{"id":1317,"date":"2025-07-08T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:53:15","slug":"2024-winners-and-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/2024-winners-and-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Winners and Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are six shortlisted books in 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Forgetting is How We Survive<\/em> by David Frankel (Salt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>After the Funeral<\/em> by Tessa Hadley (Jonathan Cape)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Encounters with Everyday Madness <\/em>by Charlie Hill (Roman Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Monstrous Longing<\/em> by Abi Hynes (Dahlia Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Parables, Fables, Nightmares<\/em> by Malachi McIntosh (The Emma Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea<\/em> by CD Rose (Melville House Publishing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our judges Tom Conaghan (Founder of Scratch Books), last year\u2019s winner writer Bernie McGill, and Edge Hill University alumna and Publishing Manager at Dead Ink Books Harriet Hirshman gave the prize to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/news\/2025\/03\/internationally-acclaimed-author-wins-second-edge-hill-prize\/\">Tessa Hadley for her collection<em> After the Funeral<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malachi McIntosh won the Debut Prize with his collection <em>Parables, Fables, Nightmares<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alma Lilja won the Postgraduate Researcher Prize with her story &#8216;Our Town so Far Inland&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are six shortlisted books in 2024: Our judges Tom Conaghan (Founder of Scratch Books), last year\u2019s winner writer Bernie McGill, and Edge Hill University alumna and Publishing Manager at Dead Ink Books Harriet Hirshman gave the prize to: Tessa Hadley for her collection After the Funeral. 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