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Short Story Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our short story competition.

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Thanks to everyone who entered our competition this year!

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Once again this year, our short story judge VG Lee commented on the high standard of entries this year.

The winners of both the short story and the poetry competitions will be announced during the upcoming book festival. 

Our colleagues at New Writing South will select the winner of the Sussex prize from the longlist.

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Shortlisted short story writers

Susan Gilbert

Mike Guerin

Richard Woulfe

Claire Allen

Ekaterina Kakurina

Mary Byrne

Longlisted short story writers

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Longlist

  • Susan Gilbert 

  • Karin Kelly 

  • Rachel Boscobel  

  • Mike Guerin  

  • Valerie Hoare 

  • Richard Woulfe  

  • Claire Allen 

  • Heather Young 

  • Ekaterina Kakurina 

  • Mary Byrne 

  • Gwendoline Coates 

  • Diane Bown-Wilson  

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Just Missed the Longlist

  • Anne Stoney - Soldiers and Lovers

  • Samarth Bhasin - Change-over

  • Kerry Chambers - To Wonder

  • Christina Andersson - Green Velvet

  • Sally Nicol - Led by the nose

  • Simon Carter - Red 'til I die

  • Michael Bird - Everysong

  • Elizabeth Meyer - Being Martina Navratilova

  • Anil Classen - Fish need to swim

  • Michael Pearson - And only I remain

  • Virginia Matthews - Three lions

  • Dawn Lippiatt - The flight of the bee

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​Hastings Book Festival team

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