Budding Inishowen author comes runner up in Irish Book Awards - Senior Short Story Competition

Twelve-year-old Chloe Doherty from Carndonagh has been named as runner up of the national Specsavers Irish Book Awards short story competition.

The Inishowen native entered the competition and was awarded a runner up prize, which included a hamper of the shortlisted books featured in the recent Irish Books Awards children’s category.

The short story competition celebrates Specsavers’ sponsorship of the Junior and Senior Irish Children's Book of the Year categories at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards 2022.

This year’s short story theme was ‘Looking into the crystal ball, the fortune teller was excited about the future…’ and Chloe’s creative story, titled ‘Global Adventures’, impressed the judges, who felt she had a bright future as a budding author.