May 28, 2020 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Dima Alzayat, winner of the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize, whose debut short story collection Alligator and Other Stories is published today by prestigious UK publisher, Picador. The collection will also be published by Two Dollar Radio in the US tomorrow. The book, which features Dima’s BSSP winning story Ghusl, has…
May 18, 2020 | Joe Melia
Great news for our 2018 second prize winner, Chloe Wilson; her debut short story collection, Hold Your Fire, has just been bought by prestigious publishing house, Scribner Australia, in a four-way auction from agents Rach Crawford and Kate Johnson at MacKenzie Wolf. The collection will be published in 2021. Scribner Publishing Director Ben Ball says:…
Apr 16, 2020 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Jonathan Pinnock, whose latest novel, The Riddle of the Fractal Monks, is officially out today. Jonathan’s latest work is the third in his Mathematical Mystery series. The books have some very noteworthy ringing endorsements: ‘Lovely stuff’ says Ian Rankin, and Vanessa Gebbie calls Jonathan, ‘Roald Dahl’s natural successor.’ A trailer for…
Mar 05, 2020 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Jane Healey, shortlisted for the 2013 Bristol Short Story Prize and published in our sixth anthology, whose debut novel The Animals at Lockwood Manor is out today. Major Pan Macmillan imprint, Mantle, bought Jane’s gothic romance in a heated seven-way auction two years ago, and US rights were sold for a…
Feb 09, 2020 | Joe Melia
More great publication news to share and it’s a double celebration for Emily Bullock, winner of the 2011 Bristol Short Story Prize: Emily’s second novel, Inside the Beautiful Inside, will be published in the summer and early next year, Human Terrain, her debut short story collection, will be released. Emily was signed by the Johnson…
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…
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…
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…
May 23, 2019 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to our 2014 winner, Mahsuda Snaith, whose second novel, How to this Find Home, is officially launched today. The novel has been receiving great praise already. Amanda Berriman, author of Home, calls it “A brilliant novel that humanises people who are so often dehumanised . . . Unflinchingly honest. Everyone should read…
