March: short-story low-down
28th March 2020
Our round-up of the best short story news, with the latest on what you're reading in lockdown and our very exciting news
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
10 JUDGES, 10 YEARS: Tessa Hadley
20th March 2020
To celebrate a decade of the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, we talk to ten past judges to get their insight into the process and gain an understanding of what makes a short story shine...
Sunday Times Short Story Award Interview: Haleh Agar
3rd March 2020
Haleh Agar on curiosity, cuddle parties and how reading is 'training at the gym'
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'