Congratulations to our client Sussie Anie whose short story Maintenance has been shortlisted for the prestigious The White Review short story prize. After a record-breaking 600 entries, we are delighted to see Sussie on the 8-strong shortlist. You can read the short story here: https://www.thewhitereview.org/fiction/maintenance/

The White Review Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition for emerging writers. Established with support from a Jerwood Charitable Foundation Small Grant in 2013, the prize awards £2,500 to the best piece of short fiction by a writer resident in Britain & Ireland who has yet to secure a publishing deal. Previous winners are Claire-Louise Bennett, Ruby Cowling, Owen Booth, Sophie Mackintosh, Nicole Flattery, Julia Armfield and Vanessa Onwuemezi. They have gone on to secure publishing deals with Hamish Hamilton, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Fourth Estate, Bloomsbury, Boiler House Books and The Stinging Fly.

This year, the prize will be judged by Omar Robert Hamilton, Kishani Widyaratna, and Sophie Scard. The judges will be looking for short stories that explore and expand the possibilities of the form. We encourage submissions from all literary genres, and there are no restrictions on theme or subject matter. We would only emphasise that the prize was founded to reward ambitious, imaginative and innovative approaches to creative writing.

Good luck Sussie!