Colwill Brown

Colwill Brown
Occupations
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
Notable workWe Pretty Pieces of Flesh
AwardsBBC National Short Story Award Winner (2025)
Websitecolwillbrown.me

Colwill Brown is a British short story writer and novelist. Her debut novel We Pretty Pieces of Flesh was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and she won the 2025 BBC National Short Story Award.

Early and personal life

Brown was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Writing career

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh, Brown's debut novel, was published in 2025 and shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the Dylan Thomas Prize. It was also longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel in 2026. Brown's novel was also listed in the Guardian's Best Fiction of 2025 and the London's magazine Best Books of 2025.

Brown's short story You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2025.

Bibliography

Poems

Short stories

Novels

References

  1. 1 2 Creamer, Ella; Brown, Colwill (2025-09-30). "Debut author Colwill Brown wins BBC short story award for 'heartbreaking' tale – read an extract here". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  2. ↑ Lachendro, Zuzanna (3 October 2025). "The Goldsmiths Prize 2025 celebrates new perspectives". The New Statesman.
  3. ↑ Creamer, Ella (2025-10-02). "Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on 'genre-defying' Goldsmiths prize shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  4. ↑ "2025 First Novel Prize". Center for Fiction.
  5. ↑ "Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 Announces Shortlist". Swansea University. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  6. ↑ Vickers, Carys (2025-11-27). "Longlist announced for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026". New Writing North. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Announcing the Longlist for the 2026 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | The PEN/Faulkner Foundation". www.penfaulkner.org. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Justine (2025-12-06). "The best fiction of 2025". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  9. ↑ Loft, Zadie (2025-12-15). "The Best Books of 2025". The London Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-14.