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Poetry has been a way to process being clinically vulnerable throughout the pandemic. Finding out my pamphlet 'A Diet of Leeches' has been shortlisted for this prize has led to BIG emotions. I am so grateful to be named alongside such powerful talent.

Just had an incredibly informative and inspiring time at the #WriteNow workshop. Special thanks to Coco Hagi for being a great host

The brilliant and talented Rebecca Ferrier with another slammer of a short story!! newgothicreview.com/2023/01/25/the…

I've been thinking about power, the people who align themselves with it and the inevitable cost. That was the inspiration for 'The Dictator's Bride' which is out today with New Gothic Review || Issue 4 Out Now. newgothicreview.com/2023/01/25/the…

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In this world of hustle-culture and endless productivity to the point of exhaustion, sometimes it pays to rest and restore yourself, to become so still and at peace that even a butterfly mistakes you for a perch.

So excited and grateful to have been shortlisted for this brilliant prize! Winner announced on May 8th! Thank you Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow !!

More prize news - check out all my fellow shortlistees below 👀

Please check out this news about my wonderful friend Rebecca Ferrier's debut novel! "A historical fantasy novel steeped in the salt, superstition and sea-folk of a storm-torn Cornish coast" - damn right it is. thebookseller.com/rights/renegad…

So incredibly grateful to be awarded first place in the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction! Celebrating with some nosecco (cause it's a wednesday night 🥂) Massive thanks to Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow and all the students who worked on the shortlist!!!

Honestly, being sat in your mate's kitchen while he wins a big prize and you're trying not to breathe TOO LOUDLY as he reads his winning story LIVE is an experience! Congratulations Jacques Tsiantar (he/him)! We're all so proud!

Still banging on about this, but still can't believe 30 imaginary, irritable swallows and a brilliant prompt from Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow got me here. Nose to the grindstone now for the next big project 🙏 thebookseller.com/news/jacques-t…

If you want to read the story that won the Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short fiction, along with all the other brilliant shortlistees, the e-book is available to buy! Please support this wonderful prize and all the authors in it! amazon.co.uk/Dinesh-Alliraj…

Here is me reading a cheeky preview of the story that won me the Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow Dinesh Allirajah Short Story Prize! Please support this wonderful award and all the shortlistees by purchasing a digital copy here! amazon.co.uk/Dinesh-Alliraj…

Very excited to be included in the new Association for Scottish Literature anthology: Don’t. Even. Ask. Too. Hot. asls.org.uk/publications/b… Pre-order your copy here and read my creepy story about bad fish, and even worse men! 🎣

My gross, fishy tale found a place in Association for Scottish Literature's new anthology! If you fancy some historical horror with a climate-crisis theme, please support me and the other writers in this anthology by getting yourself a copy! asls.org.uk/publications/b…

Dinesh Allirajah Short Story Prize 2025🏆📢 Just over a month left until submissions for the 2025 Dinesh prize close!⌛️ Free to enter and open to all, with a £500 grand prize, submit your story via the link below👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Very excited and honoured to be judging this year's Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow Dinesh Allirajah Prize! Winning last year was a huge confidence boost, and it's been brilliant discussing these fantastic stories with the other judges. Share and come along - it's free! commapress.co.uk/events/dinesh-…

Delighted to be published in Issue 9 of Extra Teeth! Come to the launch at The Portobello Bookshop 04/06! I'll be reading my story "Washed Up" where a desperate cockler unearths something strange and terrible from the sand! Copies available to pre-order at: extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine

ANNOUNCING: ISSUE NINE! FICTION Amy Twigg - UPDATES ONLY Suki Hollywood Julie Galante Katie Webster Gráinne O'Hare Vanessa Santos Beina Xu Holly Kybett Smith Nazaret Ranea Jacques Tsiantar (he/him) NONFICTION Lottie Whalen Paul McQuade Art: KMG