Published Work

In Red: May 2025

London Independent Story Prize Flash Fiction and Poetry Anthology

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173846718X

Application for an entry level secretarial job completed by a woman in her mid forties: April 2025

Emerge Literary Journal

https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/application-for-an-entry-level-secretarial-job-completed-by-a-woman-in-her-mid-forties/

Gull Mother: April 2025

Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology

https://hunter-writers-centre.square.site/product/nssa-2024/1248?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=3

Lines that can't be Erased: March 2025

Globe Soup Micro 'Hollow" (first place)

https://www.globesoup.net/hollow?fbclid=IwY2xjawJfyn1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlpXAGMBCCUQG-auVHAFv-5bUDmHogcxBM1mjLZiV9RoaHtSYB3W8os9PQQt_aem_sTTDvNj4P6VgUmzwalQoiA

The Clock and The Copernicus: March 2025

The Apparatus Almanac

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2J9L6BH

The Word Thief: March 2025

The Wenlock Olympian Society Short Story Competition (bronze)

https://wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Word-Thief.pdf

If you see one: February 2025

Globe Soup Micro 'Boat' (first place)

https://www.globesoup.net/boat?fbclid=IwY2xjawJfzKBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvaQF4uYsvIpXctyuDfp_rpeiZD6fPHXWkluPX6Hw_z4V1tdNX8nriuBRFj2_aem_-xhnGRX8ersek-yIGXad-Q

Forgive Me Martha: February 2025

Bath Flash Fiction Award (highly commended)

https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/winners/

Jellyfish: February 2025

Bath Short Story Award 2024 Anthology 

https://www.adhocfiction.com/2024/12/the-bath-short-story-award-anthology-2024/

The Sandmaid's Tail: January 2025

Furious Fiction

https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-fiction-january-2025-story-showcase/?utm_medium=EDM-OP&utm_source=button&utm_campaign=FF

Carpet Prayers: January 2025

Globe Soup Micro 'Casino' (first prize)

 https://www.globesoup.net/casino?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2eO4p8y67-yyiJp8dcX9S-gHEwtZvGdV5pfJ6NE8WtpSC_cx6W1NcFsDE_aem_3HoAQ1ISVWx5OMS1Vu8uyQ 

Songbirds: December 2024

The Hooghly Review: Murals Issue

https://thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals/

Florence Nightingale is late for her eyebrow threading appointment: December 2024

Quiet Man Dave Prize (2nd Prize)

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-12/The-QuietManDave-Prize-2024-Flash-Fiction-Short-List.pdf

What I know about Julie: December 2024

Fahmidan Journal

https://www.fahmidan.net/post/what-i-know-about-julie

Less Removed: December 2024

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Anthology 2025

https://shop.aestheticamagazine.com/collections/creative-writing-collection/products/creative-writing-anthology-2025

Baking Red Velvet in Queensland: December 2024

Tales from the Kitchen

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNQ4Z4L1

The Free School Meals Kids Got a Complimentary Trip to the Woods/And the water caught fire/BeSpoke: November 2024

Bottle Rocket

https://www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/3-stories-by-jay-mckenzie

My Wife is an Autumn Leaf: November 2024

The Outlier

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/anthology-2024

Here is a slide: November 2024

Transformations 

https://www.amazon.com/Transformations-Oxford-Flash-Fiction-Anthology/dp/1739209753

Some of the ways you can wash your mother: October 2024

Fictive Dream

https://fictivedream.com/2024/10/11/some-of-the-ways-you-can-wash-your-mother/

Saints: October 2024

Hawkeye Publishing/Sydney Hammond Memorial Prize (1st place)

https://hawkeyebooks.com.au/collections/coming-soon/products/2024-sydney-hammond-memorial-short-story-competition-anthology

Unlikable Female Protagonists: October 2024

Maudlin House

https://maudlinhouse.net/unlikable-female-protagonists/

Float: October 2024

Globe Soup Micro 'The Sea' (winner)

https://www.globesoup.net/sea

I Might Have Imagined the Moon: September 2024

Gwyl Anglesey Writing Festival Flash Fiction Competition (winner)

https://gwylangleseyfestival.uk/competition-2024/

The Aweigh Hymn: August 2024

Globe Soup: Inspired by Art (winner)

https://www.globesoup.net/2024-inspired-by-art-winner

This Skin: August 2024

My Life as a Kumquat by Michael Terence Publishing (2nd prize)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Life-Kumquat-Anthology-Publishing/dp/1800948182

