Entry your story for a chance to win €1,000 and publication in Books Irelandmagazine. More details below. Good luck to all the entrants!

Short Story Competition – WIN €1000 First Prize!

If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted in person and your name will appear on the Dalkey Creates website two weeks prior to the the festival.​

The winner will be informed one week before the festival.​

Prize

The winner of the Dalkey Creates Short Story Competition 2018 will receive a prize of €1,000 sponsored by Bank of Ireland at Open Mic Live! on the evening of Thursday 11th October.​

​The winning story will be published in the January/February 2019 issue of Books Ireland Magazine.

Terms & Conditions

• Entry is online only, via the Dalkey Creates website.
• You may enter as many times as you wish. Each entry costs €15.
• The competition is open to any writer of any nationality writing in English, aged 18 years and older on the closing date.
• There is no restriction on theme or style.
• Maximum number of words is 2000.
• The stories must not have been broadcast or published previously in any form, nor winning or placed in any competition.
• Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant.
• Dalkey Creates holds publishing rights for one year from the current festival, after which publishing rights revert to the author.
• Notification of receipt of entry will be by email.
• The judges’ verdict is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Stories cannot be altered or substituted once they have been entered.
• All entries are judged anonymously. Name and contact details must not appear on the stories, only in the box provided when entering online.
• Font should be Times New Roman, Font size 12, double-spaced
• Word count must be noted at the top of the first page.
• All stories must be submitted as a PDF file or Microsoft Word doc.
• The winner must be available to travel to the opening night of Dalkey Creates on Thursday 11th October 2018, at their own expense, to receive their prize.
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed but will become ineligible should they win a prize or be published prior to the prize giving date; entry fees will not be refunded.  You must inform Dalkey Creates immediately should your entry be published or win a prize elsewhere.
• Stories received after the deadline will not be eligible; entry fees will not be refunded.
• Failure to adhere to these rules will result in immediate disqualification.
• Entry is taken as acceptance of these rules.