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Competition awards night 2025: gallery of images show image

Competition awards night 2025: gallery of images

Announcing the 2025 Shortlist show image

Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Broadcast schedule for the 2025 shortlist show image

Broadcast schedule for the 2025 shortlist

Judges 2025 show image

Judges 2025

Rules 2025 show image

Rules 2025

Competition awards night 2024: gallery of images show image

Competition awards night 2024: gallery of images

Short Story Final 2024 show image

Short Story Final 2024

Short Story Final 2023 show image

Short Story Final 2023

Competition awards night 2023: gallery of images show image

Competition awards night 2023: gallery of images

How to enter the 2025 Competition show image

How to enter the 2025 Competition

Downloadable postal form show image

Downloadable postal form

Judges 2024 show image

Judges 2024

2023 Shortlist and broadcast schedule show image

2023 Shortlist and broadcast schedule

Judges 2023 show image

Judges 2023

About the Competition show image

About the Competition

Competition awards night 2022: gallery of images show image

Competition awards night 2022: gallery of images

Short Story Final 2022 show image

Short Story Final 2022

Judges 2022 show image

Judges 2022

Winner announced of 2021 RTÉ Short Story Competition show image

Winner announced of 2021 RTÉ Short Story Competition

Read and Listen to the 2025 Shortlist

RTÉ Culture: Witness by Lynda McCarthy (1st prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Witness by Lynda McCarthy (1st prize)

Clip • 15 Mins • 14 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: A Spectrum of Sorrow by Angela Finn (2nd prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: A Spectrum of Sorrow by Angela Finn (2nd prize)

Clip • 13 Mins • 22 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Auntie and Anto and Ivy and Ava by Ian Feighery (3rd prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Auntie and Anto and Ivy and Ava by Ian Feighery (3rd …

Clip • 12 Mins • 24 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: It Must Have Come First by Sage Omar show image

RTÉ Culture: It Must Have Come First by Sage Omar

Clip • 14 Mins • 15 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Feeding Time by Sinéad Troy show image

RTÉ Culture: Feeding Time by Sinéad Troy

Clip • 14 Mins • 16 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

Wolves by Peter McCauley show image

Wolves by Peter McCauley

Clip • 17 Mins • 19 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Corrán na Maidine by Niall Ó Siadhail show image

RTÉ Culture: Corrán na Maidine by Niall Ó Siadhail

Clip • 17 Mins • 19 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Labels by Mary O'Rourke show image

RTÉ Culture: Labels by Mary O'Rourke

Clip • 12 Mins • 20 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Kazakhstan by Kevin McDermott show image

RTÉ Culture: Kazakhstan by Kevin McDermott

Clip • 17 Mins • 21 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

RTÉ Culture: Pool Story by Jill Kenny show image

RTÉ Culture: Pool Story by Jill Kenny

Clip • 14 Mins • 23 OCT 25 • RTÉ Short Story Competition Podcast

Read and Listen to the 2024 Shortlist

RTÉ Culture: Dead Bait by Mattie Brennan (1st Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Dead Bait by Mattie Brennan (1st Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Divination by Stephen O'Reilly (2nd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Divination by Stephen O'Reilly (2nd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: The Other Órla by Emer O'Toole (3rd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: The Other Órla by Emer O'Toole (3rd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Planning the Leftovers by Sheila Barrett show image

RTÉ Culture: Planning the Leftovers by Sheila Barrett

RTÉ Culture: The Rehearsal by Alexis MacIsaac show image

RTÉ Culture: The Rehearsal by Alexis MacIsaac

RTÉ Culture: Once Upon An Algorithm by Ryan Delaney show image

RTÉ Culture: Once Upon An Algorithm by Ryan Delaney

RTÉ Culture: Chambermaid by Fiona O'Connor show image

RTÉ Culture: Chambermaid by Fiona O'Connor

RTÉ Culture: Dessie and Hopper by Susanne Stich show image

RTÉ Culture: Dessie and Hopper by Susanne Stich

RTÉ Culture: Turncoat by David Ralph show image

RTÉ Culture: Turncoat by David Ralph

RTÉ Culture: Artifice by Sharon Guard show image

RTÉ Culture: Artifice by Sharon Guard

Read and Listen to the 2023 Shortlist

RTÉ Culture: Mr Hoo by John O'Donnell (1st Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Mr Hoo by John O'Donnell (1st Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Tessa and Viviane by Julie Cruickshank (2nd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Tessa and Viviane by Julie Cruickshank (2nd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Breathe by Robin Livingstone (3rd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Breathe by Robin Livingstone (3rd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: The Warbler by Caitríona McArdle show image

