Our Judges

Head judge Noel Chidwick

Noel Chidwick is co-founder, Editor-in-chief and Editor of Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine and other science fictional happenings. He’s been reading science fiction since the early 70s and has found no reason to stop.

He’s a singer-songwriter with Painted Ocean, a writer and occasional playwright, and his favourite hobby is to approach a button and wonder, “What happens if I press this?” and then press it.

Noel will judge the stories in both categories.

About Shoreline of Infinity

Shoreline of Infinity is Scotland’s award-winning magazine for science fiction writing. Since its first issue in July 2015, Shoreline has published dozens stories, poems and pieces of art over 16 issues. In 2018 the British Fantasy Society recognized the Shoreline team for their hard work with the Award for best magazine/periodical.

Noel with the British Fantasy Society Award

Robbie Guillory

Robbie Guillory spent nearly a decade working in publishing before becoming an agent and founding his own literary agency, Underline Literary Agency. He represents a wide range of genres, from literary thrillers to historical romance. His clients include Neil Lancaster, Joma West and M J Hollows.

Books he has enjoyed recently include The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld, I Know What I Saw by Imran Mahmood, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, The Girls From the Beach by Andie Newton, and Birds of Paradise by Oliver Langmead.

Camilla Grudova

Camilla Grudova lives in Scotland where she works as an usher in an old cinema. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University, Montreal. Her fiction has appeared in The White Review and Granta.

Her debut collection The Doll’s Alphabet was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2017. Her first novel, Children of Paradise, was published by Atlantic Books in July 2022 and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Granta named her one their Best Young British Novelists list. Her short story collection The Coiled Serpent was published by Atlantic to critical acclaim in November 2023.