Francis MacManus Prize Shortlist 2009

1. "The Other Side of Nowhere" by Elizabeth Carty, Dunsaney, Co. Meath.
2. "The Body" by John Austin Connolly, Booterstown, Co. Dublin.
3. "African Finch" by Richard Cotter, Carrigline, Co. Cork.
4. "Out of Sight" by Geraldine Creed, Shankill, Dublin 18.
5. "Purgatory" by Paul Duffy, Baldoyle, Co. Dublin.
6. "Molly's Last Performance" by Des Feeney, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
7. "Hay" by Ciaran Folan, An Spideal, Co. Na Gaillimhe.
8. "Race" by Andrew Fox, Skerries, Co. Dublin.
9. "Wish You Were" by Anthony Glavin, Whitehall, Dublin 9.
10. "Romance" by Alastair Hadden, Ballinteer, Dublin 16.
11. "Commas and Comas" by Rachel Hegarty, Raheny, Dublin 5.
12. "One In A Million" by Kay Inckle, Basin Street, Dublin 8.
13. "Hired Help" by Fidelma Kelly, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
14. "Ten" by David Keohane, Shannon, Co. Clare.
15. "Thursday Market" by Martin Malone, Kildare Town.
16. "Tipping Point" by Anna May Mangan, Wembley, Middlesex.
17. "An Irishman in Berlin" by David Andrew Mc Ilroy, Brussels.
18. "Centre of Small Hell" by Geraldine Mills, Rosscahill, Co. Galway.
19. "Mare Rubrum" by Helena Mulkerns, Wellingtonbridge, Co. Wexford.
20. "Emperors of Speed" by Mary O'Donnell, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
21. "Only Four Girls" by Ita Ryan, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry.
22. "Home Help" by Dolores Walshe, Virginia, Co. Cavan.