Jaki McCarrick, author of The Scattering, has recently had her short story 'The Emperor of Russia' shortlisted for the Writing.ie Short Story Competition, part of the An Post Irish Book Awards. 

Stories by Kit de Waal, Billy O'Calaghan, Dermot Bolger, Louise Kennedy and Caoillin Hughes are also on the list. 

Voting for the winners in all categories of the An Post Irish Book Awards is now open. You can read all the shortlisted stories on the writing.ie website and vote for your favourite here. 

Voting closes 6pm, 16th November

Category winners will be announced 25th November in a virtual ceremony on the An Post Irish Book Awards website. 

Good luck Jaki!