From the Well

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Friday 18 July 2025

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5:00 pm

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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 Jellied Minds, the 2025 From the Well anthology. The winner of the competition, Eamon Doggett, and two other shortlisted writers, Seán McNicholl and Sophie Treacy, will read their stories in this event hosted by author and editor Patrick Holloway.

Admission: Free

Writers

Patrick Holloway

Patrick Holloway is an Irish writer of fiction and poetry and is an editor of the literary journal, The Four Faced Liar. He completed his Masters in Creative Writing from...

Eamon Doggett

Eamon Doggett is from Bettystown, Meath. His stories have been published in The London Magazine, Irish Times and Southword, among others. He has won the Hennessy First Fiction Award and...

Seán McNicholl

Seán McNicholl is an Irish GP and writer whose short fiction spans multiple genres. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and has been nominated for Best of the Net...

Sophie Treacy

Sophie Treacy is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, where she lectures in Tort Law and Human Rights. She is currently writing a thesis on the role of...

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Writers

Patrick Holloway

Eamon Doggett

Seán McNicholl

Sophie Treacy

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