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Kenmare | Arts Festival | 2026
2 to 16 August 2026
Poets Meet Painters
Poetry in Conversation with Visual Art
Prize Fund is €400
The Kate O'Riordan Prize for Short Fiction
This Short Story Competition 2026 is open to everyone.
The prize fund for this competition is €1,000
Out of the Quiet
A landmark literary project celebrating older Irish gay men, whose lives, histories, and creative voices have often been overlooked.
Prize fund is €400
Kenmare Connected
Mill Cove Gallery in collaboration with the Kenmare Chronicle, invites writers to explore Kenmare in the past, present, or future, through short stories.
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