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13/07/2004
RTÉ short story competition announced
RTÉ Radio 1 has launched the Francis Mac Manus Short Story Competition 2004 with a call for entries.
The 2004 Competition offers prizes of €3,000 and a commemorative trophy for the winner with €2,000 and €1,000 for the second and third prizewinning stories.
The three prizewinners, plus a selection from the shortlisted stories, will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 early in 2005.
The annual competition for original short stories for radio commemorates distinguished broadcaster and novelist Francis Mac Manus (1909-1965) who was a major influence in encouraging Irish writers and developing radio as a
medium for the expression of ideas and the promotion of new writing.
Over the past eighteen years the Francis Mac Manus Competition has resulted in the broadcast of over 500 short stories by new and emerging writers and has set many of the broadcast authors on the path to publication and success.
The closing date for entries is Friday 1 October 2004.
A copy of the rules and regulations can be obtained on the web at: www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus
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