Rhys Davies Short Story Competition Anthology

Originally from Belfast, Elaine Canning is a festival and literary prize director, writer and editor living in Swansea, south Wales. She is currently Director of Swansea University’s Cultural Institute and the Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales for leadership in public engagement andunderstanding.

Selected and with a foreword by Tyler Keevil.Edited by Elaine Canning.The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales. Originally establishedin 1991, Parthian is delighted to publish the 2026 winning stories on behalf of the Rhys Davies Trust and in association with Swansea University’s Cultural Institute.