Nicholas Hogg has produced an array of prize-winning short fiction, ranging from explorations of his working class background, to his extensive travel experience. His stories have been widely published, broadcast by the BBC, and performed at literary festivals around the world.
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Read Nicholas Hogg’s latest short story, The Alien, in the August/September issue of the London Magazine.
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In 2005 Nicholas won the New Writing Ventures award with Zen.
An immediately gripping tale in which a part-time father tells his uncomprehending daughter about his time in a Japanese jail. Hogg has twice been shortlisted for the Eric Gregory award and an ease with poetic imagery is evident in his winning fiction entry - Guardian
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How the Tiger Got Its Stripes, a short story blending Vietnamese fable and modern day California, won the Editor's Choice Award in the 2009 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, and was nominated for the Million Writers Award for the best story of 2009.
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Happy Birthday was a runner up in the 2009 Bridport Prize, adjudicated by Ali Smith.
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The Elephant March was published in issue 7 of The Mechanics’ Institute Review, alongside work from Booker Prize winner, Bernardine Evaristo, David Foster Wallace, and Salena Godden.
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Paradise was runner up in the 2007 Willsden Herald Short Story competition, adjudicated by Zadie Smith.
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Naked was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was a Watershed Production and read by actor Nigel Anthony.
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The Owl at the Gate was part of Roelof Bakker's Still project, inviting writers to respond with a story to a photo taken in the abandoned Hornsey Town Hall. Authors featuring in the anthology include Richard Beard, James Miller, Andrew Blackman and Tania Hershman.
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Father and Gun exhibited as part of the Photo Stories show at Saatchi & Saatchi, an innovative text-image project co-curated by Nicholas Hogg.