RTÉ Culture: The Warbler by Caitríona McArdle

RTÉ Culture: On Craigavon Bridge by Peter McCauley show image

RTÉ Culture: On Craigavon Bridge by Peter McCauley

RTÉ Culture: A.I. for Psychotherapists by Ilona Adams show image

RTÉ Culture: A.I. for Psychotherapists by Ilona Adams

RTÉ Culture: You by Nadine O'Regan show image

RTÉ Culture: You by Nadine O'Regan

RTÉ Culture: It All Began With The Turlough by Caoimhín Gaffney show image

RTÉ Culture: It All Began With The Turlough by Caoimhín Gaffney

RTÉ Culture: Off Season by Jamie Samson show image

RTÉ Culture: Off Season by Jamie Samson

RTÉ Culture: The Turkish Rug by Natalie Ryan show image

RTÉ Culture: The Turkish Rug by Natalie Ryan

Read and Listen to the 2022 Shortlist

RTÉ Culture: Big Why, Little Why, by Brendan Killeen (1st Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Big Why, Little Why, by Brendan Killeen (1st Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Fire Starter, by Alan McCormick (2nd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Fire Starter, by Alan McCormick (2nd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Cnámharlach Uaigneach, by Nicola Crean (3rd Prize) show image

RTÉ Culture: Cnámharlach Uaigneach, by Nicola Crean (3rd Prize)

RTÉ Culture: Fishing for Pike, By Antoinette McCarthy show image

RTÉ Culture: Fishing for Pike, By Antoinette McCarthy

RTÉ Culture: A Nice Cup of Tea, by Bernard Crowley show image

RTÉ Culture: A Nice Cup of Tea, by Bernard Crowley

RTÉ Culture: Scrappage, by Aingeala Flannery show image

RTÉ Culture: Scrappage, by Aingeala Flannery

RTÉ Culture: The Coast of Africa, by Julie Cruickshank show image

RTÉ Culture: The Coast of Africa, by Julie Cruickshank

RTÉ Culture: The Big House of Nora Toad, by Rachel Hynes show image

RTÉ Culture: The Big House of Nora Toad, by Rachel Hynes

RTÉ Culture: Strawberry Season, by Doreen Finn show image

RTÉ Culture: Strawberry Season, by Doreen Finn

RTÉ Culture: Cherries, by Sara Keating show image

RTÉ Culture: Cherries, by Sara Keating

"My story is a call for kindness." Dr Katriona O'Sullivan on bringing Poor to the stage show image

"My story is a call for kindness." Dr Katriona O'Sullivan on bringing Poor …

Read and Listen to the 2021 Shortlist

The Third Day by Kevin Donnellan (1st prize) show image

The Third Day by Kevin Donnellan (1st prize)

Mamó by Sara Keating (Joint 2nd Prize) show image

Mamó by Sara Keating (Joint 2nd Prize)

Windsea by Dónal Minihane (Joint 2nd Prize) show image

Windsea by Dónal Minihane (Joint 2nd Prize)

People Over There by Doaa Baker show image

People Over There by Doaa Baker

Muddlers by Gráinne O'Hare show image

Muddlers by Gráinne O'Hare

A Hurt Like That by Paul Boyle show image

A Hurt Like That by Paul Boyle

The Pines by Paul Lenehan show image

The Pines by Paul Lenehan

We Must All Be Kind by Hugo Kelly show image

We Must All Be Kind by Hugo Kelly

The Johns by Rachel Walshe show image

The Johns by Rachel Walshe

The Night Call by Helen O'Neill show image

The Night Call by Helen O'Neill

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