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THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST / PENGUIN IRELAND SHORT STORY PRIZE









The Sunday Business Post is proud to announce its inaugural Short Story Prize in conjunction with Penguin Ireland. We are seeking short stories of up to 5,000 words for our inaugural SBP / Penguin Ireland Short Story Prize. Entrants must be Irish by residence or citizenship. The prize winner will receive a cash award of €2,000, with second and third place awards of €500 and €250 respectively. The winning entry will be judged by a panel of judges from Penguin Ireland and The Sunday Business Post, and the top three stories will be published in The Sunday Business Post Magazine in 2016.


Entries can be sent by email to shortstory@businesspost.ie or posted to

Short Story Prize, 
The Sunday Business Post, 
19-26 Pembroke Street, 
Dublin 2. 


Entries must be original short stories, in English, of 5,000 words or less. Any work that has been previously published and / or broadcast, or that is published or broadcast before February 21, 2016, will be disqualified. Entries must include the entrant’s name and contact details (address, phone and/or email). Typed entries must include the entrant’s contact details on each page of the manuscript. Entries must be received by 5pm on December 23, 2015. Paper manuscripts must be typed and cannot be returned. The judges will announce their decision in February 2016. 

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