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Best Stories of the Year

The best stories of 2011
2011
Y. J. Zhu, Teresa Stenson, Nemone Thornes, Adnan Mahmutovic, Alex Barr, Mary O'Shea, A. J. Ashworth, Michael Coleman, David Frankel, Adrian Sells, Angela Sherlock, Emma Martin

The best stories of 2010
2010
Wena Poon, Toby Litt, Julia Goubert, Willie Davis, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Kevin Spaide, Carys Davies, Jonathan Attrill, Peggy Riley, Tom Vowler, Paul McGuire, Jo Cannon, Jarred McGinnis, Henrietta Rose-Innes

The best stories of 2009
2009
Jo Lloyd, Carys Davies, Morowa Yejidé, Nick Holdstock, Margot Taylor, Carol Farrelly, Claudia Boers, Jenny Barden, Jill Widner, Ben Cheetham

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2007
Willie Davis, Steve Finbow, James Lawless, Lee Joans, Nicholas Hogg, Wes Lee, Vanessa Gebbie, Jonathan Attrill, Laura Solomon, Shakti Bhatt, Laura Heggie, Olesya Mishechkina, Arthur Allan

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2006
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by judges

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Bullfighting
- Roddy Doyle - (More)

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The Blue
- Maggie Gee - (More)

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Gargoyle 53
- Richard Peabody (Ed.) - (More)

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Solo
- Rana Dasgupta -

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On Beauty
- Zadie Smith -

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Tokyo Cancelled
- Rana Dasgupta -

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White Teeth
- Zadie Smith -

poetry

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Last Night's Dream Corrected
 - poetry from -
Bill Berkson
Mikey Delgado
Joanne Kyger
Michael Rothenberg
- and others -

(Pretend Genius Press, 2006)


Previous years

2006

Judge: Zadie Smith

Joint winners:
"Dodie's Gift" by Vannessa Gebbie
"Secure" by Mikey Delgado

2007

Judge: Zadie Smith

Winner:
"Kid in a Well" by Willie Davis

2008

Judge: Zadie Smith

No winner - Prize donated to Comic Relief

2009

Judge: Rana Dasgupta

Winner:
"Work" by Jo Lloyd

2010

Judge: Richard Peabody

Winner:
"The Architects" by Wena Poon

2011

Judge: Maggie Gee

Winner:
"Out of Season" by Mary O'Shea


All the winning stories are available in: New Short Stories

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Thinner than a Hair
-Adnan Mahmutovic-

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The Coward's Tale
- Vanessa Gebbie -
(Bloomsbury, 2011)

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Hilary and David
- Laura Solomon -
(Proverse Hong Kong, 2011)

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The Tree That Bleeds: A Uighir Town on the Edge
- Nick Holdstock -
(Luath Press, 2011)

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Marry or Burn
- Valerie Trueblood -
(Counterpoint, U.S., 2010)

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Insignificant Gestures
- Jo Cannon -
(Pewter Rose, 2010)

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Storm Warning
Echoes of Conflict
- Vanessa Gebbie -
(Salt, 2010)

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The Method
- Tom Vowler -
(Salt, 2010)

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Life and War with
Mikey Fatboy Delgado
(Laughing Mushroom, 2010)

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Alex y Robert
- Wena Poon -
(Salt, 2010)

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The Avenue
- James Lawless -
(Wordonthestreet, 2010)

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Balzac of the Badlands
- Steve Finbow -
(Future Fiction, 2009)

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An Imitation of Life
- Laura Solomon -
(Solidus, 2009)

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You
- a novel -
Nuala Ní Chonchúir (more)

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Words from a Glass Bubble
- Vanessa Gebbie -
(Salt, 2008)

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Show Me The Sky
- Nicholas Hogg -
(Canongate, 2008)

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Some New Ambush
- Carys Davies -
(Salt, 2007)

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Bed
- Tao Lin -
(Melville House, 2007)

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one note symphonies
- Sean Brijbasi -
(Pretend Genius, 2007)


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