Feb 23, 2023 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Stephanie Carty whose debut novel, Shattered, was published recently by Bloodhound Books. This follows the publication of Stephanie’s first short story collection, The Peculiarities of Yearning, by Reflex Press last year. Shattered’s main character is Christie who works at London’s Somni Company, helping others with sleep disorders. After taking part in a company…
Feb 02, 2023 | Joe Melia
A very happy publication day to Dizz Tate and her debut novel, Brutes, which has been published by Faber in the UK and Catapult in the US. The novel was sold to Faber in a five-way auction and the reception Brutes is receiving shows why there was so much publisher interest in Dizz’s work. Author…
Jan 28, 2023 | Joe Melia
The Things That We Lost, Jyoti Patel’s debut novel, was published earlier this month by Merky Books. The novel won the Merky Books New Writers’ Prize in 2021 and secured Jyoti its publication. On their website, the Penguin imprint describe the novel as “a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss and the lengths to which…
Jan 27, 2023 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Johanna Spiers who has been signed by Amanda Preston at the LBA literary agency. Johanna, who won 3rd prize in last year’s Bristol Short Story Prize, posted her reaction on Facebook about the news: “This is a lifetime dream come true and I cannot tell you all how happy and excited I am.”…
Dec 15, 2022 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Flic Everett who has signed a three-book deal with publisher, Bookouture, for the first instalments of “a new historical cosy crime series featuring a rookie journalist turned amateur sleuth fighting crime on the Home Front during World War Two.” Quoted on Bookouture’s website, Flic says: “I am thrilled to have signed with Bookutoure…
Dec 14, 2022 | Joe Melia
Some great news for Rose McDonagh – she has signed a two-book deal with Trapeze Books following a three-way auction. The books were bought by Trapeze editor, Serena Arthur. The first novel, One Came Back, will be published in the spring of 2024 with the as yet untitled second novel coming out in 2025. In…
Oct 31, 2022 | Joe Melia
The 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize was won by Diana Powell for her story A Cure for All Our Ills. The story, along with the other 19 shortlisted stories, is available in our Volume 15 anthology published by Tangent Books. Diana lives in West Wales and her work has been published in several anthologies and…
Oct 28, 2022 | Joe Melia
Our first in-person awards ceremony since 2019 was held at Watershed in the centre of Bristol and was also streamed via Zoom. The first presentation of the evening went to this year’s anthology cover designer, Martyna Gradziel. Johanna Spiers won the Sansom Award for the highest placed story by a Bristol based writer. Her story,…
Oct 06, 2022 | Joe Melia
Please meet the other 10 fantastic writers in the running for this year’s top prize and whose stories will be published in BSSP anthology Volume 15, now available to pre-order from Tangent Books. Congratulations to the writers, we’re thrilled to be publishing their stories. Jyoti Patel is a London-based author. She is a graduate of…
Oct 05, 2022 | Joe Melia
There are 10 days to go until we announce the winner of this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize and publish our 15th anthology – now available to pre-order from Tangent Books. Here’s more on 10 of the superb writers in the running for the top prize and whose stories will be published in BSSP anthology…
Oct 04, 2022 | Joe Melia
With our focus having been on preparing this year’s anthology for printing and organising the 2022 awards ceremony, there are several pieces of exciting publication and other news that happened over the last couple of months that we are yet to share. Joanna Campbell’s latest novel, Instructions for the Working Day was published in August…
Aug 24, 2022 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Amaryllis Gacioppo on the publication of her non-fiction debut, Motherlands, by Bloomsbury earlier this month. Farrah Jarral, writing in The Guardian calls the book ‘A remarkable literary debut . . . Part memoir, part travelogue, Motherlands is ultimately an investigation of how we come to understand the past at all.’ Bloomsbury describe the…
Aug 04, 2022 | Joe Melia
It has been great to see Joanna Quinn’s debut novel, The Whalebone Theatre, storming up the bestseller charts in recent weeks. If you’ve not come across the novel yet, here’s a sample of the amazing reviews and reactions it has been receiving: “In classic English Country House novel style, (The Whalebone Theatre) focuses on the…
Jul 27, 2022 | Joe Melia
It is an enormous pleasure to announce the 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist. These 20 stories and writers remain in the running for this year’s top prize. Massive thanks to our judges, Tom Drake-Lee, Irenosen Okojie and Jessica Taylor, for their care and attentiveness in selecting the shortlist. These are wonderful stories and will…
Jul 20, 2022 | Joe Melia
A huge thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize. We are extremely grateful for every single submission we received; thank you for sending your stories to us. A big thank you also goes to our readers for their enormous contribution to this year’s competition. And it is with great pleasure…
