Saturday 29 March 2014

So, you've signed that contract for your novel ...


So, you have been lucky enough to have signed a good contract for you novel. If your publishing company is in the U.S there are some important points about Tax that you need to know.

Check out this very helpful post from author Daniel Kaye on writing.ie .

http://www.writing.ie/resources/tips-for-claiming-back-us-tax/

Keep in touch with writing.ie for other useful pieces of advice and various blogs.

http://www.writing.ie/


About Daniel Kaye:

DANIEL KAYE  grew up in London but now works and lives in Charleville, Co. Cork. He has been writing for a number of years and has been published in numerous anthologies both in Ireland and the USA. Daniel's first novel I, Vladimir is due for release from Gentry Publishing in autumn 2014. He is currently working on his second novel, Anonymous Jack.


You can read more about Daniel

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Tuesday 18 March 2014

The Results are in Fish Short Story Prize

Congratulations to all!!

2014 Shortlists & Longlists

SHORT STORY PRIZE Longlist - Shortlist - Winners


WINNERS Fish Short Story Prize 2013/14

Claire Kilroy has chosen the following stories to be published in the 2014 Fish Anthology.
I was drawn to stories that were inventive in terms of language, imagery and plot, stories that possessed sparks of brilliance. The ones that made the anthology were not necessarily the most polished, or the strongest in terms of narrative technique – indeed, some of them are still a little raw and lack a satisfactory structure. Instead, I picked the stories that arrested my imagination by showcasing an arresting imagination themselves. I was struck by how funny many of them are, several of them joyously so – they are madcap and eccentric and great fun. Others – despite restrained and elegant prose – managed to be devastating. All of them are the work of writers with talent.
Claire Kilroy

FIRST
Taylor Keith by David Butler
SECOND
The Nod by Barry Troy
THIRD
Horse Latitudes by Aongus Murtagh

HONORARY MENTIONS:
A Paper Husband by Georgina Eddison
Gomorrah Shade by Michael Crossan
The Crane by Sarah Quigley
The Words by Simon Cornish
Two’d up by Ann Jolly
Venom by Oana Aristide
Whenever I Close my Eyes by James Heaney



SHORTLIST Fish Short Story Prize 2013/14

83 stories shortlisted
(1,560 stories submitted in total)
Frogs; The CityAengus Murray
StalkerAlena Abrosimova
A clerical errorAmanda Nicol
Motel QAndrew Foster
Two'd upAnn Jolly
No Church in the WildAnne Corlett
The Pacific MadronaAnne Elliott
EventyrAnnie lindberg
Abaddon and JemimaAntonio Chavez
Horse latitudesAongus Murtagh
The ScreamBaret Magarian
The NodBarry Troy
Horses In Field And The LikeBrian Leeson
The Quicken TreeCarol Farrelly
Train in the NightChris Franks
Safe HousesChristine Powell
Served ColdClaire Bolderson
Taylor KeithDavid Butler
RepatriationDavid Hardy
Stealing ApplesDavid ODwyer
Stale PeachesDavid ODwyer
A Little Trouble with the SpiritsDeborah Cameron
Fallon's WoodDonna Triggs
The TuskEarle McCartney
SINGING TO FISHEleanor O'Reilly
Hear all evil, see all, speak noneElisheva Stanton
HomingEwan Gault
Xanthippe's Western RoadFiona Ni Conchubhair
The Oguri DietGeoff Smith
Pity The Poor Strugglergeorge Pirie
A Paper HusbandGeorgina Eddison
Sex Queen of Johwnstown LaneGraham Tugwell
Nothing Like MeGrainne Murphy
Frank & AlfieGrainne Murphy
Lost SoulsI. Michael Gurin
Till Night Again Meets Day on Equal TermsIan Craine
What You Don't See Is What You GetItohan Ellis
Whenever I Close My EyesJames Heaney
Dear John, I've fallen for a dog.Jane Harrington
Monkey BoyJanine Mikosza
Theresa's Special NightJohn Rutter
An Alsatian on Roller SkatesJulie Chilver
PlayoffsKelly Creighton
Fortune's DaughterKelly Fordon
The WaitKyle Martin Jones
Flatrock 1979Lukas Jackson
EstrangementMarianne O’Rourke
Butcher's CreekMark Smith
ComMarked
The Frog - a parableMartin Day
Over the WallMaura O'Brien
The Amber BirdMaureen Cashman
Gomorrah ShadeMichael Crossan
Only Three Billion DreamsMichael Forester
Boy at the WindowMichael Romyn
TessMichael Wilson
Last Christmas In BarrieNatalya Anderson
A Good BeatingNeil Cubley
4AMNikki Mottram
The Tomb of the Tomb BuildersNina Milton
VenomOana Aristide
CatPat O'Connor
Now more than everPatrick Wakeling
The Thin LinePauline Rooney
The IslandPeter Rodgers
MoonlightRic Carter
An Uncertain State.Ruth Geldard
The Date MateRuth Hayhurst
The Arrow of TimeSara Baker
The CraneSarah Quigley
The Dead Animals RegisterSeth Insua
Little Andy's CrySeth Insua
The WordsSimon Cornish
One Hour, Three Times a WeekSonal Aggarwal
The Smell of People SleepingSophie Hampton
The True Source of the Great Chicago Fire
by Seamus McManus
Steve Wiley
Across The Rio NegroSue Cosgrave
Killing TimeSue Cosgrave
Stew and DumplingsSusan Shepherd
A Love Of ArtToby Roebuck
Dogs, Ducks and DrakesVal Jones
The MotorbikeWolfgang eulitz
The Car SalesmanWolfgang eulitz



