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Our SHORT FICTION/UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2022 (supported by @LiFTS_at_Essex) 3rd prize winner is @jleerichardson with the gloriously imaginative 'GOOD JOB PRESSING'! Read it here, terrifically illustrated by Martin Stubbington: https://t.co/WeNvGXvl0P
"Aoife combines humorous dialogue with a story as tragic as it is cautionary. There’s an incredible control of language, yet the narrative is playful, meandering & rewards the reader in ways which surprised & excited. A brilliant story" - said judges @CalebANelson & @serenadams.
The winner of the SHORT FICTION/UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2022, supported by @LiFTS_at_Essex, is @TrahearneF, with the haunting, powerful & utterly beautiful 'AOIFE'!!! Read it here, brilliantly illustrated by Rebecca Cottrell: https://t.co/ULlmPA8xdG
Almost the last (but definitely not the least!) of the stories we brought you in 2021: November's Featured Story was the "disturbing, magical & utterly mesmerising" 'THEY COME OUT OF NOWHERE' by Mitchell Welch, brilliantly illustrated by Rebecca Cottrell https://t.co/4MEVwM4yNV
We're up to October in our look back at the wonderful stories & artwork we were able to bring you in 2021. Our Featured Story that month was the haunting, elegiac 'CANTLOS' by @SophieMargretta, beautifully illustrated by Martin Stubbington. Read it here: https://t.co/eL9TAAWg5z
Next up in our Greatest Hits of 2021 series: our Featured Story for September was the bittersweet, exquisitely tender 'SEVENTEENTH FLOOR' by @shihlikow, beautifully illustrated by @GiuliaM66061449. You can read it here now: https://t.co/0fMc1KyNyu
Finally, in June we were thrilled to publish the winner of the SHORT FICTION/UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2021, the astonishing 'SHE'S A TANK, A BATTALION, A BANYAN', by @AvrinaJoslin, fabulously illustrated by Rebecca Cottrell: https://t.co/YSpjvj5WHP
Our April Featured Story was the "richly roaming, excoriating" (we said!) 'MABWEADZIVA' by the brilliant Ethel Maqeda (@DhlaminiMaqeda), with terrific original art by Birgitte M R Johnsen. Read it here: https://t.co/fsy43iUgiP
Our November Featured Story is here! Disappear into the disturbing, magical and utterly mesmerising world of "They Come Out of Nowhere" by the brilliant Mitchell Welch, with a fabulous illustration by Rebecca Cottrell. Read it here: https://t.co/zyElMiH6G1
Our November Featured Story will be here very soon, but in the meantime, don't forget to check out our October offering, the wonderful 'CANTLOS' by @SophieMargretta
(with a fantastic illustration by Martin Stubbington) https://t.co/eL9TAAWg5z