{"id":51,"date":"2022-06-20T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T10:01:49","slug":"previous-shortlists-and-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous shortlists and winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive items-justified-space-between wp-block-navigation is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-f200d7a0 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M5 5v1.5h14V5H5z\"><\/path><path d=\"M5 12.8h14v-1.5H5v1.5z\"><\/path><path d=\"M5 19h14v-1.5H5V19z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bernie McGill for <em>This Train is for<\/em>&#8230; (No Alibis Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Total <\/em>by Rebecca Miller (Canongate)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Love in the Time of Chaos<\/em> by Rosemary Jenkinson (Arlen House)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Cat Brushing &amp; Other Stories<\/em> by Jane Campbell (Riverrun)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Animals at Night<\/em> by Naomi Booth (Dead Ink Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Naomi Booth won the Readers&#8217; Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2024\/02\/berniemcgill.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie McGill accepting the Edge Hill Short Story Prize award\" class=\"wp-image-1273 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2024\/02\/berniemcgill.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2024\/02\/berniemcgill-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2024\/02\/berniemcgill-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2022\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Saba Sams for <em>Send Nudes<\/em> (Bloomsbury)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wendy Erskine for <em>Dance Move<\/em> (Picador\/Stinging Fly) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iphgenia Baal for <em>Man Hating Psycho<\/em> (Influx Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucy Caldwell for <em>Intimacies<\/em> (Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vanessa Onwuemezi for <em>Dark Neighbourhood<\/em> (Fitzcarraldo Editions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wendy Erskine won the Readers\u2019 Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/sabasams.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Saba Sams\" class=\"wp-image-1156 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/sabasams.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/sabasams-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/sabasams-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2021\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Barry, <em>That Old Country Music<\/em> (Canongate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alice Ash\u202f<em>Paradise Block<\/em>&nbsp;(Serpent\u2019s Tail\/Profile)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rosemary Jenkinson&nbsp;<em>Lifestyle Choice 10mg<\/em>&nbsp; (Doire Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jo Lloyd<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready&nbsp;Lies<\/em>&nbsp;\u202f(Swift Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexandros&nbsp;Plasatis<em>&nbsp;Made by Sea and Wood, in&nbsp;Darkness<\/em>\u202f (Spuyten Duyvil)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Vincent&nbsp;<em>She-Clown and other stories<\/em>&nbsp;(Myriad Editions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Readers prize was awarded to Alice Ash for Paradise Block.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kevin Barry\" class=\"wp-image-1157 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2020\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shelley Day&nbsp;<em>What Are You Like<\/em>&nbsp;(Postbox Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lucy Sweeney Byrne&nbsp;<em>Paris Syndrome<\/em>&nbsp;(Banshee Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ruby Cowling&nbsp;<em>This Paradise<\/em>&nbsp;(Boiler House Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sarah Hall&nbsp;<em>Sudden Traveller&nbsp;<\/em>(Faber)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linda Mannheim&nbsp;<em>This Way to Departures<\/em>&nbsp;(Influx Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Readers prize was awarded to Ruby Cowling for Flamingo Land.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/shelleyday.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Shelley Day\" class=\"wp-image-1176 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/shelleyday.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/shelleyday-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/shelleyday-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2019\">2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>David Szalay, <em>Turbulence <\/em>(Cape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wendy Erskine,<em>&nbsp;Sweet Home<\/em>&nbsp;(Stinging Fly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vicky Grut,&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Live Show, Drink Included<\/em>&nbsp;(Holland Park Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Power,&nbsp;<em>Mothers&nbsp;<\/em>(Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon van Booy,&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The Sadness of Beautiful Things<\/em>&nbsp;(Penguin, USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucy Wood,&nbsp;<em>The Sing of the Shore&nbsp;<\/em>(4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Estate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David also won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/davidszalay.jpg\" alt=\"David Szlay holding his Edge Hill Short Story prize\" class=\"wp-image-1159 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/davidszalay.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/davidszalay-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/davidszalay-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2018\">2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tessa Hadley, <em>Bad Dreams <\/em>(Cape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sarah Hall, Madame Zero (Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alison MacLeod, <em>All the Beloved Ghosts<\/em> (Bloomsbury)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Rachman, <em>Basket of Deplorables <\/em>(Riverrun Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leone Ross, <em>Come Let Us Sing Anyway <\/em>(Peepal Tree Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sarah Hall won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/tessahadley.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa Hadley with her Edge Hill Short Story Prize\" class=\"wp-image-1160 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/tessahadley.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/tessahadley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/tessahadley-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017\">2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Daisy Johnson,&nbsp;<em>Fen<\/em>&nbsp;(Cape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lucy Caldwell,&nbsp;<em>Multitudes<\/em>&nbsp;(Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irenosen Okjie,&nbsp;<em>Speak Gigantular<\/em>&nbsp;(Jacaranda)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K.J. Orr,&nbsp;<em>Light Box<\/em>&nbsp;(Daunt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joanna Walsh,&nbsp;<em>Vertigo<\/em>&nbsp;(And Other Stories)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daisy also won the Readers&#8217; Prize. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/daisyjohnson.jpg\" alt=\"Daisy Johnson speaking at an event for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize\" class=\"wp-image-1161 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/daisyjohnson.