The wait is over! RTÉ Radio 1 has announced the ten stories on the shortlist for this year's RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in honour of Francis MacManus, selected from over 2000 entries.
The shortlisted writers and their stories are:
Mel O'Doherty – The Planters
Sheila Barrett – News
Tríona Walsh – Salt
Niamh Heery – Filling in Blanks
Deirdre Roycroft – Toby, Toby, Toby
Stephen O’Reilly – Honey Days
Niall McArdle – Vena Amoris
Liz Houchin – The Boxer Rebellion
Edward Melvin – Out the Pontoon Road
Stephen Walsh – WonderHouse (Some Assembly Required)
The shortlisted writers, based in Dublin, Cork, Wicklow and Galway, range from widely published authors to emerging writers making their debut in fiction, and include a filmmaker, a story editor in kids’ TV and animation, and an agency creative.
On Tuesday 10 September 2019, at an awards evening in RTÉ, the top three winning stories from this shortlist will be announced by judges Sinéad Crowley, Liz Nugent and Declan Meade, and their authors will be presented with prizes of €3000, €2000 and €1000.
All ten stories will then be broadcast in the Book on One slot on RTÉ Radio 1, read by some of Ireland’s leading actors, including Emmet Kirwan, Jane Brennan, Ali White, Andrew Bennett and Eamon Morrissey, at 11.20pm weeknights, starting with the winning story on Monday 16 September.
