The shortlist for Salt Publishing‘s 2011 Scott Prize for unpublished debut short story collections has been announced. Says Salt: “This prize forms part of Salt’s commitment to the short story … Continue reading →
The $20,000 Story Prize, run by Larry Dark (who Sarah Salway interviewed for us here), is an very prestigious annual book award for short story collections written in English and … Continue reading →
Salt Publishing have announced the winners of their inaugural Scott Prize for Short Fiction. Congratulations tothe four authors whose debut short story collections will be published later this year: Patrick … Continue reading →
The first annual Sunday Times short story competition, at £25,000 for a single story now the most lucrative prize in the world for writers published in the UK, has announced … Continue reading →
We are delighted to have the wonderful Rose Metal Press, independent publishers of “hybrid genres specializing in the publication of short shorts, flash and microfiction; prose poetry; novels-in-verse or book-length … Continue reading →
Congratulations to Simon Van Booy who is this year’s winner of the 35,000 Euro Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award for his collection, Love Begins in Winter! We will be … Continue reading →
Some exciting news from Short Story World. First, Electric Literature, the new lit zine that is available in print, as an eBook, or for your Kindle of iPhone, and pays … Continue reading →
Chris Beckett beat the big names to scoop this year’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize for his imaginative, rich and compelling short story collection, The Turing Test, (read the review … Continue reading →
Shocker in the short story world – Chris Beckett, author of the Turing Test, published by Elastic Press, has beaten heavyweight writers of “literary fiction” Anne Enright, Ali Smith, Gerard … Continue reading →
We welcome Ailsa Cox, fiction writer, critic, tutor of creative writing, and one of the coordinators of the Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story, giving us a quick peak … Continue reading →