The 2025 Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are open for entries! First-place winners will each receive a prize of €300.
Poet and publisher Kate Newmann will judge this year’s Poetry Competition entries. The winning poet will also receive the Francis Harvey Poetry Award.
Acclaimed author Nuala O’Connor will judge the Flash Fiction entries. The winner of the Flash Fiction Competition will also be awarded the Keane Family Fiction Prize.
The Competitions are open to writers who are 18 or older by 5 November 2025. International entries are welcome! Previous winning entries have been crafted by writers in Canada, Australia and Dubai.
The 2025 Allingham Festival will run from 5-9 November in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Winning entries will be read and the Poetry and Flash Fiction Awards will be presented at the Literary Lunch on Saturday, 8 November.