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Powers & Irish Times Short Story Comp

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    #212
    anyon?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭anyon?


    any more news on this? Didn't they say they would be adding to the longlist on a daily basis? It all seems a bit messy... or maybe i'm just bitter because i'm not on the list! Yet, anyway...


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    #213
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    anyon? wrote: »
    any more news on this? Didn't they say they would be adding to the longlist on a daily basis? It all seems a bit messy... or maybe i'm just bitter because i'm not on the list! Yet, anyway...


    Not a tap of news on the subject. No update of the blog either today. They did say they would be adding to the longlist on a daily basis but that didn't happen. The last time they added 5 or 6 new lists rather than adding them one day at a time.
    The next time there's an update it will be to add the short list I would imagine.
    But here I am speculating again, we will just have to wait and see.
    Perhaps we will have news today at some stage. Fingers crossed!


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    #214
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    It's been nearly a week since they posted any new sections to the long list. I'm not sure why the message is still up there at this stage.

    I doubt they will post the short list on the website until it has been published in the IT on Saturday.

    It would be nice, though, if they clarified on the website whether the longlisting is finished and when and how the short list will be initially announced.


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    #215
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    Any new information about the whole thing would be nice at this stage!
    It would be very nice to know what is going on & what their 'plan' is.


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    #216
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    I agree. They went very suddenly from being really buzzy and informative to dead silence. Kind of an anti climax.


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    #217
    MOONlit
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭MOONlit


    Its almost feels like they have lost the plot (ha ha) like as if those 2 words - short list - on a long list or whatever, crashed their whole system for judging etc. OMG have they had to start the process all over again ? aghhhhhhhhhhhh.
    Next thing they'll ask contestants to rewrite and resubmit!
    must stay calm must stay calm


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    #218
    EileenG
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    My guess is that they have the longlist of a few hundred semi-passable stories, and which judge is now reading all of them, and they will then rank them or vote on them. Reading that many stories without wanting to poke your eyes out will take time.


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    #219
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    EileenG wrote: »
    My guess is that they have the longlist of a few hundred semi-passable stories, and which judge is now reading all of them, and they will then rank them or vote on them. Reading that many stories without wanting to poke your eyes out will take time.

    It seems very late in the day for the judges to be still ploughing through several hundred stories. I would have thought the short list would be ready by now for submission to the Irish Times magazine and the winner chosen and photographed looking all thrillled!


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    #220
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    MOONlit wrote: »
    Its almost feels like they have lost the plot (ha ha) like as if those 2 words - short list - on a long list or whatever, crashed their whole system for judging etc. OMG have they had to start the process all over again ? aghhhhhhhhhhhh.
    Next thing they'll ask contestants to rewrite and resubmit!
    must stay calm must stay calm

    Yes, longlist 17 seems to have triggered a deafening silence from the short story team. In fairness, it was just a human error which they dealt with quickly and I doubt many people even noticed. I don't know why they've effectively abandoned the website since.


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    #221
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    Did anyone contact the Irish times to ask what's happening or is that too bold?


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    #222
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    Madammoiselle wrote: »
    Did anyone contact the Irish times to ask what's happening or is that too bold?

    It would be brilliant if somebody did. I don't want to because I contacted them before to query longlist 17 so I don't want them thinking 'that bloody pest'. But if anyone does, please post an update on here.


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    #223
    MOONlit
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭MOONlit


    Well orna mulcahy used to mention it on twitter (isnt she one of the judges or?) As of early May she wrote 'still reading and shortlisting' type thing. Im not on twitter but I was able to see that by googling. Maybe she has stopped talking about it too!


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    #224
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    13 days ago, she tweeted, #powers short story competition - still reading and short listing.
    Nothing since!


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    #225
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    So they had started short listing 13 days ago? They must have the list complete by now then.


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    #226
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,171 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raNM0UvR_Bo


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    #227
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    They have the longlist, shortlist & the winner already I'd say.
    Just a matter of keeping it to the dates they have previously stated now.
    Probably a small update tmrw, with the short list & winner published in IT mag on sat.
    A whole feature of the winning story & winner sat 26th.


