Runner-up in the Wicked Young Writer Awards: Gregory Maguire Award, Laurence Sullivan's creative writing has appeared in such places as: Londonist, The List, NHK World-Japan, Firewords Magazine and Popshot Quarterly.
He became inspired to start writing during his studies at the universities of Kent, Utrecht, and Birmingham – after being immersed in all forms of literature from across the globe and enjoying every moment of it. In 2023, he completed his PhD in the Medical Humanities at Northumbria University, exploring literary portrayals of women's domestic medicine during the eighteenth century. When not writing, he can probably be found playing video games whilst quaffing copious quantities of tea.
The following is a list of magazines, websites, anthologies, television programmes, and festivals he has been published by, or featured in...
Magazines/E-zines/Journals:
Londonist, The List, Popshot Quarterly, Firewords Magazine, Fish Publishing, Your Cat, Times Higher Education, Crack the Spine, Literary Orphans, IdeasMag (Ideastap), Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ginosko Literary Journal, Dime Show Review, Drunk Monkeys, The Bookends Review, The Literary Hatchet, Across the Margin, The Literary Nest, Corvus Review, The Legendary, Insignia Stories Online, Akita International Haiku Network, Urban Tree Festival, Pilcrow & Dagger, Story Shack, The Fiction Pool, The Menteur, 50Word Stories, DECASP Comedy Gazette, Postcard Shorts, Kishboo, Open Pen, Thick Jam, FlashFlood, Dream of a Shadow, Alfie Dog Fiction, Just100Words.
Anthologies:
Wicked Young Writer Awards Anthology 2016 (ArtsLink), That Which We Do Not Understand (Amelia's Magazine/House), Inspired by My Museum (Sampad and the British Council), Inspired by Gandhi (Sampad), 73rd Basho Memorial Haiku Anthology (Basho Memorial Museum), The Bookends Review: Best of 2019 (The Bookends Review), 14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th, and 8th Selected Haiku Submissions Collection (Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum), Canopy 2022, Flash #MyLandmarks and Shipwrecked (Samson Low), Forgotten Ones and Dark Magic (Eerie River Publishing), Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, Lockdown Phantom #3, Ancients and Oceans (Black Hare Press), Beneath (Ghost Orchid Press), Wryms (Shacklebound Press), Mythical Beings of Asia, Mythical Creatures of Asia, and Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles (Insignia Stories), Darker Times Collection: Volume One and Volume Two (Darker Times Fiction).
Broadcasters:
Haiku Masters (NHK World-Japan), MyLandmarks (Placecloud).
Museum Exhibitions:
Social Distancing, Haiku, and You (OCMA)
Festivals:
Birmingham Literature Festival, Being Human Festival, Bristol Storyfest, Wise Words Festival.
Critical Quotes:
"Incisive and penetrating prose which packs an emotional punch, heart-wrenching character-driven action where not one word is wasted: these are the hallmarks of Laurence Sullivan’s writing. In the worlds he has created, there is no space for uncomfortable truths to hide. To read Sullivan’s work is to have your eyes opened."
Chris Laoutaris, Author of Shakespeare and the Countess
"Laurence Sullivan's writing is both powerful and deeply moving."
Ken Pickering, Author of Some Canterbury Tales
“A cold winter morning...the wonderful moment under a warm blanket. What dreams did you see? This work does a wonderful job of portraying these feelings to the audience. The photo shows someone enjoying the warmth of the sun, which in turn represents the warmth of the haiku.”
Kazuko Nishimura, Multi-award Winning Author of Kigo De Yomu Genjimonogatari, on my poem Dreams
"Sullivan writes beautifully. His stories really capture my attention, they have such an honesty about them and capture emotion without any sentimentality."
Beth Cuenco, Creator of the Wise Words Festival
"Sullivan's style is simply beautiful and creates a great sense of atmosphere...He is a mini Solzhenitsyn and that is an accomplishment."
Aftab Hamid, Creator of Just100Words
