OUT NOW! Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 15
OUT NOW! Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 15
Congratulations to Diana Powell, the winner of the 2022 Bristol Prize with her story A Cure For All Our Ills, set near her home in Mathry Pembrokeshire.
Second prize went to Manchester-based writer Sufiyaan Salam for his story Wimmy Road Boyz, while the judges awarded third prize to Bristol writer Johanna Spiers for her story OldFish. Johanna also won the Sansom Prize which is awarded to the highest placed story by a Bristol author.
The 15th Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology is an inspiring collection of stories selected from more than 2,000 entries to the 2022 competition. It introduces 20 scintillating writers from around the globe.
Featuring: Yanjanani L. Banda; Leah Carter; Rosie Garland; Paddy Gillies; Lizzie Golds; Helen Kennedy; Elen Lewis; Ananya Mahapatra; David Micklem; Kate O’Grady; Jyoti Patel; Diana Powell; Sufiyaan Salam; Rachel Sloan; Johanna Spiers; Kailash Srinivasan; Henry Stennett; Dennis Tafoya; Nora Thurkle; Ellen Wiese
Writers published in previous Bristol Short Story Prize anthologies have gone on to further publication and success:
Dima Alzayat, winner of the 2017 BSSP was signed by agent Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedman, a judge for the competition that year. Dima’s debut short story collection was published in May 2020
Chloe Wilson, who won 2nd prize in 2018, was subsequently signed by Kate Johnson at MW Lit, who was a judge that year. Chloe’s debut short story collection was published earlier this year.
Emily Bullock was discovered by literary agent Ed Wilson in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 4. She subsequently signed a publishing deal with Myriad Books. Her debut novel was published in April 2015, her second in 2020 and a short story collection in August 2021.
Mahsuda Snaith, the winner of the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize, had her debut novel The Things We Thought We Knew published by Transworld in June 2017, and her second in 2019.
Danielle McLaughlin’s debut collection of short stories was published in 2015. Danielle was published in volume 5 & 7 Bristol Short Story Prize anthologies.
Clare King has had two novels published by Bloomsbury. Clare featured in volume 3 of the Bristol Short Story Prize anthologies.
Tara Conklin’s 2010 shortlisted story, Signs of Our Redemption, published in BSSP Anthology Vol 3 was the basis for her bestselling debut novel, The House Girl, published by William Morrow in the US.
Bristol Short Story Prize is an annual, international writing competition based in the Bristol UK. BSSP publishes an anthology of 20 stories every year & presents cash prizes to the writers.