LONGLIST Fish Short Story Prize 2013/14

389 stories longlisted
(1,560 stories submitted in total)
VACE (Albert Charles) BAKER
A Short Celebration of Death and LifeAdam Connors
The Ultimate BallastAE Gray
The Woman Who Was Not My GirlfriendAengus Murray
HoWLAengus Murray
Frogs; The CityAengus Murray
The Afterlife of TreesAgnieszka Dale
Oh, To Be Young AgainAlan O'Gorman
Divine Power of Ccumbers in TehranAlbert Azarmi
StalkerAlena Abrosimova
The Thirteenth PaintingAlex Heron
Seven Facts About WaterAlex Ruczaj
There are women for everythingAlice Ryan
The Smell of RainAlison Earls
The Deceptionalison quigley
InspirationAlun Evans
SnowstormAmanda Kennedy
What We Hold in Our HandsAmanda Murphy
A clerical errorAmanda Nicol
The Fading LightAmna Khokher
Redeemed IslandAndrea Baldwin
ReckoningAndrea Stephenson
Motel QAndrew Foster
A CigaretteAndrew Watson
Two'd upAnn Jolly
Bound for DamnationAnna BLack
ProneAnna Kalinski
Fantasy HusbandsAnnabel Abbs
Terse Brown MouseAnne Calcagno
Real Gone KidAnne Caughey
No Church in the WildAnne Corlett
RaceAnne Dixey
The Pacific MadronaAnne Elliott
Step Up To The PlateAnne O'Brien
Eventyrannie lindberg
Abaddon and JemimaAntonio Chavez
Horse latitudesAongus Murtagh
The ScreamBaret Magarian
Playing the GhostBarnaby Walsh
The NodBarry Troy
Peacock FeathersBea Davenport
ForgivenessBeth Bosworth
A Sudden FallBilly Fenton
Seein' RedBren Gosling
Horses In Field And The LikeBrian Leeson
CROSS AND DOUBLE CROSSBruce Graham
Ava's KernelCarly Anne West
The Quicken TreeCarol Farrelly
The Blessing of the RodsCarol Jones
Plein SudCarol McKay
BlackthornsCaroline Finn
An Epistle from the Holding HouseCaroline Kinya Mbaya
Rendezvous CafeCary Hodgkinson
ZoeCary Reynolds
Clear ReflectionCathriona Slammon
Things you don't need to knowCelia Coyne
BLIGHTCeline Gibson
Naked CherieCharlie Hopkinson
All That Has Gonecharlotte macneil
One Night at DinnerCheryl Moss
Train in the NightChris Franks
The Black DoorChristina George
Dexter Bingchristina Sanders
Safe HousesChristine Powell
Served ColdClaire Bolderson
BonkersClar Ni Chonghaile
What We Fought ForClare Fielder
A Social ConstructClare O'Dea
The Modern Wayclare reddaway
The Good Friday AgreementCliff Chen
Life In A CageColm McDermott
One Train May Conceal AnotherCormac James
The Syntax of Lighthouse KeepersDaisy Johnson
The TeacherDalton Bryant
The Beatin' PathDamian Sebouhian
MalebolgeDaniel Cooke
The Piece Titled "The Crooked Man"Danny Ward
Crow HuntingDaphne Kalmar
Taylor KeithDavid Butler
Crossing the RubiconDavid Chasumba
RepatriationDavid Hardy
The Girl on the BenchDavid Nixon
The Attic RoomDavid ODwyer
Stealing ApplesDavid ODwyer
Stale PeachesDavid ODwyer
Taking the BlameDavid Wilkes
FirefliesDavyd Morris
Big BonesDawn Nicholson
HomecomingDearbhaile Houston
A Little Trouble with the SpiritsDeborah Cameron
ChutneyDebz Hobbs-Wyatt
Self StorageDemetrios Matheou
The Mining Engineer's WifeDennis Nau
Fallon's WoodDonna Triggs
ONE SHOTduncan ross
