Francis McManus Short Story Competition 2011

Week 1: 6th to 10th June
(1) Monday 6th June - Winner of the 2011 Francis Mac Manus Short Story Competition – “Orca” by Austin Duffy read by Hugh O’Conor.

(2) Tuesday 7th June - 2nd Prizewinner Mac Manus Awards – “Platform 17 – Grand Central Station” by Patrick Griffin

(3) Wednesday 8th June - 3rd Prizewinner Mac Manus Awards – “Seven Steps Home” by Andrew Fox.

(4) Thursday 9th June - “First and First” by John Butler.

(5) Friday 10th June - “Routines” by Maura O’Brien.

Week 2 : 13th – 17th June 2011
(1) Monday 13th June – “Shadow Girl” by Breda Joy.

(2) Tuesday 14th June –“The Every Day Woman” by Niamh Boyce.

(3) Wednesday 15th June – “Saibh” by Aideen Henry.

(4) Thursday 16th June – “In My Granny’s” by Bernadette Melia.

(5) Friday 17th June – “Don’t Start Listening To This Story ” by Patrick G. O Conor.

Week 3 : 20th – 24th June 2011
(1) Monday 20th June – “The Lightning Field” by Jon Gregory.

(2) Tuesday 21st June – “Scar” by Des Mc Inerney.

(3) Wednesday 22nd June – “The Devil’s Breath” by Sheila Barrett.

(4) Thursday 23rd June – “The Little Girl In Pink” by Davnet Heery.

(5) Friday 24th June – “The Secret of Mary” by Jacinta Carey.

Week 4: 27th June – July 1st
(1) “Granite” by Alice Redmond, Killiney, Co. Dublin.

(2) “Breath” by Anne Harris, Belfast.

(3) “It’s Been A While” by Richard Stevens, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

(4) “If Birds Could Talk” by Francis Browner, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

(5) “Remembering Belinda 1959” by Ray Lynott, Dublin.

Week 5, Final Week: July 4th to 8th
(1) “The Emperor of Ice Cream” by Natalie Ryan, Monkstown Valley, Co. Dublin.

(2) Still Life with Apples” by Rachael Hegarty, Raheny, Dublin.

(3) “The Third Quarter” by Carl O’Brien, Dublin.

(4) “The Street With Looking Glass Eyes” by Geraldine Mills, Galway

(5) “Wonderland” by Ilona Blunden, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.