Jul 31, 2017 | Joe Melia
To celebrate the announcement of our 2017 shortlist we are running a special offer on Kindle versions of our anthologies. From now until our awards ceremony on October 14th all our Kindle anthologies are available for only 0.99p (UK). The offer applies worldwide. (eg. amazon.com = $1.30, in India amazon.in = 83INR, in Canada amazon.ca…
Jul 26, 2017 | Joe Melia
What a pleasure it is to announce the 20 stories and writers who have been selected for the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist. The writers are all in the running for the £1,000 1st prize and all will have their stories published in our 10th anthology. The anthology will be published, and the winning…
Jul 17, 2017 | Joe Melia
We’ve been fortunate to have published two of Kate Brown’s short stories: Two Girls Under an Apple Tree shortlisted in 2010, and last year’s 3rd prize winning story, Making Fists. Kate’s debut novel, The Women of Versailles, was published a few weeks ago by Seren Books. Imogen Cheetham found out more about the novel and…
Jul 12, 2017 | Joe Melia
We’re delighted to say that all judging decisions for the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize have been made and the time has come for us to announce the 40 exceptional stories that have been selected for our 10th longlist. Our readers have pored over just under 2,000 entries and had the most enthralling reading experience.…
Jul 11, 2017 | Joe Melia
Our 2014 winner, Mahsuda Snaith, has just had her first novel published by Transworld. The Things We Thought We Knew is an “original and affecting coming-of-age novel” says The Observer and Francesca Brown in Stylist magazine says it’s “A break out book from an incredibly talented debut writer”. Alice Jones caught up with Mahsuda to…
Jul 03, 2017 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Anne Corlett, who won 3rd prize in our 2013 competition, on the publication of her first novel, The Space Between the Stars. Alice Jones finds out more about the novel and Anne’s writing. Your brilliant story Why I Waited, received third prize in our 2013 competition. Do you have a preference for writing…
Jun 13, 2017 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Ethel Rohan whose debut novel, The Weight of Him, has just been published by Atlantic Books. The novel has received glowing reviews: the writer, Robert Olen Butler says it is an “achingly sad, achingly lovely novel that speaks to the essential core of our shared human experience” and Eowyn Ivey, author of the…
Apr 03, 2017 | Joe Melia
Entry Dealine Approaching! There are just over 4 weeks left to enter the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in the 10th Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. The winnner and 2 runners up will be chosen from the shortlist. First prize is £1,000, 2nd prize is £700, and 3rd…
Mar 08, 2017 | Joe Melia
One of our main aims and one of the main reasons we founded the Bristol Short Story Prize is to encourage, inspire and support writers. In the 9 years since we began, many writers we have published have gone on to publish short story collections, novels and non-fiction titles, and it is always a joy…
Jan 09, 2017 | Joe Melia
As well as being an award winning short story writer, Angela Readman is a brilliant poet. Her third poetry collection, The Book of Tides, was published by Nine Arches Press at the end of last year. Four poems from the collection are available to read on the Nine Arches Press website. There is also a…
Nov 24, 2016 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Melanie Whipman whose debut collection of short stories, Llama Sutra, has been published by InkTears. As the InkTears website says: “These sharply imagined tales merge the grotesque and the tragic with humour and poignancy, evoking life’s diversity and unpredictability with style and control.” There is a discount of £5 on offer when ordering…
Nov 16, 2016 | Joe Melia
Our recently crowned 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize winner, Stefanie Seddon, has been signed by literary agent, Rachel Conway, from Georgina Capel Associates agency. This is fantastic news for Stefanie, who only started writing fiction 2 years ago. “I’m thrilled to have signed with Rachel Conway at Georgina Capel Associates,” says Stefanie. “I was fortunate…
Oct 19, 2016 | Joe Melia
The 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries. The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 10. The winner and 2 runners up will be selected from the shortlist…
Oct 12, 2016 | Joe Melia
We announced the winner of the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize on Saturday – congratulations to Stefanie Seddon who received first prize for her brilliant story, Kãkahu, in the wonderful surroundings of Bristol Central Library’s Reading Room. Tania Hershman, chair of this year’s judging panel, said of Stefanie’s winning story: “Kãkahu is a poignant, magical…
Oct 02, 2016 | Joe Melia
Each year we run a cover design project with the final year students on the Illustration degree course at the University of the West of England (UWE) here in Bristol. We select one of the designs for our anthology cover. The submissions never fail to really impress us with their originality and inventiveness – we…