The TuskEarle McCartney
Lone TravellerEdith Anderson
SINGING TO FISHEleanor O'Reilly
White NoiseEleanor Talbot
Peter the ShoemakerElena Horas San Martin
St. Bride'sElena Soto
The AncestorsElena Soto
The Hands of the SaviorEli Hastings
Looking at the South Side of the Moon. Elisheva Stanton
Hear all evil, see all, speak noneElisheva Stanton
Peace in MozambiqueElizabeth Rider
The NannyEnid Harlow
Loaves and FishesEoin Devereux
The Cheese LadiesEricka Olsen Stefano
It Flowers BrieflyErin Ryan
PatrickErskine Villiers
The Melancholy Man with the Muddy BootsEsther Freeman
Unusual SuspectsEugen Bacon
The Water TribunalEve Vamvas
HomingEwan Gault
Chris Andersonfiona macleod
Xanthippe's Western RoadFiona Ni Conchubhair
The Searchfiona stevenson
The Book of AshesFleur Smithwick
THE SCOOPFrances Kenny
Last Chance (At the Amaryllis Hotel)Fulham Ryan
The King of FriesGarret Dwyer-Joyce
Grace UnclothedGay Johnson
Reliefgemma carroll
The Oguri DietGeoff Smith
Pity The Poor Strugglergeorge Pirie
BadgerGeorge Tuohy
A Paper HusbandGeorgina Eddison
On the BrinkGeraldine Daly
Dawn ManGeraldine Terry
The Fruit SconeGerry Hughes
Death of a blue-titGill Blow
The CatchGraeme Finnie
Sex Queen of Johwnstown LaneGraham Tugwell
Nothing Like MeGrainne Murphy
Frank & AlfieGrainne Murphy
Splitting The WinGreer Morpeth
StrawberriesGregory Jackson
The JugglerGregory Jackson
PiratesGregory Jackson
BundleHarriet Kline
November LeavesHayley Burrell
The Yellow Piece of PaperHeather Newby
A Dish Served ColdHelen Howard
The QuestHelen McGoldrick
StonerHoratio Potter
PropagandaHugh Fulham-McQuillan
Lost SoulsI. Michael Gurin
Till Night Again Meets Day on Equal TermsIan Craine
The StrokeIan Prior
The Colour of SummerIsabel Turvey
What You Don't See Is What You GetItohan Ellis
Bad HabitsIvana Anastasovska
Clear outJames Fogarty
The FightJames Hanes
Whenever I Close My EyesJames Heaney
BondholdersJames Patterson
Becoming an AmericanJames Patterson
Colwill's CoachesJane Fraser
Dear John, I've fallen for a dog.Jane Harrington
HER MOTHER'S DAUGHTERJANE HAYWARD
Minding Other People's BusinessJane Schorah
REASON AND FEELINGJaney Huber
TwispJanice McCachen
Monkey BoyJanine Mikosza
Sundays at Dante'sJared Lollar
NecronautJason Batt
EVER AFTERJean Blasiar
The Management of Difficult Women - A Genealogical StudyJenny Hetherington
Can't say no to a dying manJenny Toune
ArmourJessica Traynor
AliensJim Thomev
ButtonsJo Barril
WarJo Ely
The Night PicnicJoanna Campbell
The Rain and the RosesJoe Mc Kiernan
Moving ImagesJoe Mc Kiernan
Like Robert De NiroJohn Gray
Fran's ReturnJohn Langan
Theresa's Special NightJohn Rutter
JourneysJose Ho
Little FavoursJulia Rampen
In the Name of the FatherJuliana Feaver
NOTES FOR THE ILLUSTRATOR OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, ROMEO AND JULIETJulie Chevalier
An Alsatian on Roller SkatesJulie Chilver
Killing Him SoftlyJulie Kearney
Lake Pontchartraink Lockwood Jefford
Small Beach PerspectiveKat Dawes
SohoKate Forlong
