News at Writing4all.ie

Galway Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, is delighted to announce that they will be granting two awards of €9,500 each as part of their 2012 Short Film Awards. Applicants are invited to request an application form from info@galwayfilmcentre.ie and to submit their short script by 12 noon on Friday, March 30th. The best scripts will be short-listed for interview and two winners will be awarded the prize money as well as the use of equipment and facilities from Galway Film Centre, and a commitment from RTÉ to screen the finished film.

Jason O'Donnell a student at the National Learning Centre in Limerick is currently looking for submissions for a book of love poems called The Colour Of Love which is his end of course final project. The book will be published in Limerick later on in the year.

We at Writing4all have been working on many worthwhile developments to
enhance the site for all of our members. We have been tightening our
anti-spam security, improving the writings/readings interface, and fixing
all the little bugs that have affected the site over the last few months.

During the process of 'switching on' these enhancements we unfortunately
lost data posted between the period of December 15th to January 16th.
Despite our best efforts we have not been able to recover this data and for
this we apologise sincerely to all of our members.

You've got six days to get in your short stories for the Writing Spirit Award.  That's six days to get a story ready to win €1000.  Max. word count is 4,000 words and the judge is Christine Dwyer Hickey.  Read on for the low-down...

On Friday 25th November, 2011, the Laois Writers Group, the brainchild of Writing4all Member, Margaret Cotter (Muscles), will launch their first anthology, “Pulse of Life”. All proceeds form the book will be donated to the Cuisle Centre in Portlaoise.

Congratulations are due to Writing4all Member, Máire McSherry (MT Mac) on publishing her debut collection of poetry, Dark Chocolate Soup, as an eBook with Original Writing.

Founded by writers Liz McSkeane and Anne Tannam, DWF is a group of writers based in Dublin who share a common passion for all things literary. DWF is an open group, so they welcome writers of all genres, of all ages, experienced writers or writers just starting out...

See Change, an organisation dedicated to reducing the stigma surrounding mental health, are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the most people to write a story, and they need YOUR help!

Originalebooks.ie are delighted to announce that we can help you publish your book as an eBook from as little as €0.61c per page!  In addition to this, we also specialise in short print-runs, meaning you can publish as few as 5 copies of your book in print!  Interested in becoming a published author? Read on...