Runner-up in the Thresholds Feature Writing Competition: GILL THOMPSON recommends the short fiction of Katherine Mansfield: ‘The very best short story writers, and Katherine Mansfield is clearly one of these, can distill a profound theme into a word or phrase…’
Runner-up in the Thresholds Feature Writing Competition: DAN POWELL recommends Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s graphic short story collection The Push Man and Other Stories: ‘Each time I return to my well worn Drawn and Quarterly edition, I am struck by their undiminished capacity to unnerve…’
We are delighted to announce the results of the 2014 THRESHOLDS International Short Fiction Feature Writing Competition…
COMPETITION SHORTLIST: ‘This year our team of judges found a very high quality of writing across the board, with vibrant and insightful pieces that captivated us, surprised us and even challenged our preconceptions…
Over the past few weeks, the team of THRESHOLDS judges has been busy reading and re-reading the entries, debating and deliberating. Finally, we bring you.… The 2014 THRESHOLDS Features Award longlist.
The 2014 THRESHOLDS Feature Writing Competition is open for entries until Wednesday 02 April, midnight GMT. £500 first prize. 2x £100 runner-up prizes. FREE to enter…
‘Her stories are visually rich, her dialogue skilfully edited, her ability to conjure up the reality of a scene is almost incantatory…’ In her essay, shortlisted for our 2013 Feature Writing Competition, ANNA ARBITER recommends No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July.
‘I was slow coming to this book, but then good books, like lovers, have a way of finding you…’ In his essay, shortlisted for the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition, TOM VOWLER explores Graham Mort’s short story collection Touch.
DAN POWELL, runner-up in the 2013 THRESHOLDS International Feature Writing Competition, recommends Stig Dagerman’s short story collection The Games of Night: ‘Sometimes at night, running from the shadows of his own loneliness, Stig Dagerman had a game he would play…’
In his essay, EAMONN GRIFFIN looks at how Magnus Mills’ work is ‘characterised by its constraints: Englishness, routine, lack of information, anonymised male narrators, potentially comic situations with an unfolding atmosphere of unease…’