Land of the CoconutKate Forlong
DIFFERENCEKathleen Kertin
AN UNLIKELY BEGGARKathleen Kertin
LAUGHING JACKKathleen Kertin
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLEKathleen Kertin
Shopping TripKathryn Burke
Under EdenKathryn Johns
Marked OutKathy O’Donnell
A Eulogy for Robert TaylorKeith Lewis
PlayoffsKelly Creighton
Fortune's DaughterKelly Fordon
TentKelly McCaughrain
Master ClassKerrie Salaun
The Shoe Shine BoysKerry Barner
Watch FaceKevin Smith
In This SignKieran McGuire
Defending ErisKim Kolarich
Goddesskira messell
SarabandeKit Coldstream
The WaitKyle Martin Jones
Mother MakeoverLaura Rock
The Transcripts of VenusLaura Solomon
The GuttersnipeLaura Windley
Rabnatt and the Lost Art of CommunicationLindsay Waller-Wilkinson
HeatLindsay Waller-Wilkinson
TwitcherLindsay Waller-Wilkinson
Snowing LeavesLisa de Jong
Liquid LaughterLisa Harding
The VisitorLisa Harding
Something about SimonLisa Harding
LegacyLori Vos
COMING OUTLouise Marburg
Flatrock 1979Lukas Jackson
PulpLuke Melia
Bird BrainsMaggie Ling
One SlipMaggie Ling
The OfficeMaggie Veness
StarfishMairin Stronge
Toss the Feathers at Joe MacNaughton's WakeMandy de Waal
Billy BoysMandy McAleese
ArrivalManuel Carreon
GameshowMarc Jones
Not YouMargaret Ferguson
Mother Told MeMaria Thomas
EstrangementMarianne O’Rourke
The Feathered ManMarie Alvarado
Aqua VitaeMarie Gethins
HuntingMarjorie K. Kennedy
La MorenaMark Scott
Twisted WovenMark Smith
Butcher's CreekMark Smith
ComMarked
Sennen CoveMartin Brett
The Frog - a parableMartin Day
The ViewingMartin Dodd
PositanoMartina Ryan
How Green Was Your Traffic LightMatt Benville
Over the Wallmaura o'brien
The Amber BirdMaureen Cashman
The HirelingMaureen Gallagher
Wise WomenMaureen Kermode
Ninety-Nine SongsMelanie Schwapp
II Cycles: FaerytaleMelanie Steynberg
GUNS AND ROSESmelanie whipman
The ConsultationMelanie White
Let there be no noMichael Bird
Gomorrah ShadeMichael Crossan
A VocationMichael Cumiskey
Some Go DancingMichael Davis
Patriot in Their MidstMichael Dwyer
Only Three Billion DreamsMichael Forester
PaintingMichael Lawlor
Boy at the WindowMichael Romyn
Hooked by a HoardingMichael Weatherilt
TessMichael Wilson
IDYLLMichelle Scorziello
The Lock-DownMike Carter
The End of SoapMike Wendling
The DanceMimi Whittaker
SISTERS-IN-LAWMiriam Hurley
The Blue RectangleMonika Pant
The LessonMorgan Davies
HeathensMorowa Yejide
Another WorldMzana Mthimkhulu
Last Christmas In BarrieNatalya Anderson
Hero to zeroNed Bright
A Good Beatingneil cubley
The GlasshouseNeil Hegarty
UnderNiamh Donnelly
The Great Turkey Shoot-outnichole beauchamp
Song DCNick Fonos
Paper BoatsNike Sulway
Coming HomeNikita Eaton-Lusignan
4AMNikki Mottram
Last Officesnina milton
The Tomb of the Tomb Buildersnina milton
Eggsnollaig rowan
The BackpackerOana Aristide
VenomOana Aristide
The Opposite Of OmniscienceOwain Paciuszko
The Universe Hums in B-FlatPaddy Scott
HorsesPat O'Connor
The Museum of Future ArtPat O'Connor
TulipsPat O'Connor
