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RTÉ Short Story Competition: Dead Bait by Mattie Brennan

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 20 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024: Turncoat by David Ralph

We present the shortlisted stories from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 13 Jan

RTÉ Short Story Competition: Artifice by Sharon Guard

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 29 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition: Divination by Stephen O'Reilly

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 29 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition: Chambermaid by Fiona O'Connor

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 25 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition: Chambermaid by Fiona O'Connor

We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 26 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024: Turncoat by David Ralph

We present the shortlisted stories from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 14 Nov 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition judges Claire Kilroy, Neil Hegarty and Kathleen MacMahon

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024 shortlist announced

RTÉ has announced details of the ten new stories which have been shortlisted for the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 23 Sep 24

Kathleen MacMahon on short storytelling: 'Truth, beauty, insight'

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 02 Apr 24

Neil Hegarty: 'I love the plasticity of the short story.'

Neil Hegarty: 'Short stories are miracles of compression'

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 26 Mar 24

Claire Kilroy: 'Verbs are the unsung heroes of the sentence.'

'Write what you feel': Claire Kilroy's short story boot camp

'Anger, pain, love, confusion: use them as fuel for the page.'

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 19 Mar 24

RTÉ Short Story Competition judges (L-R) Neil Hegarty, Claire Kilroy and Kathleen MacMahon

2024 RTÉ Short Story Competition now open for submissions

The 2024 RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of Francis MacManus, one of Ireland's longest established and most significant literary prizes, is now open for entries.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 14 Mar 24

Ferdia MacAnna: 'Give me conflict, atmosphere, a curious, significant setting'.

Ferdia MacAnna on what he looks for in a good short story

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 01 Apr 23

Claire Kilroy: 'Although there are no rules in writing, there are definitely expectations'.

What I like in a short story: Claire Kilroy's tips for writers

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 31 Mar 23

Kathleen MacMahon: 'I love a story that manages to fit life's span into the short form'

Kathleen MacMahon on what she looks for in a good short story

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 in honour of Francis MacManus is back for another year.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 04 Oct 23

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2022: (L-R) judges Éilis Ní Dhuibhne and Lisa McInerney, 2022 winner Brendan Killeen, and judge Ferdia MacAnna

RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 - last chance to enter!

The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2023 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries. Writers have until Friday 26th May to submit their short story to the competition.

RTÉ Short Story Competition • 22 May 23