Kenmare Arts Festival – Kate O’Riordan Prize for Short Fiction

Free Admission

Venue: The Carnegie Arts Centre

The Kate O’Riordan Prize for Short Fiction – with readings and launch of the short story anthology

Celebrating creativity, storytelling, and new voices in fiction 

Kate O’Riordan is a multi-award-winning writer of six novels. She has also written for theatre and screen. Her many television credits include Mr Selfridge, and she created Smother and Blackshore for BBC Studios/RTE. A native of Bantry, Co. Cork, Kate’s writing career took off when she won the Hennessy/Tribune prize for a short story. Since then, she has remained a keen advocate for new writing and for giving new writers their own starting chance. She currently divides her time between London and Kenmare.

 Event Duration:  Approx 80 Mins