Winners

I am delighted to announce the winners of The Glasgow Student Short Story Prize, chosen by our judge, A. L. Kennedy!

1st Prize Winner:

Linda McLaughlin (Glasgow University)
'Taking Care of Joseph'

2nd Prize Winner:

Nikki Cameron (Glasgow University)
'Catching the Number 79 Bus'

3rd Prize Winner:

Craig R Lamont (Strathclyde University)
'He Wasn't Half Late'

Special Mentions:

Vicki Husband (Glasgow University) with 'McLeish'
Mary Houston (Glasgow University) with 'In A Pickle'
Robert Kilgour (Strathclyde University) with 'Discomfort Food'
Matt Brolly (Glasgow University) with 'Heron'
John Jennett (Glasgow University) with 'Guga'

Congratulations!

The shortlisted and winning stories will be available to read in an anthology, free to read online on this blog very soon, or available for purchase within the week. The stories will also be published in a dedicated 'Prize Winners Edition' of From Glasgow To Saturn (the literary journal of Glasgow University's Creative Writing MLitt) on 14th August.

Thank you to every student who entered the prize.

I am thrilled that the prize attracted submissions from all five major universities and academies in Glasgow. Shortlisted stories came from a diverse range of students, studying Creative Writing, English Literature, Journalism, History of Art, Forensic Biology and Law.

I'm proud to have read so many excellent short stories, and I'm confident that whether or not individual entrants won prizes or a place on the shortlist, they will continue to write and to make Glasgow a great place to be a writer.

Here is a preview of the cover of the upcoming anthology!

The Cover