Kate Lockwood Jefford

Welsh writer, winner 2023 Brick Lane B’shop prize 2021 Bath s/story award, 2020 VS Pritchett prize, s/list Bristol, Fish, Rhys Davies, Cambridge, The London mag

[I Am In Print @IAmInPrint]

Book an #agent121 with Steven Evans from Eve White for feedback on your letter, synopsis and chapters

10 July

He likes historical, thrillers, autofiction dealing with contemporary socio-political issues, detective series, literary fiction and cosy crime

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[Galley Beggar Press @GalleyBeggars]

It's been a wonderful year, and we're grateful to every single writer who submitted.

[Galley Beggar Press @GalleyBeggars]

Just an hour to go before we announce the shortlist of the 2023/24 Short Story Prize!

Before we do, please join us in raising a cheer for all of the exceptional writers, and glorious stories, on the longlist - which are all available to read at https://t.co/YqInZYwUcQ.

[Galley Beggar Press @GalleyBeggars]

"What has not helped me is the notion of the primacy of plot."

Read our Q&A with GBP Short Story Prize longlistee K Lockwood Jefford - with some wonderful recommendations and thoughts on the writing life: https://t.co/oDnlRPWkhq

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@RSLiterature @BTTFspace @victorlavalle @nkjemisin Congratulations to all the brilliant writers on this shortlist - including my previous dentist!! - and good luck! I hope we get to read all the stories, especially after reading the judges’ intriguing comments…

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@ALCS_UK @RSLiterature @aapanizza @HPersaud @IAmSharmaTaylor @tom_vowler Congratulations to all the brilliant writers on the shortlist - including my previous dentist!!! - and good luck to all of you. I hope there’s an opportunity to read all the stories, especially after reading the intriguing comments of the judges!!

[Ronan Burtenshaw @ronanburtenshaw]

The rail strike isn’t only about rail workers.

This strike is coming first because the RMT is the frontline of the organised working class.

If they win, millions of workers will feel emboldened to fight for a pay rise. And the establishment knows it.

[Galley Beggar Press @GalleyBeggars]

It's 15:00, 26 January 2024 - and with thanks to our clever, attentive and generous judges (@AlexClark3, @tomowolade, @STomaselli and Chigozie Obioma), as well as to all of those writers who submitted this year – we’re delighted to announce the 2023/24 Short Story Prize longlist:

[Niall M Oliver @NMOliverPoetry]

The rental market is even tougher than I thought

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@AJWoodhouse Thanks so much Alison!!

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

Delighted to be on this longlist and in such fantastic company, thanks to all

[ALCS @ALCS_UK]

Thank you to this year's esteemed judges @JuliaArmfield, Fred D’Aguiar and Juliet Jacques ✨ Shortlist announcement coming soon..

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@AJWoodhouse Thanks so much Alison! Thrilled to be included.

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@farhanashaikh Thanks so much Farhana! Hope you’re well.

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@cnavarroUK Yes it did, thanks so much and for adding to my knowledge of plant blindness

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@Han_Smiff @RSLiterature @ALCS_UK Ditto - delighted and surprised to be on the longlist of this fabulous prize, thanks to RSLiterature and @ALCS_UK !!

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

Tim Lott & Lucy Caldwell: How (not) to Write https://t.co/oRzsNLE807 via @CreativeFstone

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@cnavarroUK @_ChrisWrites Thanks Con, you’re so impressively on the ball in knowing what’s going on with my stories, and so wonderfully prolific with your fantastic images ❤️

[Kate Lockwood Jefford @kljefford]

@rubycowling @STWevents @BrickLaneBooks Thanks Ruby