Mike Allen – Writer

I’m Mike Allen, a writer from the UK, currently living in Valencia, Spain. I offer manuscript assessments and run small writing workshops.

My work has won the 2019 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Prize, third prize in the 2026 Moth Short Story Prize, and an Escalator Prize from the UK National Centre for Writing. My stories have appeared in Southword and The Irish Times. I was a 2023 Fellow at the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, and will be a 2027 Fellow at Hawthornden Castle. I have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art.

Interested in working together? Get in touch.