Deadline 30th September 2020 Who may enter The competition is open to both unpublished and published writers, and from anywhere in the world. Details The contest is organised by the Gal… Read More

The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2019/20 is now open for submissions. KEY DATES: Submissions deadline: 29 September 2019 Longlist announcement: 13 January 2020Shortlist announcement… Read More

Terms and conditionsThe Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition for both published and unpublished writers, writing original fiction in English, and from a… Read More

Deadline 30th September 2019 Who may enter The competition is open to both unpublished and published writers, and from anywhere in the world. Description The contest is organized by the … Read More

This article titled “Fiction to look out for in 2022” was written by Alex Preston, for The Observer on Sunday 26th December 2021 11.00 UTC Whether it’s a hangover from a… Read More

Gallery Beggar Press 2017/2018 short story prizeThe Galley Beggar Press Story Story Prize 2017/18 is now open to submissions.KEY DETAILSJudges.This year, the directors of Galley Beggar Press… Read More

If a novelist had submitted a story to my publishing company about someone losing £40,000 one day and then regaining it the next, thanks to the beautiful kindness of thousands of str… Read More

 Jon Fortgang is a writer of some distinction, and distinct not least for ably leading the writing group at my local library (I won't say *precisely* which locality this is, to avo… Read More

Harsimran Gill Courtesy David GodwinDavid Godwin is the agent Indian authors go to when they’re looking to crack the international market. When I met David Godwin on a c… Read More

The long list with reviews from one of my favourite newspapers, The Guardian The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Vintage, Chatto & Windus)The plot: Under lock and key until publicati… Read More