Twenty Authors Make Mercier Press Fiction Competition Long-List
Ireland’s oldest independent publishing house, Mercier Press has announced the long-list for their fiction competition. Works by twenty of Ireland’s budding writers were chosen:
One for Sorrow by Abigail Browne
The Arsonists’ Alibi by Alison McGee
Westward Bound by Billy Craven
Tommy by Cammy Harley
Tuesdays are Just as Bad by Cethan Leahy
Blackpitts by Conal Quinn
A few Dark Acres by Daragh Breen
The Thirsty Earth by Darren Mooney
Soaring Spring, Eternal Autumn by David Lynch
The Sandbar by Donal O’Sullivan
The Silver People by Eileen Kelly
Blood Runs Green by Jack McAuliffe
Girl Half Cracked by Jane Rooney
Little Boxes by Jennifer Hall
Falling by Mia Christina Dorring
The Sugar Sugar Café by Michael Sheehan
What the Piper Promised by Neil Ginty
The Heart-Shaped Box by Regina de Burcaq
The All-Ireland by Tadhg Coakley
The Disappearance of Liam Nolan by Teresa Sweeney
In addition to a publishing deal, the winner will receive a €1000 cash prize. The short-list will be announced in May 2017. The winner will be announced in July 2017 and the book will be published in June 2018.