Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2021

by Elaine Canning (Editor)

A collection of new contemporary short stories by Welsh writers, comprising twelve diverse stories about human relationships between people and places, representing the winners of the 2021 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. Including short biographical notes on the authors and an introduction by Guest Judge Julia Bell, a writer and Course Director of the MA Creative Writing at Birbeck, University of London. The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is a distinguished national writing competition for writers born or living in Wales. Originally established in 1991, Parthian is delighted to publish the 2021 winning stories on behalf of the Rhys Davies Trust and in association with Swansea University’s Cultural Institute. Previous winners of the prize have included Leonora Brito, Tristan Hughes, and Kate Hamer.

200 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2022

Reviews

[Diane Woodrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some great stories that really touched an emotional chord and some that I wondered how on earth they won, or where short listed.
A great book to try to unravel the minds of the judges for the Rhys Davies annual short story competitions