But She's A Flame: July 2024

Henshaw Press (winner)

https://www.henshawpress.co.uk/june-2024-results/

Erasure rejection: June 2024

Raw Lit Magazine

https://rawlit.weebly.com/issue5.html

Stargazing Under the Table: May 2024

Sadie Tells Stories (winner)

https://www.sadietellsstories.ca/magicfirstprizewinner2022

Fork: April 2024

Flash Fiction Magazine

https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/04/12/fork/

Canticum Exterminabitur Mulier: March 2024

Reverie Magazine: Issue 2

https://www.reveriemag.org/issue-2/jay-mckenzie

Chapter Four: February 2024

Globe Soup Micro  (runner up)

https://www.globesoup.net/inspiration?fbclid=IwAR1MYci9Lld0WBRbtXtN2MBU2Wm02P_RA4RftcHWWZwZCW5fC9oeKfW5lTE

81 Buddhas: January 2024

Roi Faineant Press

"81 Buddhas" by Jay McKenzie (roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com)

To Let Death Steal the Last Kiss: January 2024

Dusk by Ironclad Creative (2nd place)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRRKG4VW?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_865AENBRCY7X8D

Salt: December 2023

The Ulu Review

https://www.theulureview.com/salt-jay-mckenzie.html

Good People, Kind People: December 2023

Bournemouth Writing Prize 2023 (Runner up)

https://www.amazon.com.au/Fresh-Air-Bournemouth-Writing-Shortlist/dp/B0CN1B9PD6

What My Fingers Did: November 2023

Paper Road Magazine

https://paperroadmag.wordpress.com/what-my-fingers-did/

Spoiled Fruit: November 2023

Off Topic Publishing (winner)

https://offtopicpublishing.com/2023/10/28/spoiled-fruit-by-jay-mckenzie/

Before I Went Under: October 2023

Halloweenthology: Dia De Muertos - Wicked Shadow Press

https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/halloweenthology-d%C3%ADa-de-muertos/paperback/product-84zw7y7.html?page=1&pageSize=4&fbclid=IwAR1LYueK0Rugek8CJCCjsX1-Y_wcwLdh2MhL8U9yjMhHEwxmJg6fzsZGaSg

Between the Sheets: September 2023

Globe Soup Micro  (runner up)

https://www.globesoup.net/serendipity

Juniel and the Moon: September 2023

Sybils and Seers Anthology - Brigid's Gate Press

https://www.amazon.com/Seers-Sibyls-MJ-Pankey/dp/B0CH23W9TM/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1NJWWMAPPZO7D&keywords=mj+pankey&qid=1697142115&s=books&sprefix=mj+pankey%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C453&sr=1-2

The Moon and the Maid: August 2023

In Parenthesis Art magazine

https://inparentheses.art/2023/08/08/the-moon-and-the-maid-by-j-mckenzie/

Mim and Wiggy's Grand Adventure (novel): July 2023

Serenade Publishing - available on all major online retail platforms

https://jaymckenzieauthor.com/out-now

Because You Drowned: July 2023

adda magazine: Commonwealth Short Story Prize (shortlisted)

https://www.addastories.org/because-you-drowned

The Emperor's Cut: June 2023

Globe Soup Drabble Competition (third place)

https://www.globesoup.net/drabble-winner-2023?fbclid=IwAR0lHh4PLZg9wCzuThhD7_GweIhKg-29B47UERGCFcYbFM6k1D6iQTqrBZY

Liar Billy Tea: May 2023

Fabula Aestas (first prize)

https://www.amazon.com/Aestas-2022-Fabula-Press-Authors/dp/B0CFZQS9R9

Seeing Red: March 2023

Of Heartbreak and Subdued Yearnings 

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BXMMFHRW?ref_=k4w_oembed_lghGWV8Lc5cd27&tag=writefluence-20&linkCode=kpd

