We have plenty to keep the wee folk in your life busy next weekend - writing and art workshops in Coláiste Cholmcille, and craft workshops based around Local Hands. Booking advisable.
Congratulations to the winners of the Allingham 2016 Flash Fiction competition, and well done to all who took part.
First Place
'Wich' – Carly Holmes
Second Place
'From Where I Was' – Una Mannion
Third Place
'Collecting Stones' – Patrick Holloway
Commended
'A Rush of Indignation' – Kathryn Burke
'Eating Letters' – Clodagh O'Brien
'The Queen's Nose' – Patrick Holloway
'Wafer-thin' – Clodagh O'Brien
Shortlist
'Bridezilla' – Patrick Talbot
'Feather' – Clodagh O'Brien
'Hello Dolly' – Kathryn Burke
'Knocking on My Father's Door' – Patrick Holloway
'The Hatchet' – Rosita Sweetman
'The Sacrifice' – Rose Malone
'To Thee We Send Up Our Sighs' – Niamh MacCabe
'Travelling Light' – Patricia Bender
12 FINALISTS IN ALLINGHAM 2016 SONGWRITING CONTEST
The 12 finalists who will compete for the prize of €1000 in the Live Final of the Allingham 2016 Songwriting Contest on Friday Nov. 4th at 10pm in Dicey Reilly's are (in no particular order):
Alan Kavanagh - To Yourself Please Always Be True
Jessie Solange Whitehead - Try
Brigid O'Neill - Don't Make Me Go To Town
Tara Gi - Trouble
Luke Devaney - Selfish Love
Dee Brady - Ash & Embers
Amy O'Hara - Alone
Dickon Whitehead - Better Fingers
Without Willow - The Heatherfield
Avi Mc Gourty - Just Like Snow
Amy Meehan - Tapaidh an Deis
Sunset Ships - Song for Brothers
Over 50 songs were entered into the competition, and while the standard was very high, only a few can proceed to the Live Final in Dicey's on Friday Nov. 4th.
The event is open to the public and promises to be an evening of top-quality music covering a range of styles as all 12 songs will be performed live in front of judges Charlie Mc Gettigan, Ian Smith and Niamh Currid, with John Meehan as MC.
Tickets are €5 on the door.
The winners of the Allingham Festival Secondary School Fiction & Poetry Competitions in association with AIB are...
Under-13 Poetry
1st Sean Livesley (St. Columba's College, Ballybofey) - 'Ode To A Goose';
2nd Molly Gallagher (Pobalscoil Gweedore) - 'Mystery After Amergin';
3rd Ella Doherty (Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town) - 'Through The Seasons'.
Under-13 Flash Fiction
1st Ailbhe Loughney (Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town) - 'The Unexpected Guest';
2nd Kevin Sheridan (Lough Allen College, Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim) - 'Singe';
3rd Aoibhinn Ni Eochaid (Colaiste Na Carraige, Carrick, Co. Donegal) - 'A Good Cop'.
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Under-15 Poetry
1st Felicia Nwami (Ursuline College, Sligo) - 'A Change Of Heart';
2nd Anna Hazlett (Lough Allen College, Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim) - 'Walking With My Eyes Closed';
3rd Luke Tuohy (Coola PPS, Riverstown, Co. Sligo) - 'Autumn'.
Under-15 Flash Fiction
1st Leah McGuinness (St. Columba's Comprehensive School, Glenties, Co. Donegal) - 'The Pink Box';
2nd Maya Carlin (Buncrana) - 'Treehouse';
3rd Luba Kazakova (Letterkenny) - 'The Exhibition: A Reflection Of Julia Smith'.
Under-19 Poetry
1st Aoife Kearns (Ursuline College, Sligo) - 'Sfumato';
2nd. Ronan Quinn (St. Michael's College, Enniskillen) - 'Tempo's Trenches';
3rd Zachary Gillespie (St. Columba's Comprehensive School, Glenties, Co. Donegal) - 'The Fateful Stage'.
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Under-19 Flash Fiction
1st Hazel Gardner (Lough Allen College, Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim) - 'Moon Child';
2nd Oran Hegarty (Muff, Co. Donegal) - 'A 59 Year Old Boy';
3rd Brenna Daily (Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon) - 'Shell'.
Congratulations to all our winners, and well done to everyone who took part in the competition. The standard was very high this year.
Winners are invited to the Awards Ceremony which will take place in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, on Saturday Nov. 5th at 4pm (the awards ceremony for primary schools will be on at 3pm).
Congratulations to the winners of the Allingham Arts Festival 2016 Poetry Competition!
First Place
On a Train in Cluj-Napoca / A Meditation on ‘Da’ – Shannon Kelly
Second Place
Art Addict – Alyn Fenn
Third Place
Micro Engraver – Noel Connor
Highly Commended
5am, Tuesday Morning – Maurice Devitt
If I Wrote a Book – Shannon Kelly
Weight of Paper – Kim French
Shortlist:
Afraid of Clowns – Finbar Rafferty
Another Woman's Hands – Patrick Holloway
Archaeology – Michael Farry
How Do I Love You – Kate Ennals
Lapse – Marilyn McLoughlin
Moth – Kim French
Muse Seeks Poet – Alyn Fenn
Please Leave a Message – Garret Igoe
Spectrum – Alyn Fenn
The Day Philip Larkin Died – Patrick Moran
The winners of the Flash Fiction competition will be announced soon. Watch this space!