View from the Galley

2015/2016 short story prize shortlist

28 January 2016

Here's the shortlist:

Jessica Greenman - You Must Forget

Rowena Macdonald - Feathered Friends

Jarred McGinnis - Daughters Of The Revolution

Backburn - Ríona Judge McCormack

Short story prize longlist

8 January 2016

We now have a longlist for the first Galley Beggar Short Story prize - and it's one that makes us very proud. There are some wonderful stories.

But while we're delighted with the end result, we have to confess to some difficulty and anxiety too. It wasn't easy whittling down the stories to this level - and we've had to leave some really excellent pieces of work out. In fact, the first thing we'd like to do here is to thank everyone who entered. The standard was often impossibly high and left us wondering just how we were ever going to decide.

Short story prize - slight delay

1 January 2016

Thanks to the wonderful quality and number of entries we've receieved for our short story prize, we're having to delay the announcement of the longlist by a week. Sorry! There's just been too much reading of good stuff to do. Announcement coming on the 8 January!

And lo!

21 October 2015

Yesterday, this arrived at Galley Beggar HQ.

I worried that if I opened this box, my third eye might open and time would start running backwards.

Eventually, I plucked up courage.

And trumpets (golden trumpets!) did ring out, and angels sang, all raised in one ALLELULJAH!

For it is here. It is in the world now. Just look at it:

Guest post - Dodo Ink

29 September 2015

Continuing our very occasional series of guest-posts by fellow indy-publishers, with information on new start-up, Dodo Ink, written by Sam Mills.

There are four of us running Dodo Ink – novelist Sam Mills, book blogger Thom Cuell, marketing whizz Alex Spears, and our rather louche Sobranie-smoking pet Dodo.

The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize

14 August 2015

Calling all writers! We're very pleased to announce that the inaugural Galley Beggar Press Story Prize is open to submissions - judged by the directors of Galley Beggar (Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison) and also two wonderful award-winning novelists, Paul Ewen and Benjamin Myers.

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