We are delighted to announce the Edge Hill Prize Shortlist! edgehill.ac.uk/news/2024/11/…

The shortlisted books are now with our judging panel… while we wait for the ceremony on 20th February, when the winner will be announced, our interns are enjoying a spot of reading around our beautiful Edge Hill University campus. #edgehilluniversity #shortstoryprize #shortlist

Celebrating the brilliance of short fiction writers! A huge congratulations to our Edge Hill Prize Shortlisters!

Tessa Hadley’s After The Funeral, published by Penguin Books.

Rebecca Ivory’s Free Therapy, published by Penguin Books.

Timothy J Jarvis Treatises On Dust, published by Swan River Press.

So Mayer’s Truth & Dare, published by Cipher Press.

Josie Long’s Because I Don’t Know What You Mean And What You Don’t, published by Canongate Books.

Thomas Morris Open Up, published by Faber & Faber.

David Gaffney’s Concrete Fields, published by Salt Publishing.

Malachi McIntosh’s Parables, Fables, Nightmares, published by Emma Press.

David Frankel’s Forgetting Is How We Survive, published by Salt Publishing.

Emma Brankin’s Attention Seekers, published by Valley Press.

C.D Rose’s Walter Benjamin Stares At The Sea, published by Melville House Publishing.

Charlie Hill’s Encounters With Everyday Madness published by Roman Books.

Adam Marek’s The Universe Delivers The Enemy You Need, published by Comma Press.

Abi Hynes debut collection Monstrous Longing, published by Dahlia Publishing.

Over the next few days we’ll be celebrating our long listed collections, sharing little tasters from each one. Hope you enjoy!