Lisa Blower wins the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Lisa Blower is the winner of the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2025!

Lisa's story ‘Blessing in Burslem’ was described by the judges as, "a piece of writing that offers the reader more and more each time you read it".

"The voice of the main character of this story burst off the page from the opening words and it was utterly impossible not to be drawn in"

The prize is an annual award for unpublished short stories between 2,000 to 4,000 words in length. Stories are judged anonymously by a panel of writers. This year’s judges were Tash Aw, Tania Hershman and Fiona Mozley.

Lisa will receive the £1,000 prize and her story will be published in Prospect magazine online and the RSL Review.