Francis MacManus Short Story Competition

    Monday - Friday, 11.10 pm

    Francis MacManus Short Story - Shortlist 2013

    Francis MacManus Short Story - Shortlist 2013

    The 2013 shortlist will be posted here on Monday 10 June 2013. The winners will be announced on Tuesday 18 June 2013

    This year’s Judges are writers Evelyn Conlon and Christine Dwyer Hickey, and Senior Editor at Penguin Ireland, Brendan Barrington.

    This year’s 25 shortlisted stories will be read on RTÉ Radio 1 for over 5 weeks starting on Monday 24 June 2013, nightly at 11.10pm. Readers of the stories include Brendan Laird, Ingrid Craigie, Gary Murphy, Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Angela Harding, Aaron Monaghan, Emmet Kirwan, Noelle Browne and Pat Kinevane.

    This year marks the 26th anniversary of the RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition, which over the years has proved to be the launching pad for many renowned Irish writers.

    Series producer: Clíódhan Ní Anluain

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