Shortlisted for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017

Well, you could knock me down with a feather. Despite announcing that the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award shortlist would be revealed in a week’s time, the organisers of the Wexford Literary Festival actually released it yesterday – and there was yours truly’s name on it.

Air-punching word herder posed by model

It’s the second time around for me, as I was also on the shortlist last year, with my writing group pal Lourdes Mackey taking third prize for a superb historical story. Now I’m looking forward to another trip to lovely Enniscorthy at the end of May for the announcement of the winners. Exciting!

Here’s the shortlist:

• Angel of Chartres by Lorcan Byrne
• Time Heals by Pamela Hobbs
• Bitter Truth by Tricia Hagan
• Horses by Sally Jubb
• Variable Stars by Rose Stevens
• The Handshake Men by Robert Barrett
• Aliens Like Myself by Helen Lahert
• A Simple Loss Of Balance by Anne O’Leary
• The Sniper by Michelle Coyne
• To Memorise A Skylark by Niamh MacCabe

 

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