Sarah Bowie is a cartoonist, illustrator and co-founder of The Comics Lab, which in partnership with The Irish Times, has launched Ireland's first Graphic Short Story Prize. Ten entries will be shortlisted by a panel of judges to be printed in an anthology, while the winner will be published in print in Ticket, The Irish Times' culture magazine, and the runner-up on irishtimes.com. The entry deadline is Friday, March 8th. For full information see thecomicslab.ie
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