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Composition Competition 2021: Adjudicator Announced
West Cork Music are delighted to announce the Deirdre Gribbin will adjudicate the 2021 Composition Competition.
2020 J G Farrell Award
The J G Farrell Fiction Award is for the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress by a writer resident in Munster. The prize is a place on the online Novel with Paul McVeigh workshop. The deadline for entries is Friday 5 June.
2020 Winners Announced!
Congratulations to this year's winners - Ultan O'Brien, Niall Tormey, Liam Dougherty and Luke Smyth. This year was very competitive and West Cork Music is grateful to the adjudicator, Deirdre Gribbin.
2020 J G Farrell Award
The J G Farrell Fiction Award is for the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress by a writer resident in Munster. The prize includes a place on the West Cork Literary Festival’s Novel with Paul McVeigh workshop (12 – 16 July) and accommodation in Bantry.
News & Cork Concerts
As we draw towards the close of the year, preparations are in full swing for the 2020 festivals. West Cork Music continues to be busy with Tuning Up music-in-schools workshops and has also recently announced the 13th West Cork Chamber Music Young Composers' Competition. Find out more about this competition as well as concerts taking place in County Cork in the coming weeks.
