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2024 Short Story Shortlist

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

Shortlisted short story writers

Susan Gilbert

Mike Guerin

Richard Woulfe

Claire Allen

Ekaterina Kakurina

Mary Byrne

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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  
     

Almost made 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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Thank you to everyone who entered​​

Hastings Book Festival team​​

Longlisted short story writers

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