An Anglia Ruskin University social work lecturer's short story collection has won the Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story.

Chris Beckett, who also teaches on Anglia Ruskin University's creative writing courses, was nominated for his collection of science fiction stories The Turing Test, published in 2008 by Elastic Press

Chris said "All the other short listed authors have considerable reputations and are published by major publishing houses, so it was great the judges went for a collection of science fiction stories from a small publisher"