CFP: “The Health of the Short Story” – Short Fiction in Theory and Practice


A message from Dr Rodge Glass to all those interested in Alasdair Gray’s short fiction. Follow the link below for further information about this exciting event. The University of Strathclyde and the Alasdair Gray Archive, in partnership with the Glasgow School of Art, the University of Western Brittany (HCTI), Aix-Marseille Universite (LERMA), Edge Hill University,…
The next issue of Microtextualidades (n. 9, May 2021) is now open to the submission of contributions. Coordinators: Eunice Ribeiro y Xaquín Núñez Sabarís Deadline: 15/01/2021 (Spanish version below) “The characters in the micro-story walk in profile.” This sentence by Andrés Neuman, extracted from his ten micro-notes on this narrative form, attributes to the protagonists…
By Laura-Amalia Oulanne A fictional umbrella, doll, or tombstone can engage readers as lived bodies with a lifetime of experience interacting with the material world of things.
The ENSFR reading group The ENSFR reading group aims to provide a digital space for early career researchers and postgraduate students to come together and discuss classic and new short fiction. The reading group is co-coordinated by Maddie Sinclair (University of Warwick), Paul Knowles (University of Manchester) and Ines Gstrein (University of Innsbruck). The group…
The prestigious Edge Hill Prize is now in its 16th year and is the only national literary award to recognise excellence in a published, single-authored short story collection. This year’s shortlist includes two previously shortlisted writers and two debut collections, with the winner set to scoop a £10,000 prize. The five shortlisted books are:…