Three UEA writers have been longlisted for the 2023 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, which is worth £2,500 to the winner. Naomi Wood, who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2008 and from the PhD in Creative & Critical Writing in 2013 and is now a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at UEA, is longlisted for ‘Comorbidities’; PJ Johnson, who graduated from the BA in English Literature & Creative Writing in 2021 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) last year, is nominated for ‘Clean’; and Mahreen Sohail (pictured), who was the Charles Pick Writing Fellow at UEA in 2014, is longlisted for ‘Sisters’. The shortlist for the Prize will be announced on 3 March, and the winner on 17 March.
Naomi Wood, PJ Johnson and Mahreen Sohail longlisted for Galley Beggar Prize
