RTÉ Short Story Competition

Auntie and Anto and Ivy and Ava by Ian Feighery, read by Ebby O'Toole-Acheampong To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537452-rte-short-story-competition-auntie-and-anto-and-ivy-and-ava/

Pool Story by Jill Kenny, read by Naoise Dunbar (pic credit: Eve North) To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537451-rte-short-story-competition-pool-story-by-jill-kenny/

A Spectrum of Sorrow by Angela Finn, read by Janet Moran To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537448-rte-short-story-competition-a-spectrum-of-sorrow-by-angela-finn/

RTÉ Culture: Kazakhstan by Kevin McDermott, read by John Olohan To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537445-rte-short-story-competition-kazakhstan-by-kevin-mcdermott/

Labels by Mary O'Rourke, read by Clare Barrett To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537444-rte-short-story-competition-labels-by-mary-orourke/

Corrán na Maidine by Niall Ó Siadhail, read by Brídín Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537441-short-story-competition-corran-na-maidine-by-niall-o-siadhail/

Wolves by Peter McCauley, read by Paul Mallon To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537439-rte-short-story-competition-wolves-by-peter-mccauley/

Feeding Time by Sinéad Troy, read by Andrew Bennett To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537435-rte-short-story-competition-feeding-time-by-sinead-troy/

It Must Have Come First by Sage Omar, read by Marty Breen (pic credit: Jie Gao) To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537432-short-story-competition-it-must-have-come-first-by-sage-omar/

Witness by Lynda McCarthy, read by Eileen Walsh To read, and find out more about, this story go to RTÉ Culture at www.rte.ie/culture/2025/1011/1537430-rte-short-story-competition-witness-by-lynda-mccarthy/

Divination, by Stephen O'Reilly, read by Andrew Bennett

Artifice, by Sharon Guard, read by Ali White

Turncoat, by David Ralph, read by Tadhg Murphy

Dessie and Hopper, by Susanne Stich, read by Ruth McGill

Chambermaid, by Fiona O'Connor, read by Janet Moran

Once Upon an Algorithm, by Ryan Delaney, read by Peter Hanly

The Other Órla, by Emer O'Toole, read by Elaine O'Dwyer

The Rehearsal, by Alexis MacIsaac, ready by Tierra Porter

Dead Bait, by Mattie Brennan, read by Aaron Monaghan

Planning the Leftovers, by Sheila Barrett, read by Bríd Ní Neachtain

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Elaine O'Dwyer, in the words of the judges "a well-crafted, affecting tale...a lovely, gentle portrait of teenagerdom as the summer holidays start"

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Emmet Farrell, in the words of the judges “a beautiful, exhilarating, and deeply touching story about an easily-led, bird-loving young fellow’s trip to the dark side”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by David Pearse, in the words of the judges a “darkly funny, relentless and surprising tale around a father and son’s increasingly manic search for a lost greyhound”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Camille Lucy Ross, in the words of the judges “a really funny, really timely, comic symphony around cyber love”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Kathy Rose O'Brien, in the words of the judges “a smart, considered, lively vision of manipulation, revenge and gloriously twisted love”