| Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize – Longlisted Stories We are very happy to share with you the longlisted stories for the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2026! It was a real treat to work our way through so many incredible entries, and settling on this longlist was no easy task. So well done to these very exciting writers. A massive thank you to all of our readers who have helped us get to this point. Big thanks to our fantastic prize partners Granta Magazine, London Writers Centre, Mslexia, Rali Editorial, The London Magazine, The Stinging Fly and Wasafiri for their ongoing support and collaboration. The twelve shortlisted stories, which will be published in this year’s anthology, will be announced in mid-July. As For Tokyo, It Sometimes Snows in Winter – Gordon Collins Beastrum – James Roberts Bodhi Baby! – Olly Barret Choupette – Persephone Deacon Disassembling – Gabby Jonsberg-Holmes For Entertainment Purposes Only – John Braime Golden Hill Fort – Nina Cullinane I, Me, Sonny – Izzie Glover Interview With The Local – Pushkar Mankar Lipstick and Linen – Benedict Pignatelli Logistics – Charlie Geoghegan Lost Souls – Sally Sheridan Only Carbs – Edelle Dwyer Parnell Square – Ciara Aaron Replicas – Marni Robertson Robots, Take My Job – Coggin Galbreath Saint Helena’s Home for Incurably Insane Women – Anna Dempsey Salt of the Earth – Sarah Cotton Spaceship – Eve Xin Stepsister – James Hudson The Beige Album – Marketa Dowling The Ghost of David Bowie – David McGrath The Hateful Daughter – Saffron Morter-Laing The Pact – Alizée Denoual The Pillar – Lois Cuckson The Prodigal Father – Uduak-Abasi Ekong The Wisdom of Crowds – Sam Jones Ulysses S. Grant – Emi Uyematsu Valentine in Valencia – Talulla Cameron We Go As One – Bethany Wren Wednesday afternoon – Georgie Evans What Will You Dream Now – Timothy Collyer Wheels – Amy Eustace Wolf Soup – Sam Winterburn Women Who Break Their Own Ankles – Cassie Friel Wool – Mary Scott |
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