JUDGE IN 2011: Melvyn Bragg
15th February 2020
10 years, 10 judges: to celebrate a decade of the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, we talk to ten past judges to get their insight into the judging process
Promoting & celebrating the excellence of the modern short story
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language, worth £30,000 to the winner. The award, for a story of 6,000 words or less, is open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland.
The submission period for the 2020 award closed on December 13, 2019. The longlist will be announced in May 2020, the shortlist in June 2020, and the winner will be announced on July 2, 2020.
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Latest news for the 2020 award
Interview with Ingrid Persaud
10th February 2020
The Trinidadian writer Ingrid Persaud, who won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2018, talks about coming to the party late, how writers must gird their loins for rejection and her strange fascination with death by chocolate
Interview: Di Speirs of the BBC National Short Story Award
31st January 2020
Di Speirs has judged the BBC National Short Story Award every year since it began. She shares her tips on what makes a great short story – and asks, are men intimidated by literary awards?
A look back at the 2019 winner
Danielle McLaughlin took the top spot with her story 'A Partial List of the Saved'
The Irish writer, Danielle McLaughlin, won the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her story 'A Partial List of the Saved'