Congratulations to Sukie Wilson, winner of the 2024 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, for “Leaving Night Country”.
‘From the first paragraph, “Leaving Night Country” catches us with its incredible narrative voice. Wilson has a keen sense of music and rhythm. We are left with a sense of wonder.’ — MEGAN MCDOWELL, 2024 Judge
Read more about Sukie’s experience with the prize HERE.
Sukie Wilson is a London-based writer, working around the slowed-time of chronic illness. Sukie is an Awardee of the 2025 London Writers Awards literary fiction cohort, a development programme run by Spread The Word. They were the winner of the 2024 Desperate Literature prize for short fiction, with their story ‘Leaving Night Country’. Their work is included in the 2024 Desperate Literature prize collection and the 2024 Brick Lane Bookshop Prize anthology, among others. Sukie is currently working on a collection of magical-realist short stories. Visit Sukie’s website, www.sukiewilson.com and Instagram @sukiegwilson
You can read all of the shortlisted stories in Desperate Literature’s Eleven Stories 2024, available in PDF and print HERE.