The winner's of the Mairtín Crawford Awards in 2023 were;

MCA23 Poetry Winner reading work

Short Story Winner - Simon Gilbert

Click here to read Simon's winning work.

 

MCA23 Poetry Winner reading work

Poetry Winner - Estelle Price

Click here to read Estelle's winning work.

The runner-ups of the 2023 Awards were as follows:

Short Story:

  • 1st Runner Up: Stephen O'Donnell
  • 2nd Runner Up: Robin Booth
  • Shortlist (n alphabetical order): Edward BarnfieldEmma Devlin and Megan Jones.

Poetry:

  • 1st Runner Up: Jamie O'Halloran 
  • 2nd Runner Up: Niamh Mac Cabe
  • Shortlist (n alphabetical order): Eva Isherwood-Wallace, Jeanette Burton and Fiona Hanley.

Many congratulations to all the nominees! 

The announcement of the winners took place during the Belfast Book Festival 2023, and it was a beautiful evening of readings from the placed winners. 

A big thanks to our esteemed Judges - Moyra Donaldson and Annemarie Ní Churreáin (Poetry), and Lucy Caldweld, Rachael Kelly and Chris Wright (Short Story) for their hard work and passion for the Awards.

A big thanks to the Sponsors of the 2023 Awards, CILIP and Bullitt Hotel, for their continued support of the Awards.  

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