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 and a 2018 Escalator Prize from the National Centre for Writing, and was Highly Commended for the 2026 Moth Short Story Prize. I was a 2023 Fellow at the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Bulgaria. 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.