About Callum.

Callum grew up in a working-class family in Kent, England, before studying Creative Writing at Cambridge University. He has worked in publishing and is now a residential support worker for children. Callum won first prize in Faversham Literary Festival’s short story competition, and his work has been published in Dreamcatcher Magazine, Cambridge University Science Magazine and The Mays Literary Anthology. He now lives in a quiet village near Falkirk.

AWARDS

The Kelpies Prize for Writing 2024 - Winner

Faversham Literary Festival Short Story Competition 2019 - Winner

Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize 2019 - Finalist

Wealden Literary Fesival’s Writer in Residence 2019 - Shortlisted

Forestry Commission England’s ‘Writer in the Forest’ 2019 - Longlisted