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
Longlist
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Susan Gilbert
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Karin Kelly
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Rachel Boscobel
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Mike Guerin
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Valerie Hoare
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Richard Woulfe
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Claire Allen
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Heather Young
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Ekaterina Kakurina
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Mary Byrne
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Gwendoline Coates
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Diane Bown-Wilson
Almost made the longlist:
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Anne Stoney - Soldiers and Lovers
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Samarth Bhasin - Change-over
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Kerry Chambers - To Wonder
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Christina Andersson - Green Velvet
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Sally Nicol - Led by the nose
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Simon Carter - Red 'til I die
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Michael Bird - Everysong
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Elizabeth Meyer - Being Martina Navratilova
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Anil Classen - Fish need to swim
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Michael Pearson - And only I remain
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Virginia Matthews - Three lions
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Dawn Lippiatt - The flight of the bee
Thank you to everyone who entered
Hastings Book Festival team