The 2024 Frances Browne Multilingugal Poetry Competition is closed for entries. The deadline for entries was midnight on 21st August 2024.

Tá Comórtas Filíochta Ilteangach Frances Browne 2024 dúnta d’iontrálacha. Ba é meán oíche an 21 Lúnasa 2024 an spriocdháta le haghaidh iontrálacha.

Poetry Categories and Prizes

We welcomed poems in the following categories from poets all over the globe.

• English Language - First Prize - €250, Second Prize - €100, Third Prize, €50
• Irish Language - First Prize - €250, Second Prize - €100, Third Prize, €50
• Ulster Scots Language - First Prize - €250, Second Prize - €100, Third Prize, €50
• The Eilish McBride Award - English Language - Local* - Sponsored by Edel MacBride - Winning Poem €100
• Irish Language - Local* - Winning Poem €100
• Ulster Scots Language - Local* - Winning Poem €100

Definition of 'Local'

The ‘Local’ category is open to individuals who were born in and/or are currently living in the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District of County Donegal. For details of this area please refer to the link o the Donegal County Council website, or contact the festival committee for confirmation. The Frances Browne Literary Festival Committee reserves the right to verify the information provided by the entrant as eligibility for this category. As the entry fee is per poem, there is no additional fee for entering poems in both the main and local categories.

Submission instructions

• Poems must be accompanied by an entry form. The entry form can be completed via our online form, or MS Word document that can be either emailed or printed.
• There is no limit to the number of poems that can be entered.
• Each poem must be submitted as a separate file or document.
• Poems must be typed or very clearly written in black ink on one side of paper only.
• Online and emailed entries should have one of the following file formats: .doc, .docs or .pdf
• The name of the entrant must not appear on the poem itself. 

Deadline for submissions

All entries must be submitted by midnight on 21st August 2024, regardless of the method of entry.

Entry Fee

The entry fee is EUR €5 / GBP £4 / USD $5 per poem.  

No entry will be accepted until the appropriate entrance fee is paid.  

Payment for entries must be received by midnight on 21st August 2024.

Longlist, Shortlist and Award dates

• The judges' longlists will be announced in the Finn Valley Voice and online on 14 September 2024
• The judges' shortlists will be announced in the Finn Valley Voice and online on 20 September 2024
• Winning entries will be announced and awarded on Friday 10 October 2024 in person at the Frances Browne Poetry Competition Awards Ceremony in Kee's Hotel, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal

Other terms and conditions

• All poems must be the unpublished, original work of a living author.
• Poems must not have been previously published, self-published, published on a website or broadcast.
• No alterations can be made to the poem once it has been submitted, and it is regretted that no entries can be returned.
• The judges' decisions are final and no correspondence can be entered into regarding those decisions.
• Copyright will remain with the competitor, but the Finn Valley Voice in association with the Frances Browne Literary Festival reserves the right to arrange first publication or broadcast of selected poems as it sees fit.
• No Frances Browne Literary Festival committee member or judging panel for the Frances Browne Poetry Competition may enter into the competition.

Data Protection and Publicity

• By submitting your entry along with your personal details, you agree to the Frances Browne Literary Festival and Poetry Competition committee storing and processing your contact details for the purpose of running the Competition. Your details will not be shared with any third-party organisations.
• You may opt out at any time. You may request deletion of your personal data at any time.
• You may request a copy of the personal data held on our files by emailing info@francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com
• Publicity
• In order to celebrate the Frances Browne Multilingual Poetry Competition, we undertake a range of online and other promotional activities.
• For longlisted poets, this activity may involve the publication of your name, county/ country on our website, social media channels and in the Finn Valley Voice
• For shortlisted poets and winners, this activity may involve the publication of your name, county/ country, your photograph and any online recording you or we make of you reading your poem(s). This activity may take place during in the run up to, during or after the 2024 Frances Browne Literary Festival. It may be on our website, social media channels and in the Finn Valley Voice.
• On your entry form you will be asked to confirm if you consent to your information being shared in this way. If you opt in at the time of entry, you may opt out of some or all of this publicity at any time by informing the Frances Browne Literary Festival Committee by email at info@francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com

Before submitting your entry, and paying the entrance fee, please ensure you have read all the entry instructions, and the full terms & conditions below. You will be asked to confirm this on your entry form.