BoxesPat O'Connor
CatPat O'Connor
The days, they punish youPatrick Gleeson
Now more than everpatrick wakeling
The Canon's Yeoman's Second TalePaul Freeman
The Thin Linepauline rooney
If I've Got the BallsPeter Hill
Golf On The BrainPeter Kettle
Golf On The BrainPeter Kettle
The IslandPeter Rodgers
Honda 50Phil Byrne
The Magic of MigrationPolly Price
The Good WifeRachael Charmley
Her Last ShowRebecca F John
The Lizard KingRebecca Graham
Into InvisibleRhonda Collis
MoonlightRic Carter
Back CatalogueRichard Barnett
How To Make The Perfect Roll-UpRichard Knight
His Own Little VictoryRichard Raymond
God's SpeedRob Davies
What do you really think of me?Rob Ganley
Her name is EricaRob Perry
Man SurroundedRobert Arnott
AmenRobert Mundy
Trig pointRoisin Collins
Taking the BackseatRomi Jones
fridays like christmasronald callander
The Dream DispatcherRonnie Greig
Ten Fags GoneRory Duffy
Young Robins Don't have Red BreastsRory Duffy
Silent Givingrosemary jenkinson
Better Left UnsaidRuby Speechley
GroundedRuth Connelly
An Uncertain State.Ruth Geldard
The Date MateRuth Hayhurst
The CanaryRuth Rawcliffe
The Banana & Watermelon HeistRyan Parker
Meeting on the BeachS D West
The Life of a HouseSam Sudar
JackpotSamuel Wright
WinterreiseSara Baker
The Arrow of TimeSara Baker
Making MoussakaSara Roberts
The Mimi SpiritsSarah Mann
The CraneSarah Quigley
A Few Innocuous LinesSarah Sleeper
The Red HorseSaskia Ashby
Highly Effective Peoplescott winokur
Underground for the End of the WorldSeth Insua
Hera's EchoSeth Insua
The Dead Animals RegisterSeth Insua
Little Andy's CrySeth Insua
ProclamationsShannon Sweetnam
The Constant WinnerSharon Boyle
The WordsSimon Cornish
Blood in The LimeSiobhan Collins
Hammered GlassSiobhan Harte
MamaijiSohrab Fracis
One Hour, Three Times a WeekSonal Aggarwal
The Smell of People SleepingSophie Hampton
Grail/GropeStephen Policoff
The True Source of the Great Chicago Fire by Seamus McManusSteve Wiley
DilationStuart Bush-Harris
HeidiSue Cannon
Dandelion SeedsSue Cosgrave
Across The Rio NegroSue Cosgrave
Killing TimeSue Cosgrave
Uncle Isaac's Theory of Time and MomentumSue Guiney
Somewhere Nice to StaySue Harrop
The StormSusan Daniels
Fight LikeSusan McCreery
Are We in a Foreign Land?Susan McKeown
Stew and DumplingsSusan Shepherd
The peace with DanielSusanne Stich
The Summer KingSusie Murray
The Blue BottleTania Dain
The Visitors.Thomas Reilly
The Visitors.Thomas Reilly
A Love Of ArtToby Roebuck
They Live on NectarTom Bryan
CaughtTom Welsh
PrideToni Houston
As the world (re)turnsTracey Iceton
Every Advantage of a Beating HeartTracy Maylath
Penny for your ThoughtsTricia Holbrook
Birth PlanUschi Gatward
The BirdUschi Gatward
Dogs, Ducks and DrakesVal Jones
The Sensitive PlantVanessa Furse Jackson
The Walking WoundedVeronica Bright
The Carpenter, the Climber and the Refuse CollectorVictoria Heath
Helston BornWilliam Arnall-Culliford
The Tradewolfgang eulitz
The Motorbikewolfgang eulitz
The Car Salesmanwolfgang

