A bit of happy news dropped into my inbox yesterday – a story of mine, ‘A Simple Loss of Balance’, has been longlisted for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017. I was even happier to see the name of my writing group pal Sinéad Slattery on there too, plus a host of writers whose work I admire. I’m chuffed to be among them!
The shortlist will be announced soon, with the overall winners decided by judges Carmel Harrington, Madeleine Keane and Donal Ryan.
The longlist in full is:
- Searching For Elephants by Sinéad Slattery
- Nugger Keating and The Red Louse by Declan Byrne
- Light At The End Of The Tunnel by Anne McKeefe
- A Window To Doubt by Kate McCaughley
- The Rain by Theresa Barnett
- The Dare by Tanya Farrelly
- Aliens Like Myself by Helen Lahert
- A Simple Loss Of Balance by Anne O’ Leary
- Halla by Joseph Sweeney
- Journeying by Jane Clare
- Loving Icarus by Alex Reece Abbott
- Pyramid by Michele Sheldon
- The Angels of Chartres by Lorcan Byrne
- The Ordinary Moments of by Susan Edwards
- To Memorise the Skylark by Niamh MacCabe
- Unbeknownst by Carol Corbett
- A Day to Remember by Hannah McNiven
- The Handshake men by Robert Barrett
- Bitter Truth by Tricia Hagan
- Evolution Of Love by Vicky MacKenzie
- Horses by Sally Jubb
- That Eejit Of A Dog by David Brennan
- Time Heals by Pamela Hobbs
- Out of Pure Spite by Mairéad Rooney
- Big Lies, Small Lives by Catherine Power Evans
- Sniper by Michelle Coyne
- The Rain Falls Differently Over There by Niall McArdle
- Variable Stars by Rose Stevens
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Congratulations! Where can we read your story?!
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You’re fast! It isn’t online anywhere as still under consideration. And they didn’t publish any of the winning stories last year, which was a shame. But I can email it to you if you want? – You don’t have to, I’ll still be your friend even if you don’t read my writing 🙂
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Well done Anne! Delighted to see your writing is coming along. Remember me when you’re famous!
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Likewise, Tom! Thanks v much
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Well done to you – and all those listed – hope you win – slan Frank E
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Thanks, Frank, appreciate it. Hope your own writing is going well!
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Well Anne – going well – well writing is like a well – and I keep going – when I was young in Clare we drew water from a well – but to be honest I seem to scoop only rejections at the moment – but I keep going to the well – I do not know if it is out of habit or desperation – but it keeps we occupied – so I aspire to your 200 euro.. thank you
for your encouragement –
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