These were the 5 shortlisted books in 2023:
- Total by Rebecca Miller (Canongate)
- Love in the Time of Chaos by Rosemary Jenkinson (Arlen House)
- Cat Brushing & Other Stories by Jane Campbell (Riverrun)
- Animals at Night by Naomi Booth (Dead Ink Books)
- This Train is for… by Bernie McGill (No Alibis Press)
Our judges Lucy Luck (Agent with CWA), last year’s winner Saba Sams, and Edge Hill University lecturer and short story writer Andrea Ashworth gave the prize to:
Bernie McGill for her collection This Train is For …
Naomi Booth won the Readers’ Prize.
Will Clark won the MA Prize.