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 The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 10.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…
Sep 28, 2016 | Joe Melia
Following on from yesterday’s post here are the 10 brilliant writers who complete this year’s shortlist, all in the running for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize. The winning writer and story will be announced at our annual awards ceremony in Bristol on October 8th. Sally Jubb lives in North Yorkshire. Since receiving The Andrea…
Sep 27, 2016 | Joe Melia
With just 11 days to go until this year’s awards ceremony it is a great pleasure to introduce the 20 wonderful writers in the running for this year’s first prize. Here are 10 of the shortlisted writers (listed A-Z by writer’s name) – we’ll introduce the remaining 10 tomorrow. Vimi Bajaj is a writer living…
Jul 27, 2016 | Joe Melia
It is with great pleasure that we announce the shortlist for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize. The 20 stories on the shortlist will all be published in the 9th Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology and are in the running for the £1,000 first prize. We’d like to pay tribute to our wonderful panel of…
Jul 13, 2016 | Joe Melia
We are delighted to announce the 40 stories and writers selected for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize longlist. We received a total of 2,160 entries and, once again, feel very fortunate to have been sent so many wonderful stories. It has been inspiring to see the vast number of styles, themes, structures, voices, characters,…
Jul 04, 2016 | Joe Melia
We have more exciting publication news to report. Pigeon, Alys Conran’s debut novel, was published last month by Parthian. The Wales Arts Review calls it “heart wrenching” and “thoroughly engaging”. It was simulataneously published in English and Welsh (translated by Sian Northey) and was the Welsh Book Council’s English-language Book of the Month for June.…
May 17, 2016 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to our 2015 winner, Brent van Staalduinen, on the publication of his debut novel last month. Saints, Unexpected has been published by Canadian publisher Invisible Publishing and was launched in Brent’s home town of Hamilton, Ontario. We wish Brent every success with the novel and hope it will be published in more countries very…
Mar 16, 2016 | Joe Melia
Many congratulations to Richard Fifield whose debut novel, The Flood Girls, was published last month by Simon and Schuster in the U.S.. The book has been receiving great reviews from bloggers, readers and the press. Kirkus Reviews calls it a “lovable chronicle of small-town insanity” and Publishers Weekly says it is an “excellent fiction debut…hilarious…
