Now in its eleventh year, the prestigious Red Line Book Festival is calling aspiring poets to submit their work for the 2024 Red Line Book Festival poetry competition. The closing date for entries is Monday 16th September 2024.
This year’s competition will be judged by award-winning Galway poet, memoirist and children’s writer Patrick Deely, who’s latest volume of poetry, Keepsake was recently published by Dedalus Press.
The shortlist will be announced on Wednesday 2nd October 2024, with the winner announced during this year’s Red Line Book Festival which takes place from October 14th to 20th.
Shortlisted poets will be invited to read their poem as part of the 2024 Red Line Book Festival in October. The winning poet will win a cash prize of €300, there is also a cash prize of €200 for second place and €100 for third place.
Entry forms and competition rules can be downloaded from redlinefestival.ie and southdublinlibraries.ie and all entries must be emailed to poetrycompetition@sdublincoco.ie.
The Red Line Book Festival is an initiative of South Dublin County Council that celebrates the very best in local, national and international writing. Taking place in venues across South County Dublin, the festival runs October 14th-20th October, 2024.