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/daisyjohnson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/daisyjohnson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2016\">2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessie Greengrass,&nbsp;<em>An Account of the Decline Of The Great Auk, According To One Who Saw It&nbsp;<\/em>(John Murray Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kate Clanchy,&nbsp;<em>The Not-Dead and the Saved<\/em>&nbsp;(Picador)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stuart Evers,&nbsp;<em>Your Father Sends his Love<\/em>&nbsp;(Picador)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>China Mieville,&nbsp;<em>Three Moments of an Explosion<\/em>&nbsp;(Macmillan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Morris,&nbsp;<em>We Don\u2019t Know What We\u2019re Doing<\/em>&nbsp;(Faber &amp; Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angela Readman,&nbsp;<em>Don\u2019t&nbsp;Try&nbsp;This at&nbsp;Home&nbsp;<\/em>(And Other Stories)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>China Mieville won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/jessiegreengrass.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Jessie Greengrass\" class=\"wp-image-1162 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/jessiegreengrass.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/jessiegreengrass-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/jessiegreengrass-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2015\">2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirsty Gunn,&nbsp;<em>Infidelities&nbsp;<\/em>(Faber &amp; Faber)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Madeleine D\u2019Arcy,&nbsp;<em>Waiting for the Bullet&nbsp;<\/em>(Doire Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carys Davies,&nbsp;<em>The Temptation of Galen Pike&nbsp;<\/em>(Salt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toby Litt,&nbsp;<em>Life-Like&nbsp;<\/em>(Seagull Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anneliese Mackintosh,&nbsp;<em>Any Other Mouth&nbsp;<\/em>(Freight)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rose Tremain,&nbsp;<em>The American Lover&nbsp;<\/em>(Chatto &amp; Windus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Madeleine D&#8217;arcy won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kirstygunn.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kirsty Gunn\" class=\"wp-image-1163 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kirstygunn.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kirstygunn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kirstygunn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2014\">2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>John Burnside,&nbsp;<em>Something Like Happy&nbsp;<\/em>(Jonathan Cape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jaki McCarrick,&nbsp;<em>The Scattering<\/em>&nbsp;(Seren Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bernie McGill,&nbsp;<em>Sleepwalkers<\/em>&nbsp;(Whittrick Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Rose,&nbsp;<em>Posthumous Stories<\/em>&nbsp;(Salt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rachel Trezise,&nbsp;<em>Cosmic Latte<\/em>&nbsp;(Parthian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rachel Trezise won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2013\">2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Barry,&nbsp;<em>Dark Lies the Island&nbsp;<\/em>(Jonathan Cape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emma Donoghue,&nbsp;<em>Astray<\/em>&nbsp;(Pan Macmillan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Marek,&nbsp;<em>The Stone Thrower<\/em>&nbsp;(Comma Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jon McGregor, This Isn\u2019t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jane Rogers,&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Hitting Trees With Sticks<\/em>&nbsp;(Comma Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucy Wood,&nbsp;<em>Diving Belles<\/em>&nbsp;(Bloomsbury)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kevin Barry\" class=\"wp-image-1157 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2023\/11\/kevinbarry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2012\">2012<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Hall,&nbsp;<em>The Beautiful Indifference&nbsp;<\/em>(Faber &amp; Faber)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A.J. Ashworth,&nbsp;<em>Somewhere Else or Even Here<\/em>&nbsp;(Salt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tessa Hadley, &nbsp;<em>Married Love<\/em>&nbsp;(Jonathan Cape)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowena Macdonald,&nbsp;<em>Smoked Meat&nbsp;<\/em>(Flambard)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zoe Lambert,&nbsp;<em>The War Tour<\/em>&nbsp;(Comma)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2011\">2011<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham Mort,&nbsp;<em>Touch<\/em>&nbsp;(Seren)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mich\u00e8le Roberts,&nbsp;<em>Mud, Stories and Sex and Love<\/em>&nbsp;(Virago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polly Samson,&nbsp;<em>Perfect Lives<\/em>&nbsp;(Virago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helen Simpson,&nbsp;<em>In-flight Entertainment<\/em>&nbsp;(Jonathan Cape)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Vowler,&nbsp;<em>The Method<\/em>&nbsp;(Salt Publishing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tom Vowler won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2010\">2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Dyson,&nbsp;<em>The Cranes that Build the Cranes&nbsp;<\/em>(Abacus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jane Feaver,&nbsp;<em>Love Me Tender<\/em>&nbsp;(Vintage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A.L. Kennedy,&nbsp;<em>What Becomes<\/em>&nbsp; (Vintage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nuala Ni Conchuir,&nbsp;<em>Nude<\/em>&nbsp;(Salt )<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert Shearman,&nbsp;<em>Love Songs for the Shy &amp; Cynical<\/em>&nbsp;(Big Finish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robert Shearman won the Readers&#8217; Prize <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2009\">2009<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Beckett,&nbsp;<em>The Turing Test&nbsp;<\/em>(Elastic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortlist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gerard Donovan,&nbsp;<em>Country of the Grand<\/em>&nbsp;(Faber)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anne Enright,&nbsp;<em>Yesterday\u2019s Weather<\/em>&nbsp;(Cape)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shena Mackay,&nbsp;<em>The Atmospheric Railway<\/em>&nbsp;(Cape)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ali Smith,&nbsp;<em>The First Person and Other Stories&nbsp;<\/em>(Hamish Hamilton)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chris Beckett also won the Readers&#8217; Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\">2021<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2020\">2020<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2019\">2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2017\">2017<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2016\">2016<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2015\">2015<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/shortstory\/sample-page\/previous-shortlists-and-winners\/#2014\">2014<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex 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