Preview:

Supernature

Linda Shevlin

6pm – 8pm Thursday 19^th June

This exhibition of film and installation was developed during a residency at the Organic Centre Co. Leitrim last year.  Working with the staff and students of the centre, Shevlin researched and recreated a series of experiments, inspired by the cult novel Supernature, by Lyall Watson (1973),   exploring the many and often astounding ways in which nature manifests itself and adapts to its environment including lunar cycles and Hashimoto’s experiments in giving voice to a cactus. 

 Artist’s biography

Linda Shevlin is a visual artist and curator based in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.

In 2013 she was awarded the Arts Council of Ireland’s Visual Arts Curatorial Residency award and is currently producing a series of events and exhibitions in County Roscommon including newly a commissioned work by Sean Lynch, The Workers, a retrospective of the Art@Work project, featuring Michelle Browne, Gareth Kennedy and Elaine Reynolds and The Workers symposium with contributions from Grizedale Arts and others.

In 2012 she was awarded one of two inaugural residencies under the Spark Project funded through Leitrim Arts Office & Enterprise Board in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland. Recent exhibitions include Supernature, Galway Arts Centre (2013); Tulca Festival, Galway, curated by Megs Morley (2011); Circadian, Leitrim Sculpture Centre (2010); Social Capital, curated by Claire McAree, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim (2009) and Crave, Cross Gallery, Dublin (2008).

Recent screenings of her films include Camper, TRUCK Space, Calgary, Canada (2013); Interchange, CEFA, Philadelphia, USA (2012); Surface Shorts, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2011) and Falling Awake Patna Museum, India (2010).

In 2009 Linda completed an MA in Visual Arts Practices through IADT and in 2010, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Visual Artists Ireland.

Attachment – Text by Joanne Laws 

But Never Mind is the most recent iteration of Mooney's continuing experimentation of split screen video, an approach that she describes as allowing 'instantaneous burps' of unrelated imagery to collide and spark new modes dialogue. Clichéd imagery recalls sentimental 1970s nature posters or stock video photography, offering brief yet unexpectedly emotive pairs of dual images, insistantly prodding the viewing to wonder at their meaning. 

Hannah Mooney is a Bristol-based Contemporary artist from Dublin. She graduated in 2012 with First Class Honors in BA Fine Art Media from the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. Hannah works primarily in video/ installation and since her degree has previously exhibited at the Exeter Contemporary Open (2013) and worked across the UK. 

Curator Anne Mullee is based in Dublin and also writes, makes films and works as an arts administrator. She holds an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management and before returning to the arts spent 15 years working in TV and media in London. She is currently working on a collaborative documentary about artist-led spaces in Ireland and devising a group exhibition for Galway Arts Centre.  Anne previously worked as our Assistant Curator through the LAB’s internship programme. 

A Sleeping Princess, The fables of Aesop and a story shop run by the eccentric Mr. Higgle Piggle – we’re exploring all sorts of different stories this Summer, stories that will come in all shapes and sizes. So whether you want to create them or listen to them, theChildren’s Art in Libraries Programme is giving you the opportunity to discover the stories that are unique and special to you.

With eleven programmes taking place across 9 libraries, a broad range of artists have been commissioned to create short-term Arts Programmes that any child who lives in the City will have the opportunity to access. Adopting a Storytelling theme, we have developed a series of engaging programmes for children that have a distinctly creative approach. Inspired by Aesop's Fables, Making Fables will encourage participants to tell stories through simple animations of artwork, made through drawing, collage and construction. Mr. Higgle Piggles Story Shop– a week long creative camp for 8-10 year olds – will use art, drama, writing and creativity to carefully nurture the child’s imagination. This year our Family Strand of the programme, will introduce an integrated series of music and drama workshops, that will encourage children to re-imagine the familiar tale of Sleeping Beauty. The Summer will also see the return of Theatre Lovett to our libraries, with a wildly unreasonable and illogical quiz for 7-10 year olds, entitled Which Absurd Cat are You? 
Older Children can participate in a series of workshops teaching them how to draw their own portrait, entitled Here’s Looking at You Kid; while those of a more musical bent will have the opportunity to participate in three days of Music Composition iPad Workshops. 
As always participation is free of charge, so if you’re interested, get down to your local library and grab a brochure to find out what programmes they have waiting there for you this July and August!
FULL BROCHURE