We Can’t Even See The Staircase, Let Alone Start Climbing: March 2023

Raw Lit Magazine

https://rawlit.weebly.com/

February Girl: February 2023

Genre Con (Queensland Writers Centre) Short Story Contest (winner)

https://www.genrecon.com.au/short-story-2023?fbclid=IwAR0dTlMC1ukkRtx7VCsAGvQWFA_ik0B-jt01SpHawc-9lyqNfA7bRXfhofQ

To Flame, To Flee: February 2023

Off Topic Publishing (Honourable Mention)

https://offtopicpublishing.com/2023/02/22/to-flame-to-flee-by-jay-mckenzie/

The Art of Tapping Into Fame: February 2023

The Selection of a Sacred Strawberry: Winning stories from PenFluenza III (winner)

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BVHW61F1?ref_=k4w_oembed_4Ix9djFyHzjOkf&tag=writefluence-20&linkCode=kpd

The Overtopping: February 2023

The Green Shoes Sanctuary, February 23 ‘Storm’ Issue

https://thegreenshoesanctuary.wordpress.com/2023/02/08/the-overtopping/

Excoriate: February 2023

Unleash Lit Magazine #2

https://www.unleashcreatives.com/jaymckenzie1

The Pipi Girls: February 2023

Cerasus Magazine #8 

CERASUS Magazine: Issue # 8: Amazon.co.uk: Wilks, John: 9798373840859: Books

Aequidiale: January 2023

Altered Realities Magazine (Winter Edition)

https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/winter-2023-issue/

The Ropemaker’s Apprentice: January 2023

Crimson Anthology (winner)

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crimson-sneha-acharekar/1142877165

The Least Painful Way to Die: January 2023

Vocal Media Reset Your Password Challenge (runner up)

https://vocal.media/fiction/the-least-painful-way-to-die

Mim and Wiggy’s Grand Adventure (extract): January 2023

Louise Walters Page 100 Competition (shortlisted)

https://www.louisewaltersbooks.co.uk/page-100-comp

Aequidiale: January 2023

Save As Myth Prize (shortlisted)

https://saveaswriters.co.uk/Competition/myth/Aequidiale.pdf

Aquaria Humanis: December 2022

Vocal Media Aquarium Challenge (runner up)

https://vocal.media/fiction/aquaria-humanis

A Silent Shout (is what it's all about): December 2022

Sadie Tells Stories (winner)

https://www.sadietellsstories.ca/mischief-first-prize-winner-1

Don’t Smile: December 2022

Fabula Nivalis (third prize)

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nivalis-2022-anirban-ray-choudhury/1142831786

Empty Emerald Shoes: December 2021

Exeter Short Story Prize (winner)

http://www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk/2022-esp--trisha-ashley-award-winners.html

See That Pretty Girl in the Mirror There: November 2022

Globe Soup Micro (finalist)

https://www.globesoup.net/paranormal

Paul, in the car park: October 2022

The Gift

https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Sweetycat-Press-Steve-Carr/dp/B0BJ54PZZH

Split: October 2022

Off Topic Publishing (Winner) - to be published in a forthcoming anthology

https://offtopicpublishing.com/2022/10/27/split-by-jay-mckenzie/

The Attention Economy: September 2022

Leicester Writes Short Story Prize 2022 Anthology Vol. 6

http://dahlia-books.kong365.com/en-gb/collections/our-books/products/leicester-writes-short-story-prize-2022-anthology-vol-6

Your House is on Fire: September 2022

Globe Soup Micro (finalist)

https://www.globesoup.net/metamorphosis

Pas la Destination: August 2022

Vocal Media Runaway Train Challenge (runner up)

https://vocal.media/fiction/pas-la-destination

Lying Low, Aiming: July 2022

Globe Soup Micro (finalist)

https://www.globesoup.net/cats

Regarding Janice: July 2022

Mr Rosewood

https://bookshop.org/p/books/mr-rosewood/18861149

Sixty-Six: May 2022

Cafe Lit Magazine

https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/search?q=jay+mckenzie

Bloom: April 2022

Cafe Lit Magazine

https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/search?q=jay+mckenzie

The Island: March 2021

Furious Fiction (Winner)

https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-fiction-march-2021-winner-and-shortlist/

Wipe: September 2019

Furious Fiction (Winner)

https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-fiction-september-2019-winner-and-shortlist/