Oct 27, 2014 | Joe Melia
We are delighted to announce that Mahsuda Snaith has won the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize. She captivated the judges with her short story, The Art of Flood Survival, to win the £1,000 first prize. Sara Davies, chair of the judging panel, says of the winning story: “Mahsuda’s story about a young Bangladeshi servant girl…
Oct 21, 2014 | Joe Melia
With just a few days to go until the winner of the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize is announced, here are the 20 writers in the running for the top prize and a bit more about their writing. The winner will be announced at the 2014 awards ceremony which is being held on Saturday 25th…
Sep 24, 2014 | Joe Melia
One of the highlights of our year is running the anthology cover design project with final year Illustration degree students at the University of the West of England. The designs they produce are always full of originality and so inventive. This year’s submissions were as strong and fresh as ever. Congratulations to Rosanna Tasker whose…
Jul 30, 2014 | Joe Melia
We are honoured and thrilled to announce the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist. The 20 stories listed below are in the running for the £1,000 first prize and will all be published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 7 in October. We are indebted to our judging panel whose diligence, commitment and…
Jul 17, 2014 | Joe Melia
We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize. We received a total of 2,473 entries from writers based in 65 different countries and what a fantastic time our readers have had devouring so many wonderful short stories. There were several recurring themes and subjects – childhood and adolescence featured…
Apr 10, 2014 | Joe Melia
Double congratulations to Rebecca Lloyd, winner of the first Bristol Short Story Prize in 2008. Rebecca has had two short story collections published recently: Mercy and Other Stories (Tartarus Press) – 16 “tales of unease, with a sprinkling of the ghostly, menacing and fantastical”, and The View From Endless Street (Wido Publishing) – 20 stories…
Mar 26, 2014 | Joe Melia
Fantastic news for Emily Bullock, winner of the 2011 Bristol Short Story Prize – her debut novel, The Longest Flight, has been sold to award winning publisher Myriad Editions by agent, Ed Wilson, of the Johnson & Alcock literary agency. Emily was discovered by Wilson’s former colleague, Fran Barrie, while Fran was reading the 4th…
Mar 11, 2014 | Joe Melia
In the fourth of a series of interviews with our 2014 judging panel, we’re delighted to welcome Rowan Lawton (left) to the website. Rowan is a literary agent and the co-founder of Furniss Lawton – a literary agency that is part of the James Grant Group. She previously spent 10 years agenting at WME…
