Tag: Litro alumni

Calum Kerr: Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna

Keep going. The only way to get better is to keep writing. And if you submit a story and it gets rejected, try again. If you submit a story and ...

by Litro • April 10, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Helen Sedgwick: Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna

[Guiltiest Pleasure:] Listening to Bon Jovi in the shower.

by Litro • February 23, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Jo Gatford: Writer & Litro Alumna

: Being terrified of a pantomime pirate and shouting at him to leave the good guys alone. An early precursor for not being able to distinguish between fiction and ...

by Litro • February 16, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Cherry Potts: Short Story Writer & Litro ALumna

Before I could use a pen to form words, I “wrote” in pictures; and once I could write, I did. I think I consciously knew writing was the thing when ...

by Litro • February 9, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Clare Wigfall: Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2008

[Earliest memory:] It would be something faded by the Californian sun of the early-eighties, most probably.

by Litro • February 2, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Louise Phillips: Short Story Writer & Litro ALumna

[When did you want to be writer?] When I found out about Roald Dahl’s hut.

by Litro • January 20, 2012June 4, 2013

Interviews

Annemarie Neary: Lawyer turned Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna

[On underrated authors:] I can think of two, for different reasons. Elise Valmorbida for linguistic virtuosity and Tom Vowler for compelling storytelling.

by Litro • December 23, 2011June 4, 2013

Interviews

Kele Okereke: Short Story Writer & Singer-Guitarist of Bloc Party

One summer I worked for a catering agency as a washer up, they sent me to kitchens all up and down Essex and although it wasn’t particularly fun ...

by Litro • July 4, 2011June 4, 2013

The Litro Blog

Litro alumna: Sammy Wright wins Unbound Press short story award

We are pleased to announce that Sammy Wright, whose story “Old” featured in July’s issue, has won first place in the 2011 Unbound Press short ...

by Litro • March 31, 2011May 29, 2013

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