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SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY 2025

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Mill Cove Gallery and The Kenmare Chronicle are delighted to announce the launch of the Kenmare Connected Anthology, showcasing the shortlisted entries from our inaugural Short Story Competition.

Inspired by the theme “Our Yesterdays, Today, and Tomorrows,” this year’s competition invited writers to explore the heart and soul of Kenmare—its rich past, vibrant present, and imagined futures. 

We were truly moved by the depth, creativity, and passion in every submission.

We are pleased to share the list of authors below whose work will be featured in the Kenmare Connected Anthology 2025

 

  • Anthology Launch Event 

  • Wednesday, 6 August 2025

  • 7:00 PM at The Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

 

As part of the Kenmare Arts Festival 2025, the launch evening will feature selected readings from the anthology, the presentation of prizes, and a warm celebration of our local writing community. 

The event will last just over an hour, and we’d love for you to join us.

Everyone is welcome. Whether or not your story was selected this year, we sincerely thank you for your submission and encourage you to keep writing and submit again next year.

We look forward to celebrating the magic of storytelling with you.

FIRST PRIZE         The Secret to Soda Bread – Lynda Marron

SECOND PRIZE    Houdini – Sadhbh Moriarty

THIRD PRIZE        My First Holiday – Eamonn O’Leary

 

Bridget O’Brien 1957 – Maureen Glover

Chirping and Buzzing – Donal Fitzgerald

Down To Me – Neil Brosnan

Pieces – Sue O’Sullivan Casey

Regret – Mairéad Hearne

The Songs I Sing– Siobhán Flanagan

The Fair Day Flying Carpet – John Atkinson

The Fruitcake Chronicles (A Slice of Redemption) – John Goode

The Mountains are Calling– Grace Vaughan

The Queen’s Nose– Patrick Holloway

Time is Always and Now – Michael Cavanagh

 

A Retirement Story – John Kelly

And They Were Happy – Lily McIntyre

Going Home – Kate Durrant

Home at Last – Sean Dalton

My Pet Lamb (and my Mother, my Hero) – Kathleen Sheehan

My Neidín My Little Nest– Mary O’Connor

Pride and no Prejudice – Tessa Dennison

My Photographic Journey – Myfanwy Frost-Jones

A Kenmare Family Through Time – Bob Frewen

Not the Vicar’s Wife – Vera Shaw

The Past, Present and the Future – Donnchadh Mac Cárthaigh

The Queendom - Sheila Flanagan

Sráidbhaile Na Síoga | Fairy Village – Katie Murphy

The Reluctant Swimmer – Sue Ryan

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