Aongus Murtagh​ A writer in Berlin A writer in Berlin A writer in Berlin

Aongus Murtagh

I grew up in Mullingar, a town in the Irish Midlands. Soon after university in Dublin, I relocated to Berlin, where I still live. I have two grown-up children.

Awards for short fiction

2020
Fish Short Story Prize (short-list)

2019
Sean O Faolain International Short Story Prize (highly commended)
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year (short-list)
Fish Flash Fiction Prize (long-list)

2018
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year (runner up)

2016
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year (highly commended)

2015
Fish Short Story Prize (long-list)
Aeon Award (short-list)
Bridport Flash Fiction Award (short-list)
Words on the Waves Short Story Competition (winner)

2014
Fish Short Story Prize (3rd place)

2013
Selected for pilot e-mentoring program at Irish Writer’s Centre
Fish Short Story Prize (long-list)

2010
Over The Edge Emerging Writers Competition (short-list)

2009
Fish Short Story Prize (short-list, two stories)

2008
Limnisa Writing Competition (runner-up)

2006
START Chapbook Award, Tipperary Arts Council (short-list)

2000
Hennessy/Sunday Tribune Award (short-list)

Publications (selection)

Ether books (2013)
bluethumbnail.com (2009)
Moloch.Journal (April 2008)
Albedo One Magazine (issue 33)
Ascent Aspirations Magazine
Fiction on the Web
Aabye Magazine (issue C, 2002)
Stirring Magazine (August 2000)
Electric Acorn Magazine