Author Profiles Author Profile – LIANE SMITH 5 Oct 2021 Today's author profile focuses on Liane Smith, who was shortlisted in one of our earliest competitions and whose story, After Hours Service, appears in our first print anthology. Liane is…
Author Profiles Author Profile – BARBARA KUESSNER HUGHES 14 Sep 2021 Our Author Profile series continues today with Barbara, whose short story The Respite was placed second in our competition at the beginning of this year. Barbara was born in Malaysia…
Author Profiles Author Profile – CHRIS COTTOM 7 Sep 20217 Sep 2021 We continue our Author Profile series with this from Chris Cottom, whose short story The Counter was placed third in our competition in April 2021. His stories have also been…
Author Profiles Author Profile – TESNI JENKINS 17 Aug 2021 Our Author Profile series continues on the website today, featuring one of our youngest writers - 17-year-old Tesni Jenkins. Tesni is an aspiring writer and poet who also enjoys playing…
Author Profiles Author Profile – CATH BARTON 28 Jul 202130 Jul 2021 Our Author Profile series continues on the website today, featuring the very prolific and talented Cath Barton. Cath has appeared on our short- and long-lists numerous times. Her July 2020…
Author Profiles Author Profile – JOHN HOLLAND 20 Jul 2021 Our Author Profile series continues today with prolific short story writer John Holland. John's story The Most Beautiful Thing She Has Ever Seen was shortlisted in our July 2019 competition,…
Author Profiles Author Profile – NICKI PARKINS 6 Jul 2021 Nicki’s story Turnstone was placed first in one of our short story competitions last year. You can read it on our website here, as well as in our first print…
Author Profiles Author Profile – ROBBIE BROWN 22 Jun 2021 Robbie's fascinating story, Final Call For a Simulated Reality, was shortlisted in the July 2020 short story quarter, and is featured in our first Short Story print anthology. (One or…
Author Profiles Author Profile – GWENDA MAJOR 9 Jun 2021 Gwenda's story Spitting Image was placed third in one of our earliest competitions. You can read it on our website here, as well as in our first print anthology. Gwenda…
Author Profiles Author Profile – JOHN BIGLANDS 25 May 2021 John is a writer of speculative fiction. His scribblings are usually born in the early hours of the morning when the mystical mind-hamsters tickle his brain until he gets up…
Author Profiles Author Profile – HANNAH SUTHERLAND 12 May 202112 May 2021 Hannah won Cranked Anvil's first Flash Fiction prize with her story Warm Milk. You can read it on our website here. She has also been placed 2nd in the Writing…
Author Profiles Author Profile – ALAN KENNEDY 1 Apr 2021 Alan's story The Storyteller's Gift was placed first in our April 2020 short story competition. It appeared in our first print anthology, as well as being published here on our…
Author Profiles Author Profile – SHARON BOYLE 2 Mar 2021 Sharon's short story Moth Woman was placed first in our competition in July last year. It appeared in our first print anthology. You can also read it on our website…
Author Profiles Author Profile – CAROLE GARRETT 23 Feb 20219 Jun 2021 Carole's short story New Baby made our shortlist in April 2020 and was included in our first short story print anthology. She describes herself as "a 49 year old want-to-be…
