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Biography and Research

Eamonn McKeon is a writer from Greater London. He recently completed his PhD in Literary Practice, which comprised a collection of short stories, and a critical essay on the works of Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, and James Purdy.

He is currently co-teaching CW317: The Practice of Fiction. He has also taught optional MA workshops focused on short fiction.

 Competitions & Publications

• Winner of the 2023 Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition
• Winner of the Cygnature Prize in the 2021 Bedford Short Story Competition
• Runner-up Prize in the 2024 MTP Short Story Competition
• Shortlisted for the 2021 Creative Future Writers’ Award
• Longlisted for the 2024 Exeter Short Story Prize
• Longlisted for the 2022 Hastings Book Festival Short Story Prize
• Published in Reckon Review
• Published in the 2024 MTP Short Story Competition Anthology
• Published in The Bedford Competition 2021 Anthology
• Published in Personal Bests Journal
• Published in The Writing Quarter
• Published in Bandit Fiction
• Published in Otherverse Magazine