Description

The Literary Lancashire Award is proud to present its 2021 anthology of shortlisted entries. Packed with magnificent and unique short fiction and poetry, this volume celebrates the work of some of the most promising young authors in the county.

Sit back and enjoy the wonderful work of Katie Kingsman, Kayla Jenkins, Ditte Jensen, Charlotte Lloyd, Courtenay S. Gray, Cait Cook and many, many more!

Contents:
Short Form Poetry
'X+Y' by Sam Allport
'wail at the foot of Lia Fail' by Beth Train-Brown
'The Mouth of Heaven' by Alex Roman

Prose
'Pando' by Katie Kingsman
'Examination' by Ditte Jensen
'& the tempo is all mine' by Charlotte Lloyd
'Two and Not One' by Joseph Dodds
'28 Miles' by Anna Jenkins
'New Endings' by Justine Bondare
'The Blood of Ravenscree' by Jeni Meadows
'You Just Need to Be in the Right Time at the Right Place' by Martin Palmer

Poetry
'The begonia bush' by Kayla Jenkins
'高天原 – Takamagahara' by Courtenay S. Gray
'Every Other Friday' by Cait Cook
'Timperley Postal Options' by Max Gorse
'Parallel Universe' by Toby Hudson
'The Sound of Revolution' by Asad Naqvi
'Elegy for Faith' by Rachana Hegde
'To my Dearest Z' by Yara Stepurova