Thursday 13 March 2014

Fool for Poetry 2014 Chapbook Competition


Munster Literature Centre has announced their ‘Fool for Poetry 2014 Chapbook Competition’.

Check out their link for details http://www.munsterlit.ie/Fool%20for%20Poetry.html

Or check them out on twitter @MunLitCentre

Or their website munsterlit.ie  

Fool for Poetry 2014
International Chapbook Competition

Some people are fools for love, others are fools for poetry.

Two winners will each have their manuscript published, receive €500 and fifty complimentary copies of their chapbook.
 

Competition Details

€1,000 Cash (approx £800, $1300) in prizes
Two Winners: Each receives €500 in cash & 50 complimentary copies of their chapbook .
25 -50 entrants publicly listed as “finalists or highly-commended”

Winning chapbooks published August 2014 with striking cover designs, offered for sale internationally, through our website, Amazon and select independent booksellers.

Winning poets considered for 2015 Cork Spring Poetry Festival programme & have chapbooks entered for UK Forward Prize. Poets of any publishing history may enter but at least one winner will be a debutant with no books/chapbooks previously published.

There will be an entry fee of €20 for each manuscript.  The Munster Literature Centre is a registered charity (no.12374) and a non-profit organisation. Monies received will cover costs of contest. Any profits generated will be spent on fees for writers and poets participating in our festivals or contributing to our other publications.


Submission Guidelines


1. Submissions must be unpublished as a collection, but individual poems may have been previously published in journals. We will consider simultaneous submissions as long as the poet notifies us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

2.  Submit 16-24 pages of poetry, single-spaced  One page equals 38 lines maximum, including spacing between lines.  Poems may run longer than 1 page.

3.  Do not count title page, acknowledgments, table of contents or dedicationin the page count.Manuscripts either too short or too long will be disqualified.

4.  Identifying information for the author should not be included anywhere on the manuscript itself. You are welcome to include a brief bio or something about yourself in your cover note, which will only be made accessible to the editorial panel after the winning manuscripts have been chosen.
5 Indicate in your cover letter whether you are a debutant or have published a chapbook or book previously.
Email manuscript as a .doc, .docx or pdf attachment to foolforpoetry@munsterlit.ie  include with your cover email name, contact information including phone number and paypal receipt number.

6. Deadline for entries is April 30, 2014

 

Wednesday 12 March 2014

What a beautiful place! Our local library. Just dream about your novel on these shelves and it will happen!!

Writing Against the Tide


I have a blinking cursor, where do I go from here?

After working a fifty eight hour week, at last I’m off. There wasn’t one of those hours where I didn’t pine for my writing. Three and a half days, that is the window of time I have to fit my writing into. Not just the writing, but also the housework, quality time with my hubby and dogs, catching up with my friends … who think I’ve moved to outer Mongolia with all this writing, and of course a bit of exercise. Then there is the writing sub-list which is as follows: write short stories, convert one short story into a play, write some poetry, finish editing the first novel, finish editing novel.

I decided to prioritise my writing. And so, I raced out the door this morning, after my walk, which served a dual purpose by catching up with one friend, kissing my husband goodbye, after promises we will definitely have a date night this week, throwing the ball for the dog, happy waggy tail in response, giving out to myself for the state of the house, and much neglected washing and ironing, into my car and onward to my local library, to focus myself. 

So, you would think that I’d be in the thick things by now, a number of items ticked off the writing list, that the inspiration and words would flow so well after all the dreaming I did about writing? But, no such luck. I sat for a minute looking at the blinking cursor before my two wonderful writing buddies said, ‘just write’. Well, at least this is one thing off the list.