Win! Win! Win!

Feeling competitive AND creative? Why, look no further! Because Some Blind Alleys is running a banner competition, with €500 up gor grabs. Meanwhile, the entry window is closing for this Fish Publishing competition, with a first prize of €3,000. Poets have a little longer to submit their entry for this , to be judged by poet James Harpur who has promised to read every single entry, masochist that he is. It’s already too late for this, however, though this hardy nation is being represented among the finalists by my namesake Colum McCann. The winner is being announced on Monday.

 And here’s a little Nick and Polly for the weekend that’s in it. Happy Hallowe’en y’all.