The ten stories shortlisted for the Willesden Short Story Prize 2022 in alphabetical order by author
Shoes by David Butler
Remembering Not Forgetting by Helen Harjak
Vevey by Catherine McNamara
Haircut by Andy Mead
Cuckquean by Jackie Morris
My Last Journey with Baron Baldanders by Peter Newall
Empathy by Diana Powell
Things we see, things we don’t by Anju Sharma
Forecast for Rain by Lui Sit
Hotline by Zakia Uddin
Thanks to all who entered for making our selection task so difficult with the high standard of writing. The total number of entries was 371. It was painful having to leave out many outstanding short stories.
There will be a special event to announce 1st prize and runners-up and to launch the anthology, New Short Stories 12. Details to follow.
Total: 371, ten of which will comprise New Short Stories 12 and one that will attract the one-off mug inscribed The Willesden Short Story Prize 2022, plus a certificate with no Staples A4 printer paper spared in its production. Thanks to all for the high standard of entries. Ed. pic.twitter.com/mk073Oa3Ma
August 29, Monday. Good morning! The total number of short stories in the inbox as of this morning stands at 279. [Ed.]
We're back with a competition for inclusion in Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 12. Closing date will be August 31, 2022. Entry fee £5. 10 prizes: 1st £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100 and 7 x £50, plus copies of the book. (The prize details have been updated.) https://t.co/92maCxFF6H
Your forebears could hunt an epiphany through the great forest of Um without breaking a twig and spear it with words sharpened on the soles of their feet. Arise, put on your leotards and send in your short stories, ye of this century…(Enough, thank you. Get to the music. Ed.)
We’re delighted to announce that novelist and short story writer Jarred McGinnis has agreed to judge the Willesden Herald Short Story Competition 2022. An American abroad, his debut novel The Coward (Canongate, 2021) was a BBC2 national television “Between the Covers” recommendation. It is also about to be published in the US and in France, Italy and Spain later this year. He has many strings to his bow, including short fiction for BBC Radio 4 and much more besides, which you can read all about on his website. He is no stranger to our competition, having had a short story in New Short Stories 4. (Submit)
We’re back with a competition for inclusion in Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 12. Open to international entries. Closing date will be August 31, 2022. Entry fee £5. There are ten prizes, as follows:
Meet our next fab shortlisted writer, Jo Lloyd. You can follow the link to read an interview with Jo and a short story Ade, Cindy, Kurt and Me from her brilliant collection The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies https://t.co/0J1nxtY49Cpic.twitter.com/Q6uzyr3Nz3
(It’s always gratifying to see a mention for our own short story competition. Ed.) Full shortlist and selected stories online: Announcement – 2021 Edge Hill Shortlist.
Hello! I’ve been asked to do a short thread with some of my stories available to read online so here goes! “All the People Were Mean and Bad” is here: https://t.co/ocxW76NA2D
Twitter: Lucy Caldwell shares links to some of her stories online
Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won the sixteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) with ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad’, a story taken from her 2021 collection, Intimacies. The news was announced live on BBC Front Row by 2021 Chair of Judges, James Runcie. Caldwell, a multi-award-winning writer from Belfast, was previously shortlisted in 2012 and 2019.
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