Benedict Pignatelli

Benedict is a twenty-nine year old writer from Ireland, currently based in Paris. He has written for Chelsea Magazine, the Literary Review, Injection Magazine, New Sounds Press, and Distilled Post (editor). He has had short stories accepted by CafeLit, 10X10, the Corvus Review, Stray Words, InkFish, Neun, TheSportScribe and the Bull Magazine, and has been longlisted for the Bridport Prize (2021), the Masters Review Winter Short Story Award (2023-24), and the Fish Short Story Prize (2024). He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Menteur Magazine. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the Paris School of Arts and Culture.

A young man with dark hair wearing a textured sweater, looking at a book in a cluttered store or wall covered with magazine clippings and signs in the background.