Congratulations to Tim Bowling, a finalist for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand!
The jury says, ““Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand is masterful: a deeply felt collection from Tim Bowling that explores ageing, grief, and the experiences that transform and inform us. With startling imagery, evocative language and a gothic touch, these stories shift and unsettle as if they — like their characters — are living, breathing beings searching for understanding and a way to be. A robust and searing work of short fiction by a writer at the top of his game.” —2025 Atwood Gibson Prize Jury
And congratulations as well to Tim’s fellow nominees. The full shortlist is:
- Tim Bowling, Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand (Freehand)
- Robert McGill, Simple Creatures (Coach House)
- Ontoniya J. Okot Bitek, We, the Kindling (Alchemy by Knopf)
- Maria Reva, Endling (Knopf)
- Aurora Stewart de Peña, Julius Julius (Strange Light)
The $70,000 prize will be presented at the Writers’ Trust gala on November 13. For more details and information, see https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize.