Rhoda Greaves

Lecturer in Creative Writing

School of English

Email:: Rhoda.Greaves@bcu.ac.uk

Rhoda Greaves is a Lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of English, where she is currently studying for a Creative Writing PhD. Her thesis includes a collection of short stories and a critical commentary comparing the compression of the short story form with psychological claustrophobia in the home.

Rhoda is also an Associate Editor at Short Fiction magazine, and her short stories have been commended or shortlisted in several prizes including the Bridport Short Story Prize, Manchester Fiction Prize, Bristol Short Story Prize, Frome Short Story Competition and the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. Her stories have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies including Litro, Short Fiction, The View from Here, Cake, Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology, and the National Flash Fiction Day anthology A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed.

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Memberships

Publications

Short stories (publications and competitions)

‘Dead Dogs’ was shortlisted in the Bristol Short Story Prize (2016) and published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 9 (2016)

‘Cake’ was shortlisted in the Frome Short Story Competition (2016)

‘Canvas’ was published at Litro Online (2016)

‘Visiting Dad’ was highly commended in the Manchester Fiction Prize (2015)

‘Do Re Mi’ was shortlisted in the Bridport Short Story Prize (2014) and published in Short Fiction journal (2015)

‘The Birthday Helicopter’ was highly commended in the Manchester Fiction Prize (2014)

‘The Sweetcorn Man’ was longlisted in the Frome Short Story Competition (2014)

‘Sugar and Spice’ was published at The View from Here (2013)

‘Mackerel for Tea’ was longlisted in the Bristol Prize (2012), shortlisted in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award (2014), and published in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology (2015)

Flash Fiction (publications and competitions)

‘Thick Skin’ was longlisted in the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize, 2016

‘Her Body’ was published in Lancaster University’s Cake magazine (2015) and at FlashFlood Journal (2016)

‘On School Days’ was shortlisted in the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize (2014) and published at Harts & Minds journal (2014)

‘The Long Flight’ was published in Oblong (2013)

‘Water Babies’ was published at The Pygmy Giant (2014)

‘Fall for Me’ was longlisted in the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize, 2014 and published at Here Comes Everyone (2014)

‘The Blue Room’ was published at Stories with Pictures (2013), shortlisted in the Ink Tears Flash Fiction Competition (2014), and published at FlashFlood Journal (2014)

‘Cold Hands’ was shortlisted in Flash500 (2013) and published in the National Flash Fiction Anthology, A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed (2016)

‘Singing Group’ was shortlisted in the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize (2013)

‘Grey Pleats’ was published at Litro Online (2013)

‘Sunday Roast’ was published at The Pygmy Giant (2013)

‘Friday Night Taxi’ was longlisted in Flash500 (2013)

Poetry

‘His Love’ was published at Harts & Minds journal (2014)

Conference Papers

The Absent Child in Contemporary British Short Fiction: Haunting, Trauma and Form (2015)

Short Story Structure – is it all about the ending? (2015)