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The Festival will take place over three days,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 5-7 November at
Roscommon County Library, Abbey Street, Roscommon Town.
BOOK LAUNCH: The Splendiferous Tale of Ferdinand Fox by Rose Morris
As overall winner in last year’s Hanna Greally Literary Awards, Rose Morris received a publishing package from The Manuscript Publisher, to see her book published in print and e-book editions. This year’s festival will open with the launch of Rose’s book, The Splendiferous Tale of Ferdinand Fox, an illustrated book of children’s verse.
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Roscommon County Library, Abbey Street, Roscommon Town
Entertainment and Refreshment provided
10am Official Launch of SiarScéal 2015 presided over by the Chairperson of Roscommon County
Council, Cllr John Cummins, accompanied by County Librarian and festival patron, Richie Farrell. followed by
Presentation of the Hanna Greally Literary Awards 2015. The Overall Winner will receive €200 with prizes also being awarded in categories that include International, National, Local and Schools. The theme for this year’s competition is Centenary in Reflection.
Presentation of The Ger Hanily Memorial Cup
Selected entries from this year and past submissions will be published in the new SiarScéal / Hanna Greally
Literary Journal, to be launched in April 2016.
2pm Writing for Publishing workshop: Writing and Publishing in the Information Age. Open to all. For more information about the workshop, please visit www.WritingforPublishing.com
3pm Lunatic: There I Go is a Floating World Production’s stage adaptation of Hanna Greally’s autobiography, Bird’s Nest Soup, directed by Andrea Scott. This striking, innovative one-woman show gives an unorthodox telling of Hanna’s story by combining text with interactive projection, body-driven performance and an original score. We endeavour to bring audiences into the complex world of Hanna’s mind, during her incredible eighteen-year journey within the walls of an institution. The piece will tour festivals in a number of different ways, sometimes as a full production but also, as a reading with a panel discussion and as a showcase of the ongoing development of Hanna’s story as a theatrical presentation.
 www.FloatingWorldProductions.com
 Facebook.com/FloatingWorldProductions
 Twitter.com/floatingWorldIR

We are looking forward to receiving your entries for this year’s Hanna Greally Literary Awards. Entries sent to us will be considered for inclusion in the new SiarScéal / Hanna Greally Literary Journal, which will be launched at SiarScéal Festival 2016, along with a selection from previous competition since our anthology, Roscommon in Reflection, was published in 2012.
Thanking you for your continuous support.
The competition details and competition rules of entry are at the end of this page.
Yours sincerely,
Gwen Bond and Oscar Duggan of The Manuscript Publisher on behalf of the SiarScéal Festival team and the wonderful staff at Roscommon Library,
Theme: Centenary in Reflection
Submissions of poetry, prose, short stories on the theme are invited, subject to rules of entry - see below.
Prizes: The Overall Prize Winner will receive a cash prize of €200 Runners-Up prizes will also be awarded in categories that include International Poetry, International Prose/Short Stories, National
Poetry, National Prose/Short-Story, Local Winner in both Poetry and Prose/Short Stories categories, prizes for Highly Commended and National Schools.
The Ger Hanily Memorial Cup- will also be awarded from the entries submitted.
Competition Rules of Entry:
 All entries submitted must be the author’s own unpublished work
 Entries are limited to three entries (poems, short-story or prose) per person
 Entries submitted must be typed and titled
 Entrant’s name and address contact number, details, must be on a separate page to the written submission
 Entries will not be returned and the judges’ decision is final
 Festival organisers and guests are not eligible for entry
 Entry into the competition implies acceptance of the competition rules and guidelines.
Competition Entry Fee: €5 per entry; €10 for three entries.
Please make cheques, postal orders, etc. payable to SiarScéal Festival Group. Include with your entry submission, which can be posted to SiarScéal Festival, c/o Richie Farrell, County Librarian,
Roscommon County Council Library Services, Abbey Street, Roscommon.
Payments by credit/debit card can be made to the PayPal account of payments@siarsceal.com
You can also enter online. Please see our website for more information - www.siarsceal.com/competitions
Closing Date: All entries, posted and online, must be received before 5pm on Friday 23rd October 2015.