We’re thrilled to announce this year’s shortlist of 9 stories for The Leicester Writes Short Story Prize. The shortlist was chosen from 21 exceptional stories on this year’s longlist by our fantastic judging panel, including writers Melanie Carvalho and Kathryn Aldridge-Morris.
Stories on this year’s shortlist include (in alphabetical order):
Doppelganger by Barbara Kuessner Hughes
Experience by Victoria Stewart
Fifty fifty ball by Seán McNicholl
Free-falling by Derville Murphy
Going uptown by Vicky Grut
My time at the poison factory by Matt Cook
Okra/bamya/lady fingers by Farha Quadri
We cannot know the dreams of absent fathers by Laura Besley
What washes up by Ryann Overbay
Shortlisted stories will now go through to the final round of judging.
We aim to make our prize announcement on Monday 1 September.