Rehearsals have begun for Dublin City Council’s latest public art commission - a series of five short operas entitled Things We Throw Away - music by Brian Irivne and text by John McIlduff - produced by Wide Open Opera. Each of the five operas tells a distinctive story about things or moments that we might ordinarily observe and pass by. A specially recruited community choir sings Suck it in - as they relish the moment of peace they have while taking a quick cigarette break outside a building. A father and son drink in a bar, the son passes out, the father thinks back to when he was a young boy and he carried him on his shoulders. Drive by Shooting features two old ladies on zimmer frames, chasing an old man on a zimmer frame, determined to shoot him because he has been unfaithful to one of them. A banana-selling woman on Capel Street reflects. A discarded Ironing board sings to the discarded Iron a passionate song about when they were young and steamy. 

This October Dublin City will go gothic for the third annual Bram Stoker Festival, running Friday 24^th through to Monday 27^th October 2014.  Festival Artistic Director Jo Mangan has been giving us a sneak preview of what’s in store and information about an upcoming artists’ call-out… (more)

“We’re thrilled to have the chance to channel the darker side in putting together the Bram Stoker Festival 2014. It’s going to be a fantastic and unexpected bank holiday weekend for those wanting to get their inner goth on, as well as aficionados of the work of Mr. Stoker himself.

For this year’s festival, we’re building on the wonderful work of the past 2 years, by making the festival really inhabit the streets of the city, for the delight of Dubliners and visitors alike. Expect everything from small-scale intimate work to large-scale interactive events. We aim to (re) animate the city for a final supernatural party before the winter darkness descends.

As part of Bram Stoker Festival 2014, there will be an open call for artists of all disciplines, details of which will be circulated in the next newsletter and will shortly be available on www.bramstokerfestival.com. The callout will be open to professional artists working in any art form and will be prominently featured as part of the festival. We look forward to hearing your eerie ideas.”

2014 Bram Stoker Festival is programmed and delivered by www.BigHouseProductions.ie, marketing and promotion is by www.limelight.ie

Supported by Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland.

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Star of Ros na Rún Takes on Beckett!

Macdara Ó Fátharta, the villainous barman Tadhg Ó Direáin in Ros na Rún, is playing in Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape in the Irish Language at The New Theatre, Dublin, this coming June.

Macdara had a lengthy stage career at The Abbey, as well as appearing in the films Far and Away, The Blackwater Lightship, and the first ever Irish Language feature film Poitín.

This is Macdara’s first Beckett role. Téip Dheireanach Krapp is a new translation of Beckett’s celebrated one man show by world renowned poet and translator Gabriel Rosenstock.

It is directed by Cathal Quinn, Artistic Director of the award winning Mouth on Fire Theatre Company, who has already taken Beckett’s work to India this year, and is just back from its second highly successful trip to Japan.

‘We are delighted to have an actor of Macdara’s calibre performing Beckett for Mouth on Fire’ said Cathal, ‘We always work to the very highest standards with excellent actors; Macdara is our fourth Abbey actor, Peadar Lamb, Geraldine Plunkett and Clive Geraghty have played roles for us in the past, and all through the Irish language’.

It isn’t hard to see why Mouth on Fire Theatre Company is ‘establishing itself as the most respected purveyor of Samuel Beckett's work in Ireland’.  In less than four years they have produced superb World, European and Irish Premieres performances of this Irish Nobel Laureate, picking up awards in Russia, while also landing rights to translate his work into the Irish language.  They have taken English and Irish versions of Beckett’s work to the UK, Russia, India and Japan, and Irish Ambassador John Neary in Tokyo was so impressed with the performances in Japan over the past two years that he has suggested Mouth on Fire’s visit to Tokyo become an annual event.

Cathal went on: “Our theatre company was established with the aim of making Beckett’s work more accessible to a wider audience.  We are always striving to innovate, whilst also being as scrupulously specific as Beckett himself was when he directed his own work.”

