Short story competition open to anyone over 16 with a previously unpublished story. Word limit is 3,000 words with an entry fee of €17 per story. 1st prize €3,000, 2nd prize €1,000, 3rd prize a week at The Moth Retreat in Ireland. This year's judge is Wendy Erskine. Winning story published as part of the summer fiction series in the Irish Times; 2nd and 3rd-prize-winning stories published in the Irish Times online.