Mitchelstown Literary Society is pleased to announce the launch of the third William Trevor / Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition.

The Society was founded to celebrate the lives and works of two of Ireland’s literary greats with Mitchelstown connections. The short story competition evolved as a natural adjunct to our annual literary festival and aims to provide a competitive outlet for new and emerging writers in the short story genre. The continued support of William Trevor includes sponsoring the very generous First Prize.

First Prize €3,000.00 Second Prize €500.00

There is an entry fee of 20.00 Euro per entry and the Closing Date for receipt of entries is last post on Friday, 5th April 2013.