The winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2024 is Sophie Treacy, Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny
with her short story ‘Out of Eden’.
Sophie receives a cash prize and a writing course at the Molly Keane Writers Retreat, Ardmore
to a total value of €550.
Sophie is a law graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the University of Oxford. She enjoys literature in all its forms, particularly poetry, literary non–fiction and
translated fiction. She is currently writing a PhD thesis on the role of human dignity in international human rights law.
‘Out of Eden’ is the twenty seventh winner of the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award run by Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office and by kind permission of the Keane family. ‘Out of Eden’ was announced as the winner on Culture Night and the winning story can be viewed on YouTube.
