Stuff and things about Jay

Read the announcement in The Bookseller about Harper Fiction's acquisition of my novel!

https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/harperfiction-acquires-jay-mckenzies-how-to-lose-the-lottery

Read The Bookseller's 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair's Agents' Hotlist. You might see a little Jay in there!

https://www.thebookseller.com/features/frankfurt-book-fair-2024-agents-hotlists

 Read writer and judge Hannah Retallick's comments on the winning stories from the Gwyl Anglesey Writing Festival Contest.

 
https://ihaveanideablog.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/judging-the-anglesey-writing-festival-competition/ 

Read my interview with London Independent Story Prize here: 

https://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.uk/post/jay-mckenzie

Read what book and music blog Turn & Work thinks are six of my best short stories. 

https://www.turnandwork.com/weekly-shorts/6-short-stories-by-jay-mckenzie/

The announcement for the 2023 shortlist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize was announced in The Bookseller. 

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/the-commonwealth-short-story-prize-announces-its-2023-shortlist

Read the shortlist announcement for the 2024 Bath Short Story Award. 

https://www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2024/07/22/shortlist-2024/

Read the announcement for the 2024 Edinburgh Short Story Prize. 

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story

Read the announcement for the 2024 Quiet Man Dave Prize. 

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/winners-quietmandave-prize-2024-are-revealed#:~:text=The%20winners%20of%20the%20QuietManDave,Kate%20Carne%20and%20Angela%20Cheveau.

Read the coverage of the Quiet Man Dave Prizegiving event here: 

https://aah-magazine.co.uk/2024/the-quietmandave-prize-crowns-2024-winners/#:~:text=Prizes%20were%20also%20awarded%20to,Non%2Dfiction%20writers%20Heather%20D.

Meet the finalists, and hear about what inspired them to create their finalist and winning pieces. 

https://aah-magazine.co.uk/2024/its-a-thrill-and-an-honour-to-be-shortlisted-introducing-the-2024-quietmandave-prize-finalists/.

 Martha Ashby, Publishing Director at HarperFiction, triumphed in a heated auction for debut novel How to Lose the Lottery by Jay McKenzie, in a two-book six-figure deal for UK & Commonwealth rights from Hellie Ogden at WME, who turned down multiple pre-empt attempts. .

https://corporate.harpercollins.co.uk/press-releases/harperfiction-clinches-winning-ticket/

Read the Tome Grass Prize shortlist announcement here: 

https://www.tomgrassprize.com/shortlist

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