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Etgar Keret wins the J.J. Greenberg Memorial Award for Fiction
We’re delighted to share the news that Etgar Keret’s story collection Fly Already has won the J.J. Greenberg Memorial Award for Fiction, a National Jewish Book Award administrated by the Jewish Book Council.
Mazen Maarouf shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf, translated from the Arabic by Johnathan Wright, has been shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize 2019.
Paul Dalla Rosa shortlisted for Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Paul Dalla Rosa’s story ‘Comme’ has been shortlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.
Carys Davies wins Aberystwyth University Fiction Award
West by Carys Davies has won the Aberystwyth University Fiction Award 2019 as part of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Awards.
Holly Pester shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Single Poem
We’re thrilled to announce that Holly Pester’s poem ‘Comic Timing’ has been shortlisted for the 2019 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.
Caoilinn Hughes and Alexander MacLeod win O. Henry Prize
‘Prime’ by Caoilinn Hughes and ‘Lagomorph’ by Alexander MacLeod have been announced as winners of the 2019 O. Henry Prize.
Maria Reva selected for The Best American Short Stories 2019
Maria Reva’s ‘Letter of Apology’, first published in Granta 145: Ghosts, has been chosen for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 2019, edited by Anthony Doerr and Heidi Pitlor.
