The first bit of exciting news this month is that Wendy Erskine is judging The Moth Short Story Prize 2026, which is now open. Wendy is the author of two prize-winning short story collections, Sweet Home and Dance Move. She edited the anthology well I just kind of like it about art in the home. Her debut novel, The Benefactors, was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, and shortlisted for best novel at the Irish Book Awards and best audio novel at the British Audio Awards. It was awarded Waterstones Best Irish Book of 2025 and is longlisted for the Women's Prize 2026.
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The second thing to note is that we have a brand new website. I hope it's a lot more user friendly than our last, and will enable visitors to discover more about what we do. You'll find all you need to know about The Moth and The Caterpillar there.
You can find tour dates for Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes, our one-man show about Oscar Wilde and information about the Moth Studios. You can check out the backlist of Moths and Caterpillars and order bundles or single issues. You can also take a look inside The Moth Retreat and download an application form, and of course stay abreast of all of our prizes (all of the past winning poems and stories going back to 2011 are there for your perusal).
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Finally, we'll be announcing the winner of The Moth Poetry Prize, judged by Ishion Hutchinson, at a special event live on Instagram at 6pm (GMT) on Wednesday 15 April. You can read all four shortlisted poems over on our new website.
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