Féile Filíochta International Poetry Competition Begins

Gaeilge, English, Deutsch, Français, Polski, Italiano

Español, Gàidhlig na hAlbann, Svenska, Cymraeg

10 languages, 1 love of poetry

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Library Service presents

19th Annual Féile Filíochta

€25,000 in prizes

€5000 1st prize

www.dlrcoco.ie/feile

Now in its 19th year the Féile Filíochta, a Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Libraries event, has carved itself a special niche in the international poetry competition calendar and is regarded as a significant and lucrative springboard for emerging poets.

This outstanding and dynamic competition is open to poets everywhere and accepts submission of any style, length or theme. In keeping with its inclusive nature there is no entry fee and up to four poems can be submitted in each language category.

With €25,000 in prize money and a 1st prize of €5,000, the Féile Filíochta attracts entrants from all corners of the globe. Last years 6,176 entries in the ten language categories came from over 52 different countries. This years competition winners will also be invited to take part in workshops with established poets and judges during the course of the Féile Filíochta prizegiving weekend which runs in conjunction with the renowned Poetry Now Festival.

We are delighted to welcome four distinguished new judges for our competition this year; Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Ireland Chair of Poetry 2001-2004 and former Poet-in-Residence to Queens University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, Rita-Ann Higgins prolific poet, playwright and member of the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, Aosdána, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, former Chairman of the internationally renowned Listowel Writers' Week and Tony Bianchi former Literature Director at the Arts Council of Wales and Fellow of the Welsh Academy of Writers.

For full details on the Féíle Filíochta and how to enter logon to www.dlrcoco.ie/feile

The competition closing date is 9th November 2007.

Queries? Contact Conor Peoples at cpeoples@dlrcoco.ie