Write by the Sea festival to partner with leading literary journal

WRITE By The Sea, the boutique literary festival held annually in Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, has announced that it has secured a publishing partnership with Waterford based literary journal, The Waxed Lemon.

The four category winners of the 2024 Write By The Sea writing competition will have their work published in the Winter 2024 edition of The Waxed Lemon. Each winner will also receive a prize of €500, plus a free weekend ticket to Write By The Sea festival. Second place winners in each of the four categories will receive a cash prize of €300 and third place winners will receive €200.

Writers can submit their work now until June 21st via https:// writebythesea.ie/writing-competition/

Joanne McCarthy of The Waxed Lemon said: “Nothing beats seeing your work in print. Write by the Sea is one of Ireland’s most respected literary festivals and we’re really delighted to be joining the judging panel and to be printing the winning entries.”

Writers are invited to submit their work in any or all of the four categories of competition: Fiction Short Story (max. 2,500 words), Poetry (max. 40 lines), Flash Fiction (max. 700 words) and Memoir/Personal Essay (max. 1000 words).

An independent panel of judges selects one winner from a shortlist in each category. Judging is conducted blind, and the names of the winning writers are only revealed once judging is complete.

“We are incredibly proud to announce our partnership with The Waxed Lemon,” said festival chairperson Sasha Wilson. “The calibre of work the competition attracts is exceptional and deserves a wide readership. We really wanted to be able to offer the winners a publication credit in addition to the generous cash prize.”

The Write By The Sea writing competition has run annually since 2017 and is generously sponsored by the Rosslare Municipal District. The festival will take place this year at Kilmore Quay from September 27-29. Programme and ticket availability will be published shortly at: https://writebythesea.ie

The Waxed Lemon is a respected literary journal based in Waterford that was started to create a platform for writers and artists across Ireland, particularly in the Southeast of the country. It is edited by bilingual poet, Joanne McCarthy and writer-musician, Derek Flynn. The first edition was published in October of 2020 and since then has it has gone on to join the premier print literary journals in the country. The Waxed Lemon team are very active in the Southeast literary scene, facilitating numerous workshops, readings, and literary events since its inception.

The Waxed Lemon is available for purchase at www.thewaxedlemon.com and at the Wexford and Waterford outlets of The Book Centre.