Wendy Erskine and Lucy Caldwell shortlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Dance Move by Wendy Erskine and Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell are on the shortlist for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Five collections of short stories have been short-listed for the prestigious award, which recognises excellence in a published, single-authored short story collection, with a first prize of £10,000.

The Shortlist

Man Hating Psycho by Iphgenia Baal (Influx Press)
Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell (Faber)
Dance Move by Wendy Erskine (Stinging Fly/Picador)
Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Send Nudes by Saba Sams (Bloomsbury)

A £1,000 Readers’ Choice Award will also be presented to one of the shortlisted authors, as well as a £500 prize for the best short story submitted by an Edge Hill MA Creative Writing student.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in November.