The Galley Beggar Press
Short Story Prize 2023/24



THE WINNING STORY

Santa Fe | Max Lury

The SHORTLIST

Santa Fe | Max Lury

Twins | Sarah Messerschmidt

Maintenance | Benjamin Wal

THE LONGLIST

i was a girl runner | A. Arbor

The Muffin Man | Will Hall

The Perils of Sleeping on Your Back | Rabia Kapoor

A Family Gathering | K. Lockwood Jefford

Santa Fe | Max Lury

Twins | Sarah Messerschmidt

Spume of the Mouth | Ruby Opalka

Dirty Weekend | Laurence Pritchard

Seven, Eight, Nine | Mohini Singh

Maintenance | Benjamin Wal

Special mentions

‘Partisans’, Mirri Glasson Darling | ‘Chef Recommends’, Gavin Weale | ‘Wapiti Bull’, Rob Magnuson Smith | ‘Cusp’, Letty Butler | ‘Departures’, James Young | ‘A Polished Affair’, Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam | ‘Chiak Kantang’, Emilia Ong | ‘Citrus & Cedar’, Rory Thorp | ‘Mind the Gap’, Isabel Brooks' | ‘Last Boat to Eden’, Mithran Somasundrum | ‘The Day Came Fat’, Riddhi Dastidar

PRIZES

winning story £2500 | shortlist £200 | longlist £50 book vouchers + subscription

judges

alex clark, chigozie obioma, tomiwa owolade, susan tomaselli


The 2023/24 Prize Judges


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