Families all over Ireland currently stay home and self –isolate during the Corona Virus crisis.  Producers of Ireland’s only Irish Language and rural based TV soap opera, Ros na Rún are inviting children and young people to showcase their Irish Language, creative writing talents and imagination with a Short Story Writing Competition sponsored by the world renowned, Galway family bookshop, Kennys who mark 80 years in business in 2020.

The competition is centred on two key themes, where budding young writers are asked to  choose their preferred Ros na Rún character, whom they would most like to self- isolate with and how they imagine a 14 day quarantine would transpire with the chosen character. The second theme, looks at what the future holds for the writer, post the Corona Virus outbreak, will life as they’ve  known it so far change?

The competition is opened three age categories from 6 to 9 year olds, and 10 to 14 years are both asked to submit 300 word creations in Irish. The third category is aimed at  15 to 18 year olds who are required to submit 500 word creations in Irish to Ros na Rún . 

The Ros na Rún short story writing  competition Judging panel will include leading actors with the TG4 soap opera, Niall Mac Eachmharcaigh from the Donegal Gaeltacht who’s an accomplished writer and plays the part of John Joe Daly, Domhnall O’Donoghue who plays Pádraig, also an accomplished travel writer and published fiction writer along side Tom Kenny,  Director of Kennys Bookshop and Gallery Galway and leading historian.

Writers are asked to have their completed entries to leiriuchain@rosnarun.com no later than 5pm on April 24, 2020.

The winners in each category will have the opportunity to read from their winning creation on the TV set of Ros na Rún ahead of the opening of series 25.