“Translating Beckett’s work into Irish – and, by doing so, introducing his plays to new audiences – as well as taking the highest Irish culture abroad, all fits in with our overall ethos as a company. We are building our reputation at home and abroad. Plans are afoot to take Beckett’s plays and poetry to America, Canada and South Korea next year.

“We want people who have never experienced Beckett before to see, hear, enjoy and understand his work.  We constantly strive to counter the false assertions which can sometimes be levelled at Beckett’s work, that it is too difficult or too depressing.”

“We have led workshops on Beckett to schoolchildren in Ireland, to hospital patients, to American University students, Beckett academics; all have left enthralled by Beckett’s highly skilled writing and gallows humour.”

The company has received backing from Dublin City Council, Foras na Gaeilge and Culture Ireland has kindly supported the performances abroad.

Performance Dates:  June 9^th – 14^th 2014 @7.30pm  (Preview Monday 9^th June)

Venue:   The New Theatre, 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 

 www.thenewtheatre.com   01 670 33 61

Tickets:  €15/€12

As the submission deadline approaches, the Fingal Film Festival team are overwhelmed with the response of filmmakers in this, the third year of the festival. June 30^th is the final day of the submissions and the festival organisers and staff want to extend their congratulations to all the filmmakers who have submitted material to date.

As of last Friday, we have tripled our submissions from last year with films comprising of documentaries, feature films, animations, short films and Irish language films, student films  have been placed in front of the selection committee. “It has been an unprecedented year for submissions” says Liz Kenny, “and the Introduction of our Irish language section, has seen us inundated with Irish language films”.

We have eight awards up for grabs this year, which will be presented on the final night of the festival at our awards ceremony night on September 28^th 2014. These prizes have been sponsored by organisations such as TG4, Film Equipment Hire Ireland, Cannon, BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) Swords Express and many more, consisting of prizes ranging from cash – film equipment to broadcasting of films.

We believe this year will cement the Fingal Film Festival in the “Festival Landscape” as our profile both in Ireland and internationally has grown from strength to strength.

The Festival screenings and workshops will be held at Movies@Swords in the Pavilions Centre , Swords this year and promises to screen some of the best local and international films from around the world on the festival dates 26^th - 28^th Sept 2014. For more information on how to submit your film, please visit www.fingalfilmfest.com

Electronic textiles or e-textiles are a new emerging interdisciplinary field of research which brings together specialists in information technology, microsystems, materials, and textiles. These innovative textile materials incorporate conductive fibers and electronics components into the textile itself eliminating the need for wires and other hard materials. The focus of this new area is on developing technologies and fabrication techniques for the creation of soft circuits.

This workshop is suitable for designers, artists, engineers, illustrators, choreographers and students.

Objectives:
a) An introduction to basic concepts about electronics.
b) Understand what a soft circuit
c) Merge soft and new materials to build electronic textiles.
d) Apply these soft circuits in an accessory and a garment.

No sewing or programming experience is required to join this workshop which takes place at BLOCK T on June 14th 12 - 5pm

PRICE: €50 (includes materials)
LIMITED TO 12 SPACES
Book a ticket here or email cutmakedo@gmail.com More info: www.cutmakedo.com

New members are welcome to join any of our two-hour drawing groups that meet on Saturdays (mornings/afternoons) or Wednesday evenings (6.30-8.30pm).

The group started in 2012 and met every two weeks at Commonplace Studios as a social outlet and as a way to share skills. We had a break in 2013 and have commenced meeting regularly again since March 2014. Documentation of past workshops is available on our Facebook page and Commonplace website (see info below). A separate blog for Commonplace Drawing is currently under construction.

 What we do: We draw, paint, chat, generate ideas, drink tea/coffee/juice, and talk about art and current exhibitions and share ideas and a laugh.

To join the group please call or send sms to Sally Timmons: 086 3963845

Email: commonplaceprojects@gmail.com

Fee: Advance payment for minimum of four sessions = €36.00 or drop in fee for non – members = €15

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Minimum age = 15 yrs. Unfortunately, Commonplace Studios are not wheelchair accessible.

