Seán McNicholl

Genres: Irish Writing | New & Emerging Writing | Short Stories

Seán McNicholl is an award-winning writer and GP from Armagh. He is the winner of the Hammond House International Literary Prize, and his work has been shortlisted for the CRAFT Short Fiction Prize, and longlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Fish Prize. He was a runner-up in From the Well, Write by the Sea, and Gemini Magazine’s Flash Fiction Prize. His stories have appeared in Epoque Press, The Storms, Gemini, Fahmidan, Frazzled Lit, The Belfast Review, and Intrepidus Ink. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee and has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction. Seán’s short story ‘Help me Jesus ‘was awarded third place in the 2026 From the Well Short Story competition and is published in the anthology.

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