Rose, who's from St John's Park, is a student of English at UCC. She was the female third level winner of this competition, which is run by Hot Press and Creative Ireland.
This year's theme was "Social Media: A Writer's Tale" and Rose wrote a short story called "Getting There Slowly."
Have a listen here to her chat with Mary, "On the Fringe..."
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/a-student-from-waterford-city-has-won-a-national-writing-award