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2017 Winners
The 2020 Francis MacManus Short Story Competition will be commencing in early February. Details will be announced on RTE Radio 1 and the website when they become available.
Top three prizewinning stories 2017
You can listen back to last year's prizewinning stories below, and find out more about the winners here.
Monday 2 October: First prize: The Flare Carves Itself Through The Dark by Colin Walsh, read by Gary Murphy 
Tuesday 3 October: Second prize: Stones That Might Be Diamonds by Barbara Leahy, read by Kathy Rose O’Brien
Wednesday 4 October: Third prize: Flashing Lights by Felipe Deakin, read by Kathy Rose O’Brien