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…
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 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 22, 2016 | Joe Melia
One of the main aims of the Bristol Short Story Prize is to encourage, inspire and support writers. In the 8 years since we started, many writers we have published have gone on to publish short story collections, novels and non-fiction titles, and it is always a joy to be able to celebrate and spread…
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…
Feb 26, 2016 | Joe Melia
Joanna Campbell’s debut short story collection, When Planets Slip Their Tracks, has been published by Ink Tears. This is the latest in a succession of recent achievements by Joanna, including the publication of her debut novel, Taking Down the Lion (Brick Lane Publishing), last year and her triumphant winning of the 2015 London Short Story…
Jan 29, 2016 | Joe Melia
Many congratulations to Danielle McLaughlin, whose debut collection of short stories, Dinosaurs on Other Planets (John Murray), was published earlier this month in the UK and has been receiving widespread acclaim, just as it did when it was first published in Ireland by The Stinging Fly last year. Here are some of the great reviews…
