Nicholas Petty | Writer
It is Summer at Camp Pomodoro
Longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize.
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John "The Hammer" Johnson's Last Disaster Movie
Notes from a Precipice
Longlisted in the 2023 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize judged by Ottessa Moshfegh, Mariana Enriquez, and Tiffany Tsao, and published in the corresponding anthology.​
Published in the Brixton Review of Books.
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Lino has sat on his glasses
Longlisted for the 2022/23 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize judged by Jon McGregor, Jarred McGinnis, and Meena Kandasamy.
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Close Your Eyes
Winner of the 2024 Aesthetica Creative Writing Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 Manchester Fiction Prize judged by Lara Williams, Laura Barnett, Oliver Harris​
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The Longhouse
Awarded 2nd Place in the 2022 Fish Publishing Short Story Prize judged by Sarah Hall. Published in the associated anthology​.
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Maldonado
Awarded 3rd place in the 2021 Short Fiction Journal/University of Essex Short Story Prize judged by Irenosen Okojie.
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The Floating Yoda on the Right
Awarded 3rd place in The 2019/20 London Magazine Short Story Prize judged by Alice Slater, Kit Caless, and Ian Sansom. Published in the October/November 2020 issue.
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These Violent Hands
Shortlisted for The 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize and published in the corresponding anthology.
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The Gold in the Giblets
Published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Moth Magazine​
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Down in the Mud on Limehouse Beach
Commended in the 2018 Bath Short Story Award and published in the corresponding anthology.
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