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Pigott Poetry Prize Announces Short List for 2024
Listowel Writers Week is pleased to announce the three poetry books which have been shortlisted for the 2024 Pigott Poetry Prize. The prize is Ireland’s largest monetary prize for a poetry collection with the winner being awarded €12,000 and the two shortlisted...
The Listowel Writers’ Week Irish Poem of the Year 2023 Shortlist
We are absolutely delighted to announce the poetry shortlist for the Listowel Writers’ Week Irish Poem of the Year 2023, in association with An Post Irish Book Awards. Many entries were received again this year for the Irish Poem of the Year 2023 poetry competition....
Say What You Pay
LWW is currently funded by the Arts Council and commits to upholding its Paying the Artist policy. -We pay authors €250 for “in conversation” events We are upfront about the fees from the first email or phone call regrading an offer of work. We respect every artist’s...
Programme Curator for Listowel Writers’ Week 2023
The Board of Listowel Writers’ Week wishes to engage the services of a programme curator, on a contract for services basis, to devise a literary programme of quality, ambition, and diversity for our 2024 festival which takes place from 29th of May to the 02nd of June...
Listowel Writers’ Week Competition Winners 2023
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...
Listowel Writers’ Week Announce Shortlist for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2023
Five Irish novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award - one of the most sought-after prizes for Irish Authors, with a shared prize fund of €22,000. More than fifty novels were submitted for the award and adjudicators Manveen...
Pigott Poetry Prize Shortlist Announced
We are pleased to announce that three poetry books have been shortlisted for the 2023 Pigott Poetry Prize. This prize is Ireland’s largest monetary prize for a poetry collection with the winner being awarded €12,000, and the two shortlisted finalists each receiving...