Feb 02, 2020 | Joe Melia
Some great news we missed while preparing for last year’s awards ceremony and anthology launch, J.R. McConvey, who claimed second prize in our 2015 competition, had his debut short story collection, Different Beasts published by Goose Lane in Canada. The collection has been receiving some excellent reviews: “This is a brilliant collection. Here is the…
Jan 30, 2020 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Deepa Anappara, whose debut novel, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is officially published today. The book has been receiving widespread acclaim ahead of publication and looks set to be one of the biggest first novels published in the UK this year. Deepa was also recently selected as one of the…
Dec 30, 2019 | Joe Melia
2020 is set to be an exciting year for several writers we have published, with major new books being published. Here are four highlights to whet your reading appetite. Published on January 30th, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is Deepa Anappara’s much-anticipated debut novel. Deepa won 2nd prize in our 2013 competition. Her novel…
Nov 19, 2019 | Joe Melia
There was a great piece of news that we missed during the summer while we were getting our latest anthology ready for publication and organising this year’s awards ceremony: our 2013 champ, Paul McMichael was signed by Niki Chang of The Good Literary Agency. Paul won the 2013 Bristol Short Story Prize with his story…
Nov 14, 2019 | Joe Melia
We are very happy to announce that the 2020 Bristol Short Story Prize , in association with Tangent Books, is open for entries. The writing competition is open to all writers around the world. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 13 by Tangent Books. The winner and…
Oct 23, 2019 | Joe Melia
Our recently-crowned 2019 winner, Cameron Stewart, lives in Sydney, Australia. He has had short fiction published in Subtropics, The London Magazine and the 2019 UTS Writers’ Anthology – Infinite Threads. A graduate of Western Sydney University (BA Performing Arts), he is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing, at the University of Technology, Sydney. We…
Oct 13, 2019 | Joe Melia
Huge congratulations to Cameron Stewart, who was announced as the winner of the 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize last night. Cameron is based in Sydney, Australia and won for his very powerful story, Black Snow. The winning story plus the other 19 shortlisted entries are available in our new anthology, published by Tangent Books. Cameron…
Oct 03, 2019 | Joe Melia
Following on from yesterday’s post, we’re delighted to introduce the other 10 superb writers shortlisted for this year’s top prize. These stories will be published in our 12th anthology, which will be launched at our awards ceremony on October 12th. The winning writer and story will also be announced at the event which will take…
Oct 02, 2019 | Joe Melia
With just 10 days to go until our 2019 awards ceremony, we thought it was high time we revealed more about the 20 brilliant writers on this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist, all of whom are in the running for the top prize. Their shortlisted stories will be published in our 12th anthology, which…
Sep 19, 2019 | Joe Melia
We run an annual cover design project with the final year Illustration degree students at the University of the West of England here in Bristol. The students submit designs and we get to select one for our anthology cover. We are always very fortunate to be able to consider so many fantastic designs for our…
Jul 24, 2019 | Joe Melia
We are thrilled to announce the 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist. These 20 stories and writers are in the running for this year’s top prize, and will be published in our 12th anthology by Tangent Books. The anthology will be launched and this year’s winner announced at our awards ceremony in Bristol on October…
Jul 17, 2019 | Joe Melia
We are delighted to say that all judging decisions have been made and we are thrilled to announce the 40 writers and stories selected for the 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize longlist. We received 2,495 entries this year and feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to consider so many stories for this year’s…
Jul 11, 2019 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Emma Smith-Barton and her debut novel, The Million Pieces of Neena Gill. Emma, (writing as Amna Khoker) who was shortlisted for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize for her story Without Wings, has been receiving great acclaim for the book – “Powerful, relatable and uplifting” says Emily Barr, author of The…
Jul 09, 2019 | Joe Melia
Alys Conran, who won second prize in the 2012 Bristol Short Story Prize, has received some great news – she has been named as the recipient of the Hay Festival Creative Wales International Fellowship for 2019-2020. Funded by Arts Council of Wales, the Fellowship enables a writer from Wales to take part in Hay Festivals…
Jul 03, 2019 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Gina Challen, whose debut short story collection, Chalk Tracks, has just been published by Valley Press. The collection features Magpie, Gina’s story which was shortlisted for the 2015 Bristol Short Story Prize, The stories in Chalk Tracks are set in the landscape of the South Downs “where the chalk hills roll out to…
