Mike Kilgannon

Mike Kilgannon is a writer based in Sheffield who works as a teacher. He grew up in St Helens, Merseyside, and has written in secret for many years. He won second place in the 2019 Bridport Prize flash fiction competition with 'The Hercules Reopened', and The Bridport Prize later named him a former flash fiction winner. He was chosen for the 2025 Best Small Fictions anthology. Kilgannon placed third in the New Writers' Awards flash fiction competition in 2022 with 'To Dust', and had a 100-word piece longlisted in the 2026 results.