Sonya Moor
French and British writer of short fiction
Sonya Moor is a French and British writer of short fiction, who previously published under the pen name P.V. Wolseley. She has a B.A. in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. She lives and works in Paris.
Publications & news
The Letters Page
Vol. 6 #3 | 21 July 2022 | short story/essay hybrid, and interview
adda
Speak OUT! | Issue 2 | 23 May 2022 | short story/essay hybrid
Silver Apples
2021 | interview
Bristol Short Story Prize
2021 | notable contender
Subtitles (Eng.) for Sylvain Ferrari’s short film La voie du berger
a meditative and captivating ode to lives manifold and unique to their setting
Silver Apples Redemption Short Story Competition
2021 | placed
Cōnfingō 15
Spring 2021 | short story
Juxta Press
Juxta/Position(s) | 17 March 2021 | short story/essay hybrid
Fish Short Story Prize
2020/21 | longlisted
A Personal Anthology
for Jonathan Gibbs | 22 January 2021 | contributor
DISQUIET International Literary Program
2020 | longlisted
Hammond House International Literary Prize
2020 | editor’s pick
Cinnamon Press Literature Award
2020 | shortlisted
The Bramley
vol. 1 | 2019 | ekphrastic flash fictions
Guest reader
Flash Fiction Saturday Night in Armagh County Museum | January 2019
Guest blog
for Byddi Lee | January 2019
DISQUIET International Literary Program
2019 | notable entry
Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition
2019 | longlisted and highly commended
Bridport Short Story Prize
2018 | shortlisted
Cinnamon Press Debut Fiction Prize
2018 | finalist
May You
The Walter Swan Prize Anthology | ed. SJ Bradley | Valley Press | 2018 | short story
Small Pleasures podcast
The podcast that discusses great short stories and greatness in the short-story form – listen on PodBean or YouTube.
Episode 1: ‘The Children Stay’
by Alice Munro
Episode 2: ‘A Walk in the Snow’
by Graham Mort
Episode 3: ‘Bad Dreams’
by Tessa Hadley
Episode 4: ‘Red Market’
by Sheila Armstrong
Episode 5: ‘Death of the Pugilist’
by Daniel Mason
Episode 6: ‘Missing Out’
by Leila Aboulela
Word foundlings
When I’m out walking, I collect scraps of conversation – anything that charms or troubles my ear, or that leaves behind the scent of a story. Here are some favourites, from the streets of Paris...
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Je ne suis pas entièrement contre l’idée des pommes d’amour
I’m not entirely against the idea of toffee apples
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OK – en réponse à « Je t’aime »
OK – in reply to “I love you”
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On est peut-être cons mais on n’est pas des brutes
We may be stupid but we’re not savages
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Un chien ? Ou un bébé ?
A dog? Or a baby?
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Tu n’es pas la seule, ma belle
You’re not the only one, gorgeous
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Ils domptent les requins
They train the sharks
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C’est sympa de passer sous un train – enfin, quand le train est sur un pont
It’s nice to go under a train – when the train’s on a bridge
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Un huitième de fellation
An eighth of a fellatio
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Oui, mais c’est une église Protestante
Yes, but it’s a Protestant church
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Ils n’entendent pas mon accent
They don’t hear my accent
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Le premier dose est gratuit
The first dose is free
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Tous à poil, même le chien
Everyone in their birthday suits, even the dog
Gallery
The ‘making of’ some of my short stories and short-story/essay hybrids...
Photo credits: Sonya Moor. Copyright ©2022 Sonya Moor. All rights reserved.
Contact
Reach me here sonyamoor@gmail.com.