Five Brilliant Books For Summer
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan It’s hard to tell what genre this book falls under, if it falls under one at all. It is an uncategorisable collection of interlocking stories that...
View ArticleShort Story Competition Announcement
When we opened our Short Story Competition back in July, we were hoping for a good trickle of entries. What we weren’t expecting was this flood. We read hundreds of your stories as they poured in over...
View ArticleFiction Friday
It’s the end of the week and what better way to escape than with a piece of fiction? Here’s another of our runners-up in the Yen Short Story Competition, Ariane Jaccarini with her story ‘Polarity’....
View ArticleFiction Friday
Step 1: make a drink. Step 2: secure a biscuit (preferably an Iced VoVo or Mint Slice). Step 3: position yourself in a sunny reading spot. Step 4: enjoy Leonard Keeps Secrets, a story by one of our Yen...
View ArticleFiction Friday
The last of our Short Story Competition runners-up is finally here, Brie Sherow with her beautiful piece ‘Meaningless Objects’. It’s been absolutely amazing publishing these stories over the last...
View ArticleYEN SHORT STORY COMP
It’s back, baby! Enter your short story to see your writing in Yen Magazine and to win a treasure chest of prizes.We’re on a mission to rekindle the written word, so wordsmiths pick up your pens. The...
View ArticleGranta Japan
Granta is the Meryl Streep of book volumes – legendary, intriguing and untouchable. Always front row at the Oscars. In its 127 instalment, Granta has once again taken out the metaphorical Best Actress...
View ArticleYen Short Story Winners
There are several ways to win glory and prizes. Sprinting 400 metres? Not interested. Pegging a shotput? No thanks. Inventing a cure for life-threatening diseases? You’re boring us! Sitting on your...
View ArticleFriday Fiction
This week’s read comes courtesy of our Yen Short Story Comp runner-up India Poulton. For her troubles she got a 1-year Yen subscription and Kip & Co bedding pack, and we got this beautiful story...
View ArticleFriday Fiction
Yen Short Story Comp runner-up Chloë Reeson stood out for her darkly comical story and – let’s be honest – pretty grabbing title. Here is the piece of fiction that got her into the final five, ‘Jonas’...
View ArticleBanned Books Week
It's Banned Books Week so we are celebrating our freedom to read. Taste it. Taste the liberation.
View ArticleFriday Fiction
The final runner-up in the 2014 Yen Short Story Comp is Claire Low, with her powerful piece ‘The Competition’. This story induced a very visceral reaction for the judging panel – mortifying yet...
View ArticleYen Short Story Prize
Have a way with words? Good at telling a ripping yarn, or just really strong at, er, ripping yarn? Either way we want to hear from you as the Yen Short Story Prize launches in 2015, with this year’s...
View ArticleChurch Bell Spoon – Short Story Winner 2014
Pick up a pen and enter the 2015 Yen Short Story Prize! See all the prizes and information here. What You Need: Metal spoon One metre of string The first word I ever learned was King, for my sister....
View ArticleYen Short Story Prize Winners
Hundreds of writers hammered away at their keyboards to the theme of ‘ripple’ when we launched the third Yen Short Story Prize earlier this year. A waterfall of fiction later, the judges have made...
View ArticleFriday Fiction – The Big Merino
Push reality to the side and embrace some Friday fiction. Presenting the first of our runners-up from the 2015 Yen Short Story Prize, here is Liz Allan with her story ‘The Big Merino’. THE BIG MERINO...
View ArticleFriday Fiction – Love, Listen
Love, Listen Story by Laura Elvery Dad rings, says he wants to take me to the cricket. He’s already bought the tickets, or someone at the nursing home helped him buy them. I take a cool shower, slick...
View ArticleLouise O’Neill’s ‘Asking For It’
'What did she expect?' is enough to make most women punch a hole in the wall, but this provocative story of sexual assault deserves your patience.
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