Mike Allen – Writer

Mike Allen is a writer based in Valencia, Spain. His work has won the Seán O'Faoláin International Short Story Prize and an Escalator Prize from the National Centre for Writing. He is currently working on a novella.

Awards & Prizes

• 2019 First Prize, Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize
• 2018 Escalator Prize, National Centre for Writing

Publications

• 2020 ‘Come Closer’, Southword, Issue 38

Fellowships & Summer Schools

• 2023 Fellow, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Bulgaria
• 2021 Stinging Fly Summer School, Ireland

Residencies & Writing Retreats

• 2025 Autumn Writing Retreat with Priscilla Morris, Catalonia, Spain
• 2020 Anam Cara Writer’s & Artist’s Retreat, Ireland
• 2019 Reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival