G. Préher and C. Seltzer, editors of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) / Les cahiers de la nouvelle, are pleased to announce the publication of number 84, a special issue on Joyce Carol Oats, guested edited by Tanya Tomble.Similar Posts
Confingo Publishing is launching The Crib and Other Stories, by Albertine Sarrazin, translated from the French by Sonya Moor.
Confingo Publishing is launching The Crib and Other Stories, by Albertine Sarrazin, translated from the French by Sonya Moor. These short stories, which appear in English for the first time, were composed for the most part in prison, before Sarrazin’s novels were published to international acclaim in 1965. Here, Sarrazin turns her singular eye on…
Biannual Scratch A4 Writing Competition
The Biannual Scratch A4 writing competition has just opened! It’s a superb competition celebrating stories 1000 words long or less – culminating in the Scratch A4 event in Soho on Saturday 6th December. The prestigious judges are: Harriet Armstrong – author of To Rest Our Minds and Bodies; Steven Evans – Literary Agent at The…
Flash in Translation: Uncanny Objects
On November 6, 2025, the ENSFR and PesText – International Literary and Cultural Festival hosted an online workshop on “Flash in Translation: Uncanny Objects”. The event was jointly organised by Robert Smid, Paul Knowles, Ines Gstrein and Ildikó Hepp. Eleven writers from four countries – Hungary, Austria, the United Kingdom and France – were invited…
New podcast episode: Richard Brautigan’s Short Fiction (with Chris Gair)
Richard Brautigan is most famous for his iconic novel Trout Fishing in America (1967), but he was also a prolific short story writer and poet. Whether you are a hardcore Brautigan fan, or you have never heard of him, this episode is for you! Chris Gair is the director of the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, Senior…
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Writers Taking Part in The Writers of the ENSFR Event
Lisa Blower Lisa Blower is the winner of the 2025 V.S Pritchard prize with her short story Blessings in Burslem In 2009, her short story Broken Crockery won the Guardian Weekend’s summer short fiction special.She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for her story Barmouth in 2013. Her debut novel Sitting Ducks…
Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025.
A hybrid conference convened by the University of Warwick and Manchester in partnership with the European Network for Short Fiction Research. We are excited to announce this call for papers on Ecological Futurity in ShortFiction. We welcome papers that consider the ways in which short fiction envisions radical alternative futures to a world threatened by…