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…
Dear ENSFR members, We are excited to announce that the ENSFR is launching a new writing group in September (all welcome to join). To celebrate we have an organized a writers of the ENSFR event to showcase the brilliant work that writers in the network are producing. The writers speaking at the event are Ed…
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…
A series of interviews from Andrea Marzocchi at the University of Surrey. Andrea discusses the short story form with academics, writers, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories. Previous episodes have included Michael Collins, Tom Conaghan, Michael Basseler and short story author Heuijung Hur. In the latest conversation he talks to Andrew…
Please help Zohreh Baghban, a member of ENSFR. As part of her creative writing PhD research, she is conducting a survey on animals and food. The responses will contribute to her flash fiction collection. The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. It would be great if you could submit your response by June 30,…