Welsh writer Jo Lloyd wins £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award.
The 2019 BBC National Short Story Award, partnered with Cambridge University, has just announced that this year’s winner is Welsh writer Jo Lloyd for the story “The Invisible,” inspired by the life of an 18th-century woman from Carnarvonshire who claimed to be friends with an invisible family living in an invisible mansion.
Jo Lloyd, photo courtesy of the BBC
The prize, which amounts to £15,000, was given by 2019 Chair of Judges Nikki Bedi at a ceremony held at BBC Broadcasting House, and broadcast live on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. “The Invisible” is available to listen to on BBC Sounds.
Eleni Theodoropoulos
Eleni Theodoropoulos grew up in Athens, Greece. She studied Humanities, Philosophy, and Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin and has interned for the Texas Book Festival and Bat City Review. She translates from Greek to English and reads fiction for Carve. Her creative nonfiction essay, “A Wish, A Witch, and the Tarot” is forthcoming from Michigan Quarterly Review.
