With a prize of €20,000 for the Best Short Story, there are also five runner-up prizes of 1,000 each.
As well as the monetary prizes, there are eight places for unpublished writers on a week-long residential workshop at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan. The competition will be judged by the Scottish writer, A. L. Kennedy, the American writer, Tobias Wolff and the Literary Editor of The Irish Times, Caroline Walsh.
Entry forms, far right, are also available to download from the website, www.jamesjoyce.ie. Alternatively, send a stamped s.a.e. to The James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1 or e-mail: davybyrnes@jamesjoyce.ie.
Competition Rules
1. Entries should consist of a previously unpublished short story. There is no word limit.
2. All entries must be typewritten in English. (Minimum line spacing 1.5, use one side of page only.)
3. The story should not have previously won, or be currently entered into, any other competition.
4. The competition is open to anyone who is a citizen of, or normally resident in, the island of Ireland.
5. Entries are limited to ONE per entrant.
6. All entries must be anonymous and should be accompanied by an entry form (i.e., the author's identity must appear only on the entry form, and nowhere on the manuscript).
7. A 10 fee must accompany the entry. (Cheques/postal orders payable to the James Joyce Centre.)
8. No employee of The James Joyce Centre, of Davy Byrnes, of ReJoyce Dublin 2004, or of The Irish Times is eligible to enter.
9. All entries must be received on or before Monday, February 2nd, 2004.
10. Please keep a copy of your story, as no entries can be returned. No correspondence will be entered into once work has been submitted. Stories cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered.
11. Unpublished authors (i.e. those who have not published a novel or story collection) should indicate on the entry form whether they wish to be considered for the residential workshop at Annaghmakerrig. The workshop takes place during the week from June 23rd to June 29th 2004. Participants must be available for the full week and must make their own way to and from the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan.
12. While copyright remains with the author, the six winning stories may be published or broadcast at the discretion of the organisers during 2004.
13. The judges' verdict is final. If in the judges' opinion entries do not achieve a high enough standard, no prizewinners will be chosen.
14. All prizewinners will be personally notified by Friday, May 28th 2004.
15. Entry in the competition will be deemed to be acceptance of these rules.