‘As The Creature Does’ – my debut short story collection – is due to be published by Karavan Press in 2026. (@karavanpress)
A cover reveal and launch details will be posted on my Instagram @annahugwriter
My story ‘The Lure’ was shortlisted for the international Mslexia Fiction Competition & published in Mslexia’s Best Women’s Short Fiction Anthology 2025 (www.mslexia.co.uk)
My flash ‘A Fresh Start’ was published in In Other Stories 2025 (Karavan Press, 2025) – an anthology of flash edited by Kerry Hammerton.
My story ‘Fynbos’ was published in Fluid:The Freedom to Be (Tattoo Press 2023) which was awarded Best Edited Short Story Anthology at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) in South Africa. An earlier version of ‘Fynbos’ was long-listed for Mslexia’s Short Story Competition 2023.
My story ‘Caged’ was published in Tiger: Karavan Stories (Karavan Press 2023) – edited by Karina M. Szczurek. The collection was a result of the inaugural Karavan Stories Workshop & Anthology programme.
My story ‘Found’ was published in New Contrast (Winter 2021) edited by Bongani Kona.
New Contrast is South Africa’s original literary journal, devoted to publishing the best of poetry and prose, art, reviews and interviews since 1960.
My story ‘Stuck’ was published in Type/Cast Issue 6, edited by Xabiso Vili.
Type/Cast was an online literary journal that ran from 2016 until 2019, publishing fresh new writing, including verse, fiction and essays.
