GALLEY BEGGAR PRESS SHORT STORY PRIZE 2022/23

PJ JOHNSON is a musician, artist, and writer based in Leeds, UK. They completed their MA in Prose Fiction at UEA in 2022, where they began work on their debut short story collection. As a trans writer, Johnson’s prose is preoccupied with navigating gender and sexual relationships outside of the binary. Otherwise, their interests include large bodies of water, insects, and ambient music. 

read PJ’s GBP Short Story Prize-nominated story, ‘clean’, here.

read our interview with PJ here.