Laurence Sullivan

Laurence Sullivan (born 1992) is an English author of short stories, flash fiction, and haiku poetry. He grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and acquired his bachelor's degree from University of Kent, his master's degree from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and his PhD, which analysed literary portrayals of women's domestic medicine during the eighteenth century, from Northumbria University.

Sullivan is the author of over forty short stories. As a runner-up in the Wicked Young Writer Awards: Gregory Maguire Award 2016, he has been published online, in multiple magazines and various anthologies. Sullivan has, also, been nominated for multiple awards.

Poetry and prose

(July) Musty Book and Border Wall11th Haiku Submissions Collection

(Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum) 2018 (July)Fanning the FlamesLiterary Orphans 2018 (February)GodsHaiku Masters, NHK World 2018 (February)NamelessGinosko Literary Journal 2018 (January)Chasing RaincloudsThe Literary Nest 2018 (January)DreamsHaiku Masters, NHK World 2017 (November)Spirit GuideDECASP Comedy Gazette 2017 (August)El Poderoso EmpaladorPilcrow & Dagger 2017 (June) Lady Luck The Fiction Pool 2017 (May) Impossible Goodbyes Foliate Oak Literary Magazine 2017 (April) Waiting for Banquo Crack the Spine 2016 (December) From Father to Son Postcard Shorts 2016 (August) The Fox The Literary Hatchet 2016 (July) Fireflies and Fire8th Haiku Submissions Collection (Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum) 2016 (June) Clouding the Future Wicked Young Writer Awards Anthology 2016 (March) An Invaluable Essence Corvus Review 2015 (October) Attribute of the Strong Inspired by Gandhi (Sampad) 2015 (June) The Pact The List 2015 (June) Teddy’s Little Secret Flash Flood 2015 (May) The Strangest Suitor Londonist 2015 (April) Worth a Thousand Words Flash Flood 2015 (February) Masks She Wears Drunk Monkeys 2015 (February)Bristol's Own OasisDream of a Shadow 2015 (January) Moth of Gion Kishboo Magazine 2015 (January) Accompaniment 50Word Stories 2014 (December) The Red Rose Story Shack Magazine 2014 (December) Mrs. Ozeki That Which We Do Not Understand (Amelia’s Magazine/House) 2014 (November) In the Tea Leaves Inspired by My Museum (Darker Times Fiction)

Awards Fish Publishing: Lockdown Prize 2020 (Shortlisted) 73rd Basho Memorial Haiku Competition (Honourable Mention) Wicked Young Writer Awards: Gregory Maguire Award 2016 (Runner-up/Highly Commended) Writers' Centre Norwich Award (Shortlisted) Reedsy First Chapter Award (Shortlisted) Dante Rossetti Award 2015 (Finalist)