1999 Winners

Past Winners
Nora Fahy

Read extracts from recent winners' work

Dominion
Ride If You Dare
The Sound of Many Waters

Read poems by recent winners

Oranges
System
Regaining Paradise

The Nora Fahy Literary Awards - named in memory of the well-known writer and humorist, and founder of Departures, Nora Fahy - began in 1995 and ended in 1999.
It was an international competition to encourage the writing of poetry and short story. The competition attracted participation from writers in the US, United Kingdom, Europe and Ireland. Winners received prize money and in addition their winning stories and poems were published in New Series: Departures.










Winners 1999
Poetry
Tom French
Noel King
Hugh O Donnell

Short Story
Valerie Sirr
Peter Paul Sweeney
Deirdre Devally


Winners of The Nora Fahy Literary Awards since 1995
Hellen Fallon
John Hunt
Trish Fitzpatrick
Nora McGillen
Jonathan Black
Nancy J. Thompson
Elizabeth Carty
Paul Brownsey
Máiríde Woods
Michael Wynne
Frank Dullaghan
Thomas Murray
Eileen Casey
David Lang
Nicola Lindsay
Cyril Ó Céirín
P. McFarland
Máighréad Medbh
Christine Broe
Karen O'Connor
Claire Keegan
Elizabeth Carty
Breda Sullivan
Kathleen Keyes
Gordana Sugden

Two prominent writers judged the competition - including:
Rita Kelly
John Doorty
Maeve Kelly
Kate Thompson
John Liddy
Katy Hayes
Gabriel Fitzmaurice Frank Golden
Jo Slade
John Saul
Moya Cannon

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