Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award 2023
– Kindly sponsored by Kerry Group PLC
Winner: The Amusements by Aingeala Flannery
Shortlisted:
- The Colony by Audrey Magee
- The Geometer Lobachevsky by Adrian Duncan
- Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
- The Amusements by Aingeala Flannery
- The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
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Pigott Poetry Prize Award 2023
– Kindly sponsored by Mark Pigott KBE and the Pigott Family
Winner: Company by Tom French
Shortlisted:
- Nithy Kasa, Palm Wine Tapper and the Boy at Jericho (Doire Press)
- Tara Bergin, Savage Tales (Carcanet Press)
- Tom French, Company (Gallery Press)
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Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
– Kindly sponsored by Kerry County Council
Winner: Birth of a Devil Sheep by David McGrath
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Poetry Collection
– Kindly sponsored by Tim Costello, Profile Developments
Winner: The Wings My Father Made Me by Paul McMahon
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Duais Foras na Gaeilge
– Kindly sponsored by Foras na Gaeilge
Winner: I dTeach na Teanga by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
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Nilsson Local Heritage Award
– Kindly sponsored by the Nilsson Family
Winner: Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace by Séan Duffy, John Montague, Kevin Mulligan & Michael O’Neill (Wordwell Press)
Second Prize: The Forgotten Cemetery: Excavation at Ranelagh, Co. Roscommon – Shane Delainey & Eileen Murphy (Wordwell Press)
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Creative Writing for Adults with Learning Difficulties and, or, Disabilities, Award
– Kindly sponsored by Pierse Fitzgibbon Solicitors
Winner: The Job by Colm O’Shea
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Listowel Writers’ Week would like to sincerely thank all Sponsors who supported this year’s competitions and the many competition entrants who submitted their work.