GET ALL OF OUR PREVIOUS PRIZE ANTHOLOGIES FOR €8 With over 70 of the best short works from the previous years! desperateliterature.com/product/sextup… "In the hands of some of these writers, the story form was brought to bear on the modern scene in new and astute ways." —Rachel Cusk

Great to see Benjamin Wal's Maintenance reach the Galley Beggar shortlist. Keenly observed, sympathetic. Right up my alley. Do have a read!

"It's clear there’s a risk of the government attempting to rewrite parts of history." Thom Petty writes about the experience of working on TV drama #Breathtaking and how telling their stories gives doctors power to dispel false narratives about #covid bmj.com/content/384/bm…

This is a terrific piece of writing. I haven't got my words with me today so I'll just have to describe it as uneasy-ing. Congrats to Max Lury.

Excited for my (first ever live 😬) reading at this event tomorrow!

Had a terrific time at the Desperate Literature prize reading last night in Burley Fisher Books Books. Lovely to meet fellow writers and short story enthusiasts. It's truly such a generous prize - I encourage you to enter the 2024 edition 💯

PUBLISHED TODAY! Get it in all good bookshops…

England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee is my read of the year so far and this sums it up perfectly 👌

Very pleased to see my story, 'Mr Tanaka Needs Some Rest' is a finalist for Best of the Net🛬Thanks The Forge Literary Magazine Sara Crowley Yosh Haggerty! forgelitmag.com/2023/04/03/mr-…

In belated recognition of Robert Coover’s death, give 5 minutes to this brilliant short story newyorker.com/magazine/2011/…

Immensely grateful for this. Thank you Aesthetica Magazine and judges 🙏

We're delighted that #EnglandIsMine by Nicolas Padamsee is on the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize longlist, recognising forward-thinking and fearless literature. This urgent debut novel, tackling online radicalisation, is out now. serpentstail.com/work/england-i… Nicolas Padamsee