From the Well

From the Well is the annual short story competition organised by Cork County Library and Arts Service. Twenty stories are shortlisted by Patrick Holloway for publication in the From the Well anthology. The winner of the competition and two other shortlisted writers will read their stories in this event hosted by Patrick Holloway. Patrick lives in Cork and is an award-winning writer of fiction and poetry. He is an editor of the literary journal, The Four Faced Liar. He is the winner of the Bath Short Story Award, The Molly Keane Creative Writing Prize, The Flash 500 Prize, the Allingham Fiction contest and he was the recipient of the Paul McVeigh Residency in 2023.