Am delighted to have been selected as one of the 30 participants in the CASHEW (Community Approach to Supporting, Helping and Enhancing Writing) program at University of Limerick. This online and in person program runs every weekday during the month of May for an hour of supervised writing, Masterclasses and Events. All for a very… Continue reading CASHEW programme at University of Limerick
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Shortlisted for Irish Short Story of the Year 2023
Beyond thrilled and honoured to announce that my short story, PEACE PROCESS has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. This is the most prestigious literary awards in Ireland. The public vote plays a huge part in determining the winner. Please consider voting for Peace Process here: https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
Longlisted for 2023 Irish Short Story of the Year
Delighted to share the news that a story of mine has been longlisted for the Writing.ie/An Post Irish Book Awards Short Story of the year. Link HERE
MOTEL
I am editing a prose Anthology called MOTEL which will be published by Cowboy Jamboree Press early 2024. Submissions open May 1, 2023
Travelin’ Thru Townes
Delighted to announce that my novelette "Valley Fever" will be published April 2023 in the Travelin' Thru Townes Anthology from Cowboy Jamboree Press. Order your copy HERE
MOTEL – An Anthology
Am delighted to announce that I will be working with Cowboy Jamboree Press on a new anthology called MOTEL. MOTEL will pay homage to the essence of motels in all their beauty and pathos. Characters and stories of grit and glory, the brutal and banal. More to come. I will be the editor of this… Continue reading MOTEL – An Anthology
2023 Best MicroFictions Nomination
Delighted to have received a Best MicroFictions nomination from Reckon Review for my Flash piece: https://reckonreview.com/somewhere-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-on-the-last-car-of-the-last-train-to-la-i-fell-in-love/
2022 Bray Literary Festival Shortlisting
Delighted that my flash fiction piece Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere on the Last Car of the Last Train to LA, I Fell in Love was shortlisted for the 2022 flash fiction prize.
Barbara Byar 