Helium Arts in partnership with Create is hosting a seminar on Art and Design Strategies in Healthcare with Jackie Sands (Arts & Health Improvement Senior with the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde) and Vicky Charnock (Arts Coordinator at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool).

Date: 16 June, Monday

Time: 10:30am -12:30pm
Venue: Create, 2 Curved Street (Filmbase Building), Dublin 2

The seminar will focus on the importance of early integration and planning strategies in the design of new healthcare facilities. The two guest speakers will outline and share their experiences in a variety of hospitals and healthcare settings, involvement in capital programmes and conditions for building arts and health within a hospital setting.

Who Should Attend? This seminar will be of interest to those in arts and health project management or coordination, as well as healthcare managers or anyone involved in implementing Per Cent for Art in healthcare settings.

Booking: please email info@create-ireland.ie. Attendance is FREE. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Details of a recent design strategy for the New South Glasgow Hospitals can be found at this link: http://bit.ly/1hOsgQr

This event is funded by the Arts Council

PRESENTERS

Vicky Charnock has worked as Arts Coordinator at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool since 2006, where she has pioneered a nationally recognised programme which has been at the forefront of innovative practices within the arts for health sector.

Jackie Sands is the Arts & Health Improvement Senior with the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. In 2005, Jackie was directly involved in the beginning of a strategic move and commitment made by NHS Greater Glasgow Health Improvement and the Arts sector for exploring ways to integrate and acknowledge the role of art and creativity in healthcare.  

For further information on this event please visit: http://www.helium.ie/june-seminar-art-design-strategies-healthcare-builds/

There will be a film screening of MISSING GREEN followed by a  panel discussion on June 19th at that will take place as part of the exhibition of "Missing Green" by Anne Maree Barry taking place at Pallas Projects PP/S 18-21 June 2014. 

The panel discussion is chaired by Eadaoin Ni Chleirigh (CEO of Teresa's Garden Regeneration Project and St Michael's Estate) with Anne Maree Barry (artist-filmmaker), John Gallagher (Councillor), Gerry Cahill Architect, Aileen O'Gorman (post-doctoral research fellow, School of Applied Social Science, UCD). 

Missing Green (2013) is a poetic journey through Cork Street, Dublin, where two parallel stories intermesh to create one underlying narrative.  

Through conducted interviews with Councillor John Gallagher, architect Gerry Cahill, author and journalist Frank McDonald and sociologist Aileen O'Gorman the viewer discovers an area in Dublin that has gradually but dramatically transformed in the last 80 years. Anne Maree Barry's film work addresses connections within contemporary space, which unite memory, narrative, geography and sociology. Barry deals in fragments of personal and collective memory (with specially composed music) which are subsequently interweaved with other readings of 'place and space', combining documentary research with documentary drama.

This is one of three cross-encounter public events aimed at bring together an invited cross-section audience of architects, researchers, artists, urban planners, sociologists, local community leaders, policy makers, human geographers and other stakeholders to explore and debate the impact of planning and regeneration of The Coombe and wider Dublin City are area through the issues raised by Anne Maree Barry's work. 

Date: 19 June
Time: 3.45pm - 5.30pm 
Venue: Pallas Projects

Artist Chris Reid has a new project Happy Destiny made with the help of friends in the community in Ballyfermot and West Dublin Access Radio. It  will be broadcast on West Dublin Access Radio (96fm) over three successive Wednesdays - May 28th, June 4th and June 11th at 10.30am. 

For more information visit  http://wdar.ie/wdar-presents-happy-destiny-a-3-part-one-man-radio-drama-by-chris-reid/. 

The countdown is on to the first ever Christ Church Cathedral garden festival.  From Friday 13th until Sunday 15th June 2014, Christ Church Cathedral will be transformed into a stunning floral arcadia with contemporary and classic arrangements designed by some of Ireland’s most talented and award-winning floral artists. As a leading tourist destination, every year we welcome thousands of visitors through our doors to either visit a site of unique heritage or to celebrate with us. We look forward to welcoming many more to enjoy the spectacular array of floral displays that will fill the medieval building with colour on the festival weekend, when we will truly bring the outside inside!