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    #228
    DermoLogical
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭DermoLogical


    Lilly Prehistoric Tin wrote: »
    It would be brilliant if somebody did. I don't want to because I contacted them before to query longlist 17 so I don't want them thinking 'that bloody pest'. But if anyone does, please post an update on here.

    I just sent the following to enquiries@irishtimes.com:
    "Hello,
    There is a lot of speculation on boards.ie (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056592487&page=15) about the status of the Long List, Short List and Winners announcement for the Powers Short Story Competition. The Long List was last updated a while back, but still shows “Check back soon – the longlist continues“. A post titled Short List was briefly available, but then disappeared.
    Can you shed any light?
    Thanks and regards"


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    #229
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    Cool! Hopefully you will get a reply real soon. :-)


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    #230
    MOONlit
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭MOONlit


    Madammoiselle wrote: »
    They have the longlist, shortlist & the winner already I'd say.
    Just a matter of keeping it to the dates they have previously stated now.
    Probably a small update tmrw, with the short list & winner published in IT mag on sat.
    A whole feature of the winning story & winner sat 26th.

    If its really true, that when you are content, the writing dries up, then Id say, if we were to sit down now and write something, in such a wound up state of mind, then we'd be up for the booker. Eileen would win it with her incendiary 'poke your eyes out' metaphor.
    Anyways im off to Lithuania tomorow for a few days, no ipod, no laptop, no memory.......


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    #231
    EileenG
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    MOONlit wrote: »
    Eileen would win it with her incendiary 'poke your eyes out' metaphor.

    Thanks. I think.


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    #232
    MOONlit
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭MOONlit


    Yep. Made me realize with a start, what an awful job that must be - to read through hundreds and hundreds of stories. 6 Judges for 6 age groups ? Even with their own staff, Im sure they understimated it all ,and they kept encouraging folk to write write write.
    Jeez we might be looking at June.


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    #233
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    June?! Haha. Na, I think they will meet their deadlines.
    Hopefully we will have some news today....


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    #234
    tis a fine line
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭tis a fine line


    DermoLogical wrote: »
    I just sent the following to enquiries@irishtimes.com:
    "Hello,
    There is a lot of speculation on boards.ie (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056592487&page=15) about the status of the Long List, Short List and Winners announcement for the Powers Short Story Competition. The Long List was last updated a while back, but still shows “Check back soon – the longlist continues“. A post titled Short List was briefly available, but then disappeared.
    Can you shed any light?
    Thanks and regards"

    Hey thanks for doing that :)

    Hopefully we'll hear something soon.

    According to my calculations of 4200 stories X 450 words = 1,890,000 words / 7 judges = 270,000 words each.

    Would that be roughly equivalent to 3 novels??

    -Yes, i know... :o I've too much time on my hands!! :D


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    #235
    JoJo35
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭JoJo35


    On the Powers FB page they say the winner will be announced on the 26th May, so not this Saturday. Kind of makes sense when you think about the "3 novels" each judge had to read, then for them to reach agreement and then to meet the print deadlines of the paper.
    Some great stories in there, I'm not feeling too confident.


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    #236
    Chocolate Chip
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭Chocolate Chip


    The standard is really high isn't it? I hope they leave them up online for a while so I can get through them all.

    How exciting. The 26th is it so. (still hope)


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    #237
    Madammoiselle
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Madammoiselle


    Blog has been updated finally!
    Short list is being announced on sat!


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    #238
    anyon?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭anyon?


    So presumably this means that there's the 16 lists that make up the longlist, and no more to come? Disappointing!


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    #239
    Delgado88
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Delgado88


    Thats curtains for a lot of us so; good luck anyone whose name is on the blog :)


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    #240
    Chocolate Chip
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭Chocolate Chip


    Yes I read it that way too, it looks like that's it so.
    I just read through the whole list again and I'm definitely not there. Booo. I'm very dissapointed. (just for today though)

    best of luck everyone else!


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    #241
    tis a fine line
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭tis a fine line


    :(

    Noooooooooo!!!

    Is that the end of the long list? :eek:

    I didn't make it -Boo!

    Ah well, there's always next year :)

    I'll be rooting for one of our Boardsies to win :p

    The very Best of Luck to you all, and congrats for being Longlisted ;)


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