Jay McKenzie’s work appears in adda, Maudlin House, The Hooghly Review, Fahmidan Journal, Fictive Dream, and others. She has won, placed or shortlisted in the Exeter Story Prize, Henshaw, Quiet Man Dave, Edinburgh Short Story Award, Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, Exeter Novel Prize, Tom Grass Prize, Alpine Fellowship, Bath Short Story Award, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Aesthetica, Bridport Prize and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Recent wins include the 2025 Fish Short Story Prize, the Danahy Prize for Fiction and the Midway Journal 1000 Below. Her novel, How to Lose the Lottery, will be published with Harper Fiction in March 2026.
Stories by this author:
“What to buy your husband of thirty seven-years for his birthday” – Release day 01/02/2026
