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Story: Staff Development

Mag: Sunday Times Short Story Award

Editorial Comment:

My comment:

Well the longlist is up and I ain't on it. To be expected of course, but this year I had allowed myself to entertain some hope because this story made it into the Best British Short Stories 2011 anthology, coming out in April.

The big names are there - Hilary Mantel, Anthony Doerr, Michel Faber, Gerard Woodward, Yiyun Li etc, plus some (not many) unknowns. Congratulations to them all. Next year...