Inside, a spectacular array of floral displays will fill the medieval building with colour. What could be more stunning than to witness thousands of flowers displayed in one of the finest cathedrals in Ireland? Visitors will receive gardening advice from renowned and much loved personalities from the world of gardening and horticulture. Outside, adorning the grounds will be horticultural displays, Irish food produce, urban gardens, birds of prey, a petting zoo, craft demonstrations, live entertainment and an outdoor artisan food tent full of gourmet food and afternoon tea by Peacock Green.

Each day, a number of talks entitled ‘Gardening With The Experts’ will take place in the Cathedral’s historic South Transept featuring a host of prolific expert gardeners discussing everything from money-saving composting to creating your very own urban garden. The line-up is as follows:

Friday 13 June

11am: Helen Dillon | 2pm: Matthew Jebb | 3pm: Christopher White | 6pm: Fiann O Nuallain

Saturday 14 June

10am: Kitty Scully | 12.00pm: Fiann O Nuallain | 1.30pm: Dermot O'Neill | 3.00pm: Christopher White | 4.30pm: Gerry Daly | 6.00pm: Jane McCorkell

Sunday 15 June

1pm: Diarmuid Gavin

Music will fill the cathedral each day including recitals, bird song and much more. The stellar voices of Christ Church Cathedral Choir will perform a special concert at 3.30pm on Sunday with Benjamin Britten’s beautiful unaccompanied work, Five Flower Songs. This beautiful and enchanting work continues to be a delight while the open-air songs have all the summer charm their title promises. A beautiful and unforgettable afternoon awaits all who attend.

Whether you are visiting on your own, as a family, with group of friends or even in a coach-full, the Dublin Garden Festival at Christ Church Cathedral can guarantee a fantastic day out. With something for everyone and fun for all the family, don’t miss this unique event right in the heart of the city.

Open Friday 13 and Saturday 14th from 9am until 9pm and Sunday 15th from 12.30pm to 7pm. Admission - €12 / €10 conc. 2 Day Pass - €20/€16 conc. 3 Day Pass - 30/€25 conc. Groups of 10 or more: €8.50. Children under 12 go free.  Early Bird offer available now on Ticketmaster: €10 / €16; 2 Day Pass: €25. 3 Day Pass  - €30. offer ends 6th June. For tickets please visit: http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Dublin-Garden-Festival-tickets/artist/5132628

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A woman who talks to the walls, a girl who must face the sea, and a young man who collects footprints, Fregoli is delighted to present the debut of Shur I’ll be Alright here on Me Own, a collection of three new monologues; Mrs Pyromaniac, Headfirst and The Sole Collector by Maria Tivnan. Performed with heart and energy these pieces promise to both move and entertain.  

‘’her dialogue is strikingly nuanced, blending moving poetry with humorous vernacular…..revealing an ability to find immense beauty within modest subject matter’’ Irish Theatre Magazine on Tivnan’s The Sweet Shop, 2012

Performed by Mary McHugh, Tracy Bruen, Kate Murray and Jarlath Tivnan

Directed by Rob McFeely and Kate Murray

Running Time approx 50 mins, consisting of 3 pieces, a little daft and odd but with lots of heart and suitable for all ages.

The Green Mile:

A New Walking Tour of St Stephen’s Green, launching Saturday 5^th April

The award-winning Little Museum Dublin is delighted to announce to the launch of The Green Mile, a brilliant new walking tour that tells the story of St Stephen’s Green, a square which has been at the centre of Irish history for hundreds of years.

Every year 8.1 million people walk through St Stephen's Green, but few know the central role it played in Irish history: James Joyce studied on the south side of the Green and the Free State Constitution was drafted at the Shelbourne Hotel. The Green has long served as a backdrop for public and private drama, as well as the setting for many great love stories.

