping charges of chapbooks.
For any questions, click here to email.
Doire Press kindly thanks its competition sponsors, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, Mayor Sally-Ann Flanagan and Clodoiri Lurgan Teo (clprint.ie).