Bath Shortlist!!!

I am absolutely delighted to say that my short story, Deeper Than It Looks, was shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Short Story Award.

That’s me on the Bath website!!!

The story was selected as one of just nineteen on this year’s shortlist.

Bath is an international award that I’ve long since dreamt of seeing my name amongst, so it was such a special moment to see Deeper Than It Looks make the final nineteen, particularly among such a strong group of writers and stories.

The full shortlist

Deeper Than It Looks is a story especially close to my heart, and one I felt had something special to it, I’m delighted it found readers at Bath.

A massive thank you to the Bath Short Story Award team and to this year’s judges for reading and selecting the story — and congratulations to everyone else on the shortlist, and to the winners!

For more: https://www.bathshortstoryaward.org