Legends of the Fall Shortlist

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• September 21, 2013

Ten stories have been selected from the hundreds of entries in the Legends of the Fall competition

All the Dead Birds by Danielle McLaughlin

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• Danielle McLaughlin
• September 27, 2013, 11:43

Surfacing by Mary Róisín McGill

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• Mary Roisin McGill
• September 26, 2013, 13:00

Staring at the Sea by John-Philip O’Connor

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• John-Philip O’Connor
• September 26, 2013, 13:00

Vicious Circular by Kieran Marsh

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• Kieran Marsh
• September 25, 2013, 19:07

Ten stories have been shortlisted in our Legends of the Fall short-story competition. We will publish two a day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

Samurai by Robert Hopkins

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• Robert Hopkins
• September 25, 2013, 19:07

Ten stories have been shortlisted in our Legends of the Fall short-story competition. We will publish two a day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

Into The Red by John O’Donnell

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• John O'Donnell
• September 24, 2013, 16:00

Ten stories have been shortlisted in our short story competition, Legends of the Fall. We will publish two a day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

Bogged Down by Ciara Duffin

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• Ciara Duffin
• September 24, 2013, 16:01

Ten stories have been shortlisted in our short story competition, Legends of the Fall. We will publish two a day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

Garlic Fingers by EM Reapy

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• September 27, 2013, 11:32

Ten stories have been selected for the shortlist in our short story competition, Legends of the Fall. We will publish two per day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

Speaking Without Words by Stephen Fitzpatrick

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• September 27, 2013, 11:31

Ten stories have been selected for the shortlist in our short story competition, Legends of the Fall. We will publish two per day this week and reveal the winner on Friday

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED

As part of our Legends of the Fall series, readers are invited to submit a piece of original short fiction of between 1500 and 3000 words inspired by the events of the last five years in Ireland. Your story does not have to refer directly to political, economic or social events but should aim to connect imaginatively with the private or public consequences of the end of the boom.  The form of the story, whether realistic, satiric, intimate or epic is up to you. The competition is open to previously published writers as well as to new writers, but the submitted story should not itself have been published in any form.

The competition will be judged by Fintan O'Toole literary editor for The Irish Times and writers Donal Ryan and Eilis Ní Dhuibhne. The winning entry will be published by The Irish Times as the last story in the Legends of the Fall series and will also receive a prize of €400 along with the original artwork by Sean Hillen that accompanies the story's publication. 

Prizes

• The winning story will be printed in The Irish Times as the last story of the series Legends of the Fall
• The winner will receive the original artwork illustration that will accompany their work
• €400 cash will also be awarded
• Terms & Conditions can be read here

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED