Kirsty Gunn was one of the judges for the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2026, where the winner was announced from a shortlist of six at the ALCS Annual Awards.
The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize was founded by the Royal Society of Literature in 1999 to commemorate the centenary of an author widely regarded as one of the finest English short story writers of the 20th century.