The 2019 James White Award shortlist is out, six stories chosen from 355 submissions, 22 of which made the longlist:

• Better Lost Than Loved – Bryn Fazakerley
• Bug on Bug – Mica Scotti Kole
• Digital Nomad – Koji A Dae
• Limitations – David Maskill
• The Last Words of Harry Niffen – Stephen Cashmore
• Property Crime – Michael Donoghue

The competition is open to original, unpublished short stories of not more than 6,000 words by non-professional writers. The award, established in 2000, offers non-professional writers the opportunity to have their work published in Interzone, the UK’s leading sf magazine. In addition, this year’s prize is £200.

The winner, selected by judges Justina Robson, Chris Beckett and Donna Scott, will be announced on Thursday, September 5.

 [Thanks to Mark Hepworth for the story.]