The Tour:

The experience begins with a short presentation at the Little Museum, with participants then embarking upon a 90-minute tour of the park in the company of an expert local guide:

Donal Fallon – historian and co-author of Come Here to Me, Dublin’s Other History, Donal teaches a course called Hidden Dublin: From the Monto to Little Jerusalem in UCD, and is a regular contributor to Irish radio and TV. course

Ronan Sheehan – author of Heart of the City, one of the most acclaimed books ever written about Dublin, Ronan describes himself as “a lawyer, writer and descendent of John Philpot Curran, sometime resident of St Stephen’s Green.” Ronan is also a fantastic storyteller!

Tours are packed with anecdote, humour and theatre and take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 11.30am; free with your ticket to the Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green.

Dublin Bus & Little Museum announce brilliant new partnership

 The award-winning Little Museum of Dublin has launched an exciting new partnership with Dublin Bus Sightseeing, the capital’s best-loved tour provider.

People who buy hop-on hop-off tour tickets now enjoy complimentary access to the Little Museum, which normally costs €7 to visit. The partnership is seen as a natural fit, given the popularity and charm of both attractions.

Dublin Bus Sightseeing tours allow visitors to experience Dublin’s best attractions, while the Little Museum was recently named the ‘best museum experience in Dublin’ by the Irish Times.

Launching the partnership, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Oisín Quinn, says: “We welcome this initiative between two of the city’s leading tourist attractions. It will undoubtedly be an incentive for visitors and locals alike to get out and about, and experience the very best Dublin has to offer this summer.”

The Little Museum occupies a landmark Georgian townhouse in the heart of Dublin on St Stephen’s Green. As well as hugely entertaining and informative guided tours of the permanent collection, created entirely by public donation, visitors can enjoy the acclaimed new exhibition, U2: Made in Dublin.

Miriam Brady of Dublin Bus Sightseeing is ‘delighted to be working with the Little Museum of Dublin. This partnership unites two of the most acclaimed tourist attractions in the capital, ensuring that every one of our passengers will now have free admission to this award-winning museum.  It will be a strong relationship showcasing the best Dublin has to offer.’

Board the Hop on Hop off tour at any of the tour stops and hop off at stop 7 on the original tour for the Little Museum.  The first tour bus departs Cathal Brugha Street at 9am and the last at 7pm for the summer months.

Dublin Bus Sightseeing tickets can be purchased at dublinsightseeing.ie, Dublin Bus, 59 Upper O’Connell St, or at the Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St Stephen’s Green.

The Rock Creek Singers (Washington DC) and The Pink Singers (London) are delighted to host an afternoon concert at AXIS as part of the Various Voices LGBT choral festival, taking place from 13th to 16th June 2014. Various Voices is an international gay choral festival that takes place every four years in a European city. For the first time, it is being hosted in Dublin!

This summer programme is designed for talented teen writers looking to develop their skills, learn about the practicalities of being and becoming a writer in today's world, and to have fun. The workshop is suitable for those interested in all genres, from poetry to fantasy to video-game scripts. Topics such as finding inspiration, exploring and refining ideas, planning and editing, and discipline will all be covered.

The workshop will be primarily led by Dave Lordan, who has many years of experience working with talented teens in schools, libraries and youthclubs and has produced acclaimed teen writing showcases for the Dublin Writers Festival, the West Cork Literature Festival and the Irish Film Institute Education department. His uniquely inspiring teaching style, focused on getting the most out of individual participants in an atmosphere of group support and encouragement, has won enthusiastic praise from teachers, parents, festival organisers, librarians, youth workers and, most importantly, from teen writing participants themselves. Additional sessions will be provided by experienced facilitators and writers Nicole Rourke and Jessica Traynor, who will bring their expertise in creativity, performance, drama, and script to the workshop.

On the final day - Friday - there will be a showcase reading of the participants' work for friends and family.

For teen workshops, all participants and their parents/guardians should fill out this registration form even if paying online.

