The winners of eighth annual Clare Champion
Short Story Competition have just been announced, with the prizes being presented at a ceremony in DeValera Library, attended by students, parents and teachers.
The winning entries were:
Junior Category
Highly Commended – Missing Figure by Aneesha Abdalla, Coláiste Muire
Highly Commended – Success by Seán Lyons, St Flannan’s College
Highly Commended – In a Foreign Field by Jane O’Loughlin, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna
3rd place – Storm Christine by Róisín O’Donoghue, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna
2nd place – Mistaken Identity by Michael McNamara, Rice College, Ennis
1st place – I Am by Aoife Daly, St Anne’s Community College, Killaloe
Senior Category
Highly Commended – A Teenager’s Guide to Life by Muireann Duffy, Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon
Highly Commended – A Noble Profession by Roisin O’Sullivan, St Joseph’s Secondary School, Spanish Point
Highly Commended – Just Another Day by Eve Quinn, Coláiste Muire, Ennis
3rd place – Brooke’s Magazine
by Seán Hanrahan, St Joseph’s Secondary School, Spanish Point
2nd place – Summer of 1954 by Sarah Flynn, Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon
1st place – An Important Journey by Ellen Brogan, Coláiste Muire, Ennis
The winning entries will be published in next week’s issue of The Clare Champion and also on our website.
Motoring editor - The Clare Champion
Former Chairman and voting member of Irish Motoring Writers' Association