Mike Allen

Hello.

I’m a writer from London. I have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. In 2018, I was awarded an Escalator Prize by the UK National Centre for Writing. In 2019, I won the Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize (judged by Billy O’Callaghan). I’m currently working on a collection of short stories.

Get in touch at hello@mikeallen.co. If you’re feeling particularly generous, you can buy me a coffee.

• 2021 Stinging Fly Summer School, Ireland
• 2020 ‘Come Closer’, Southword: New International Writing, Issue 38
• 2020 Anam Cara Writer’s & Artist’s Retreat, Ireland
• 2019 Reading of ‘Come Closer’ at Cork International Short Story Festival
• 2019 First Prize, Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize
• 2018 Escalator Prize, UK National Centre for Writing
• 2017 MFA Prose Fiction, University of East Anglia