Length: 1 week (Mon-Thurs 11am-3pm with lunch break, Fri 11am-1pm)

Fee: €150 
Facilitators: Dave Lordan, Nicole Rourke, Jessica Traynor 

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Summer 2014

FULL WEEK, Monday June 30th - Friday July 4th, 11am-3pm (Mon-Thurs), 11am-1pm (Fri) 
Pay via Paypal (inc credit card payments)
Pay via bank transfer/cheque etc

http://www.bigsmokewritingfactory.com/Courses_teen.php

2014 Over The Edge

New Writer of The Year competition

OPEN TO POETS & FICTION WRITERS

WORLDWIDE

NOW TAKING ONLINE PAYMENTS

COMPETITION JUDGE: ELEANOR HOOKER

Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,

other sponsors to date:

ISupply, Quay Street; Ward’s Hotel Lower Salthill;

 Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD

Closing date: Wednesday, August 6^th, 2014

In 2014 Over The Edge is continuing its exciting annual international creative writing competition. Since its inception in 2007, it has grown to become one of the most important competition’s for emerging writers in Ireland and internationally. The competition is open to both poets and fiction writers worldwide. The total prize money is €1,000. The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and will receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2014. The 2014 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year will be a Featured Reader at Ireland’s leading literary reading series, the Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library, on a date to be scheduled in Winter 2014/15. Salmon Poetry will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript submitted to them by the winner in the poetry category. Doire Press will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript of short stories submitted to them by the winner in the fiction category. The winner in the poetry category will have one of the poems from her or his winning entry published in the April 2015 issue of Skylight 47 magazine.

Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland. Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or stories. Put your contact details on a separate sheet. If you live in Ireland and wish to be informed of the results by post, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. OTHERWISE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENCLOSE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. Any of the aforementioned is one entry. Multiple entries are acceptable but each must be accompanied by a fee. The fee for one entry is €10. The fee for multiple entries is €7.50 per entry e.g. two entries will cost €15, three entries €22.50 and so on. Fee payable by cheque or  money order to Over The Edge. The competition is open to writers worldwide. We accept payment in Dollars, Sterling, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and so on. Writers from outside the Euro area can calculate the payment for their entry here http://www.xe.com/ucc/ WE ALSO NOW ACCEPT ONLINE PAYMENTS. See the below for details. If you pay the entry fee online you must still post us a hard copy of your entry/entries and enclose with it a note saying ‘entry fee paid online’. PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXACT NAME IN WHICH THE ONLINE PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY. 

To take part you must be at least sixteen years old by September 1st 2014 and not have a book published or accepted for publication in the genre in which you enter. Chapbooks/ pamphlets excepted. Entries must not have been previously published or be currently entered in any other competition. The closing date is Wednesday, August 6th, 2014. A long-list will be announced at the August Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, August 28th, 2014 (6.30-8pm). THE LONGLIST WILL BE AVAILABLE, BEFORE THAT, AT CHARLIE BYRNE’S BOOKSHOP FROM 5PM ON THURSDAY AUGUST 28^TH.  The shortlist will be announced at the September Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 25^th, 2014 (6.30-8pm). The winners will be announced at the October Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, October 30^th, 2014 (6.30-8pm).

Eleanor Hooker lives in North Tipperary. Her debut collection of poems The Shadow Owner’s Companion, published by The Dedalus Press in 2012, has recently been shortlisted for the Strong/Shine award for best first collection in 2012.  Her poetry has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, The SHOp, Crannog, Can Can, Agenda, POEM: International English Language Quarterly, New Leaf, and in the anthology I Live In Michael Hartnett. Online her poetry has been published in Wordlegs, And Other Poems, Ink Sweat and Tears and Poethead.  In June 2013 Eleanor won the Poetry Ireland/Trocaire poetry competition (Published Author Category). In 2011 she was a winner in the Frank X Buckley Flash Short Story competition at the Irish Writers' Centre, was joint second prize winner in the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story competition. In December 2012 a winner in the ten word short story competition held by @shortstoryday. Eleanor has a BA (Hons 1st) from the Open University, an MA (Hons.) in Cultural History from the University of Northumbria, and an MPhil in Creative Writing (Distinction) from Trinity College, Dublin. She was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series in 2011. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the Dromineer Literary Festival. She is Helm and Press Officer for Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat. 

For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748,

e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com

or to make an online payment see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com

Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,

other sponsors to date: ISupply, Flood Street;

Ward’s Hotel, Salthill; Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD