GALLEY BEGGAR PRESS SHORT STORY PRIZE 2026/27

GONZALO C GARCIA was born in Santiago and spent his first years in Chile's Colchagua Valley region, before moving to Switzerland and eventually to the University of Kent, where he studied for a PhD under Scarlett Thomas. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Warwick’s prestigious Warwick Writing Programme. His first novel, We Are The End, launched in October 2017 with Galley Beggar Press and was nominated for the Edinburgh Festival First Novel Award 2017. He was also shortlisted for the 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize. In November 2025, he launched his second novel, Telenovela. He has judged numerous competitions, such as The Sunday Times Young Writer of The Year Award, as well as The Society of Authors’s McKitterick Prize.